Driveline systems anti-rattle means
CA 2073284 C · Owner: Miller, Lon Charles · Inventors: Bogema, Edward John; Miller, Lon Charles
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An improved vehicle transmission (10) which substantially reduces the noisy rattle normally produced by interengagement of the input shaft (12) and the input drive gear (14) of the transmission when the engine of the vehicle is operating at idle speed and the transmission is in neutral. The input shaft (12) and the input drive gear (14) are in constant driven relationship. In the inventive structure the, interengageable spline teeth (70 and 71) of the input shaft (12) and the input drive gear (14) of the transmission (10) are provided with a greater backlash (75) than is normally used. The intermittent firings of the engine (E) normally cause non-synchronous rotation of the input shaft (12) …
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- Filed July 7, 1992 and granted November 3, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 7, 2012.
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