Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drop box for powertrain
- Patent Title (中): 动力总成箱
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Application No.: US11877438Application Date: 2007-10-23
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Publication No.: US08365637B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Robert A. Herold , Nuwan Janaka Gallege , Dean A. Worrell , Robert L. Isaacs , Samuel Shropshire
- Applicant: Robert A. Herold , Nuwan Janaka Gallege , Dean A. Worrell , Robert L. Isaacs , Samuel Shropshire
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer
- Main IPC: F16H57/02
- IPC: F16H57/02

Abstract:
An output transfer group, or drop box, can include a housing and a gear transfer train, rotatably supported within the housing, that includes an input gear adapted for enmeshing engagement with a transmission output shaft and a gear transfer output shaft that is rotatable upon rotation of the input gear. A coupler can be provided that includes a hub rotatively coupled with the gear transfer output shaft, a bearing carrier, a coupler output shaft rotatively coupled to the bearing carrier, and a coupling mechanism rotatively coupled to the bearing carrier. The coupling mechanism can be movable between an engaged position, wherein the coupling mechanism is rotatively coupled to the hub, and a disengaged position, wherein the coupling mechanism is disengaged from the hub. A solenoid can be arranged with the coupling mechanism to selectively move the coupling mechanism from the disengaged position to the engaged position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090105036A1 DROP BOX FOR POWERTRAIN Public/Granted day:2009-04-23
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