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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Steven Anatole Frait, Milan, MI (US);
Laurence Andrew Deutsch, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Gregory Daniel Goleski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey Edward Maurer, Commerce, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A transmission includes an input shaft, and a primary drive gear fixed to the input shaft. The primary gear has a first set of gear teeth. An idler gear is disposed in the transmission and has a second set of gear teeth in meshing engagement with the first set of gear teeth. The transmission also includes a transmission-pump drive gear having a third set of gear teeth in meshing engagement with the second set of gear teeth. The transmission-pump drive gear is configured to transmit power from the input shaft to a transmission pump. A power take-off unit is mounted to a case of the transmission and includes a first unit drive gear having a fourth set of gear teeth in meshing engagement with the second set of teeth. The a first unit drive gear is configured to transmit power from the idler gear to the power take-off.