Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transfer case for a drive train
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Application No.: US15785459Application Date: 2017-10-17
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Publication No.: US10359100B2Publication Date: 2019-07-23
- Inventor: Joseph D. Mastie , Sathya Vaidyanathan
- Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
- Current Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP
- Main IPC: F16H3/54
- IPC: F16H3/54 ; B60K17/344 ; F16H48/30 ; B60K23/08

Abstract:
A transfer case (18) is disclosed. The transfer case (18) includes an input shaft (16) and a sun gear (56). The sun gear (56) includes a collar end (58) and a gear end (60) and at least a portion of the sun gear (56) circumscribes the input shaft (16). A hub (62) circumscribes the collar end (58) and the input shaft (16), and may be slidably move between a first position (64) and a second position (66) opposite the first position (64) along the input shaft (16) and the collar end (58). A plurality of planetary gears (70) is mounted in a carrier body (72) circumscribing the gear end (60), and the carrier body (72) is splined with the transfer case input shaft (16). A ring gear (78) circumscribes the plurality of planetary gears (70) mounted in the carrier body (72), and is integrally joined with an output shaft (20). The ring gear (78) is rotatable around the plurality of planetary gears (70).
Public/Granted literature
- US20180106333A1 TRANSFER CASE FOR A DRIVE TRAIN Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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