Output shaft assembly in power transfer device
US4867001A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1988 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/19693
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In combination with a power transmission for an automotive vehicle, a power transfer device includes a transfer casing secured at one side thereof to a casing of the power transmission, a ring gear rotatably mounted within the transfer casing to be applied with driving power from the power transmission through a center differential, and an output shaft assembly mounted within the transfer casing to transmit the driving power from the ring gear to a propeller shaft. The output shaft assembly includes a drive pinion integrally formed with an internally splined hollow shaft portion rotatably mounted within the transfer casing and being in mesh with the ring gear, and an externally splined slide shaft axially slidably coupled within the hollow shaft portion of the drive pinion for rotation therewith and having an output end portion for drive connection to the propeller shaft.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.