Patent ID: 7140268

Claim:
A motor vehicle power transfer unit for transmitting torque between a front wheel drive line and a rear wheel drive line, said power transfer unit comprising: a housing; an input portion; an output portion: a parallel gear set and a non-parallel gear set coupled between said input portion and said output portion, the parallel gear set including an output gear driveably connected to the input portion and to the non-parallel gear set; said non-parallel gear set including a ring gear secured directly to the output gear, having a front face with gear teeth formed therein and facing the output gear, and a rear face having a bearing seat formed therein; a first bearing located in said bearing seat at a first axial side of the output gear and supported on a boss of the housing; and a second bearing aligned with the first bearing, located at a second axial side of the output gear opposite the first side, and supported on the housing, the output gear and at least a portion of the front face of the ring gear being located axially between the first bearing and the second bearing.