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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Larry A. Pritchard, Macomb, MI (US);
Mallikarjun Rudagi, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
William C. Dodge, Saline, MI (US);
Sathya Vaidyanathan, Troy, MI (US);
BorgWarner, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A transfer case of a motor vehicle drivetrain includes a planetary gear set including a ring gear to receive input torque, and a pinion assembly having pinion gears in mesh with the ring gear and a carrier to carry the pinion gears and transmit output torque. A sun gear is in mesh with the pinion gears, is selectively connectable to the carrier and rotatable therewith in a two-wheel drive mode and in a four-wheel-drive high range mode, and is selectively fixable against rotational motion in a four-wheel drive low range mode.