Patent · US Expired

Transmission system and method of making same

US6845690B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

21Claims

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Philip Gansloser · Bad Ditzenbach, DE
Juergen Greiner · Leutenbach, DE
Helmut G. Sandner · Long Branch, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 8, 2002
Grant date	Jan 25, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 8, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/19042
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A transmission system for a motor vehicle, which contains a vehicle transmission equipped for longitudinal installation with a gear output shaft that points in the direction of the rear of the motor vehicle in the installed state is provided, wherein the shaft can be connected and be supported for rotation on an input shaft of a front axle gear unit via a driven shaft of a lateral drive unit and via a cardan shaft. For the purpose of reducing at least one deflection angle of the cardan shaft, at least one shaft corresponding to the cardan shaft is swiveled towards the gear output shaft of the vehicle transmission system.

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