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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Allen Janson, Plymouth, MI (US);
David Gon Oh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gregory Daniel Goleski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/445 (2007.10); F16H 37/08 (2006.01); F16H 3/72 (2006.01); F16H 7/06 (2006.01); F16H 48/08 (2006.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60K 6/365 (2013.01); F16H 3/727 (2013.01); F16H 7/06 (2013.01); F16H 37/0806 (2013.01); F16H 37/0833 (2013.01); F16H 48/08 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/73 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/80 (2013.01); Y10S 903/91 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power-split hybrid transaxle uses a chain-only final drive. In addition to transferring power from the primary axis to the differential axis, the chain provides about a 2.5:1 torque multiplication. Eliminating the planetary final drive gear set traditionally associated with a chain axis transfer reduces that axial length of the transaxle and provides more space for a power take-off unit.