Patent ID: 9341238
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B60K,F16D,F16H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A gear assembly for a power transfer unit assembly for a vehicle, comprising: an input shaft; a drive ring gear mounted about the input shaft, the drive ring gear having a gear face portion with a plurality of teeth, having a shaft end, and having an inside face, the inside face having at least one window, wherein the gear face portion and the plurality of teeth have an axial extent with respect to a center axis of the input shaft; a pair of input/ring bearings straddle mounted on either side of the drive ring gear; a first clutch member fixedly connected to the input shaft and positioned between the input/ring bearings; a driven pinion gear assembly operatively engaged with the drive ring gear; a second clutch member moveably mounted to the drive ring gear, the second clutch member being located at the inside face of the drive ring gear and residing radially underneath the gear face portion of the drive ring gear and residing generally axially within the axial extent of the gear face portion and plurality of teeth, the second clutch member having at least one finger portion extending through the at least one window when the second clutch member is located at the inside face of the drive ring gear; and an actuator assembly that operates to move the second clutch into engagement with the first clutch member so as to cause drive ring gear to rotate with the input shaft, thereby causing the driven pinion gear assembly to rotate.