Patent ID: 7413525

Claim:
A power transmission assembly, comprising a first shaft having a central bore; a second shaft; a gearset operably disposed between said first shaft and said second shaft; a first hydraulically-actuated transfer device operable for causing said gearset to establish a first speed ratio drive connection between said first and second shafts; a second hydraulically-actuated transfer device operable for causing said gearset to establish a second speed ratio drive connection between said first and second shafts; and a separator insert disposed in said central bore of said first shaft, said separator insert includes a divider plate defining a first fluid flow path for supplying fluid to actuate said first transfer device and a second fluid flow path for supplying fluid to actuate said second transfer device, said divider plate is offset from a rotary axis of said first shaft such that said first fluid flow path has a greater volume than said second fluid flow path.