Patent ID: 8070638

Claim:
A final drive assembly for a motor vehicle comprising, in combination, a first input for receiving lower speed range power from a transmission, a second input for receiving higher speed range power from a transmission, a planetary gear assembly having a grounded ring gear, a sun gear coupled to said first input, a planet gear carrier coupled to said second input and having a plurality of planet gears, a differential having an outer member coupled to said planet carrier and a pair of differentially rotatable outputs adapted to drive a respective pair of axles, a transmission having a first output carrying lower speed ranges coupled to said first input of said final drive assembly and a second output carrying higher speed ranges coupled to said second input of said final drive assembly, and a first gear set operably disposed between said first output of said transmission and said first input of said final drive assembly and a second gear set operably disposed between said second output of said transmission and said second input of said final drive assembly.