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Power transfer device for four-wheel drive vehicles

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6239609

A power transfer device is described for four-wheel drive vehicles, comprising: a housing; an input shaft rotatable mounted within the housing for drive connection to an output shaft of a power transmission; a first output shaft rotatably mounted within the housing in a coaxial relationship with the input shaft; a second output shaft rotatable mounted within the housing in a concentric relationship with the input shaft; and a planetary gear unit including a sun gear, a carrier, a ring gear, and a plurality of planet gears journaled on the carrier and in mesh with the sun and ring gears and being axially slidably mounted on the input and output shafts.

Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi
Patent Number(s):
US 4805485
OSTI ID:
6239609
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English