Patent ID: 7370550

Claim:
A power take-off unit comprising: an input shaft for operative connection to a source of motive power; a first drive gear operatively mounted to said input shaft and having a first set of drive teeth; a second drive gear having a second set of drive teeth and a first set of bevel teeth, said second set of drive teeth meshingly engaged to said first drive teeth of said first drive gear; and an output gear operatively and rotationally mounted transversely to said second drive gear and having a second set of bevel teeth meshingly engaged to said first set of bevel teeth of said second drive gear, said output gear having a rotational axis, with a first face and a second face of said output gear radially extending from said axis on opposing sides of said second set of bevel teeth, said output gear further including a first shaft portion extending outward from said first face along said axis and a second shaft portion extending outward from said second face along said axis, and being adapted to transfer torque transversely from said input shaft to drive a set of wheels of a vehicle.