Patent · US Expired

Offset transfer case

US5853342A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 1997
Grant dateDec 29, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60K17/3467
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A transfer case for use in a four-wheel drive vehicle. The transfer case has an input shaft supported for rotation about a first rotary axis, a first output shaft supported for rotation about a second rotary axis, a second output shaft supported for rotation about a third rotary axis, and a torque transfer arrangement for delivering drive torque from the input shaft to each of the first and second output shafts.

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