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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2007
Applicant:
Bernard J. Simon, Troy, MI (US);
Inventor:
Bernard J. Simon, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/08 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gearset assembly includes a pinion carrier containing long pinions mutually spaced angularly about an axis and supported for rotation on the carrier, and short pinions, each short pinion supported for rotation on the carrier and meshing with a long pinion. A ring gear meshes with the long pinions. A first sun gear meshes with the short pinions, and a second sun gear meshes with the long pinions.