Patent ID: 6318200
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: B60K,B60Y,B62D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A final drive assembly for a work vehicle, the final drive assembly comprising:an input spur gear;a first cluster gear having a first toothed surface and a second toothed surface, the first toothed surface engaging the input spur gear, the first cluster gear defining a first cluster gear drive axis;a second cluster gear having a first toothed surface and a second toothed surface, the first toothed surface of the second cluster gear engaging the second toothed surface of the first cluster gear, the second cluster gear defining a second cluster gear drive axis that is parallel to the first cluster gear drive axis;an output spur gear is provided with an output shaft and engages the second toothed surface of the second cluster gear, the output spur gear defining an output spur gear drive axis that is parallel to the second cluster gear drive axis, whereby the first cluster gear drive axis and the output spur gear drive axis are coaxial, the first cluster gear being provided with an annular bearing that engages the output shaft so that the first cluster gear is free to rotate on the output shaft.