| US 7,479,085 B2 | ||
| Axle having dual planetary reduction | ||
| Jeffrey Brengle Finn, Cedar Falls, Iowa (US) | ||
| Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/450,989. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0287568 A1, Dec. 13, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16H 48/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 475—225 [475/221] | 15 Claims |
| 1. An axle assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:
a pair of rotatably supported axle half-shafts adapted to transfer rotational motion to a pair of wheels spaced from one another;
a differential positioned between the axle half-shafts and including a differential input adapted to receive rotational motion
from a transmission of the motor vehicle;
a dual planetary gear set positioned between and interconnecting each axle half-shaft and the differential, each of the dual
planetary gear sets including a first planetary gear set and a second planetary gear set mounted adjacent one another and
having a shared ring gear that is stationarily mounted within the axle assembly.
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