Patent ID: 7896287

Claim:
A split torque power transmission, comprising: a ring gear having a pair of oppositely facing hypoid gear faces respectively formed on opposite sides of a medial plane thereof; a first drive shaft laterally offset from a central axis of the ring gear perpendicular to its medial plane and comprising an elongated shaft extending through the medial plane of the ring gear and disposed at an oblique angle relative thereto, the first drive shaft including a pair of hypoid pinion gears mounted coaxially thereon and respectively disposed in conjugate meshing engagement with respective ones of the gear faces of the ring gear; a second drive shaft laterally offset and disposed on an opposite side of the central axis of the ring gear from the first drive shaft and comprising an elongated shaft extending through the medial plane of the ring gear and disposed at an oblique angle relative thereto, the second drive shaft including a pair of hypoid pinion gears mounted coaxially thereon and respectively disposed in conjugate meshing engagement with respective ones of the gear faces of the ring gear; and, an elongated annular output shaft coupled to a circumferential periphery of the ring gear.