Patent ID: 7232400

Claim:
A final drive for a vehicle including a compound gear set, comprising: an input; an output; and a first and a second epicyclic gear set associated with the input and the output, each of the first and second epicyclic gear sets comprising a sun gear, at least one planet gear associated with the sun gear, a planet carrier associated with the at least one planet gear, and a ring gear associated with the at least one planet gear, wherein the sun gear of the first epicyclic gear set is rotatably coupled with the ring gear of the second epicyclic gear set and the final drive is configured to selectively shift between a high ratio state and a low ratio state; wherein the planet carrier of the first epicyclic near set is locked against rotation, the input is rotatably coupled to the sun gear of the second epicyclic gear set, and the output is rotatably coupled to the planet carrier of the second epicyclic gear set.