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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jeffrey Edward Maurer, Commerce, MI (US);
Bruce Granstrom, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gregory Daniel Goleski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
John Edward Brevick, Livonia, MI (US);
Gregory Michael Pietron, Canton, MI (US);
Yuji Fujii, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A transmission includes a main housing having a rear wall and at least one sidewall extending from the rear wall. The rear wall has an outer side and has an inner side that cooperates with the at least one sidewall to define an interior. A planetary gearset is disposed within the interior. An output shaft is coupled to the gearset and extends through a hole defined in the rear wall. An extension housing is connected to a rear portion of the main housing such that the outer side and the extension housing cooperate to define a torque-sensor cavity. The output shaft extends through the cavity. A torque sensor is disposed within the cavity adjacent to the output shaft and has an electrical connector disposed in a wall of the extension housing.