Patent ID: 11964557
Assignee: DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 11:
12. A multi-speed transmission system in a vehicle, comprising:
a first friction clutch including:
a first set of discs directly splined to a shaft; and
a second set of discs splined to an inner circumference of a first gear;

a bearing coupled to the shaft and including an inner axial side which includes an opening that is formed between an inner race and an outer race and is directly adjacent to an axial side of the first friction clutch; and
a second friction clutch including:
a third set of discs splined to the shaft; and
a fourth set of discs splined to an inner circumference of a second gear;

wherein the bearing includes a shield on an outer axial side of the bearing;
wherein the first gear includes outer teeth that are positioned circumferentially around the first gear outward from the first and second sets of discs;
wherein the second gear includes outer teeth that are positioned circumferentially around the second gear outward from the third and fourth sets of discs; and
wherein the first and second gears have different sizes.