Patent · US Expired

Motor vehicle change gear unit with reduced gear wheel stages

US5868641A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

4References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

MC Micro Compact Car AG · CH

Inventors

Helmut Bender · Pleidelsheim, DE
Guenter Ruehle · Besigheim, DE
Henning Diel · Ludwigsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 1997
Grant date	Feb 9, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H2200/0056
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A change gear unit has an output shaft which can be engaged into a drive connection with a parallel input shaft. The output shaft can be engaged into the drive connection by at least three gear wheel stages in order to form forward gears. Also, the output shaft can be engaged with a vehicle axle differential gear unit by two gear wheel stages. The differential gear unit has output shafts that are parallel with respect to the central axis of the change gear unit.

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