Patent ID: 7837587

Claim:
A power transmission device comprising: a housing; an input member; an output member having a shaft portion and a pinion gear that is coupled to an end of the shaft portion; a first tapered roller bearing mounted on shaft portion of the output member; a second tapered roller bearing mounted on the shaft portion of the output member and spaced apart from the first tapered roller bearing such that the first tapered roller bearing is disposed between the pinion gear and the second tapered roller bearing; a rolling contact bearing disposed radially outwardly of the second tapered roller bearing, the rolling contact bearing being mounted to the housing and the input member and supporting the input member for rotation relative to the housing; a friction clutch that is selectively operable to transmit rotary power from the input member to the output member, the friction clutch comprising a plurality of interleaved clutch plates that are positioned axially between the first and second tapered roller bearings; and a ring gear meshingly engaged with the pinion gear.