Patent ID: 8474347

Claim:
A right angle gearbox comprising: a gear set enclosure housing a helical gear set and a hypoid gear set; an input member extending from said enclosure and comprising a high speed portion of said helical gear set housed within said enclosure, said high speed portion of said helical gear set having a first centerline; an output member extending from said enclosure and comprising a low speed portion of said hypoid gear set housed within said enclosure, said output member substantially orthogonal to said input member; and an assembly comprising a low speed portion of said helical gear set and a high speed portion of said hypoid gear set having a second centerline, said low speed portion of said helical gear set and said high speed portion of said hypoid gear set mechanically coupled to one another, said assembly positioned such that said low speed portion of said helical gear set engages said high speed portion of said helical gear set and said high speed portion of said hypoid gear set engages said low speed portion of said hypoid gear set, wherein a diameter of said high speed portion of said helical gear set is smaller than a diameter of said low speed portion of said helical gear set, wherein said first centerline and said second centerline are aligned such that said centerlines are oriented in the same vertical plane, said output member being perpendicular to any line that can be drawn within the vertical plane.