Torque transmitting assembly
A torque transmitting assembly including a first drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof. A gear assembly axially aligns with the first drum and has a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the drum. The gear assembly includes an annular gear and a plate axially aligning with the gear.
1. A torque transmitting assembly comprising:
a first drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof;
a gear assembly axially aligning with the first drum and having a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the drum, the gear assembly including an annular gear and a plate axially aligning with the gear; and
a sensor component annularly extending on an inner surface of the first drum, wherein the sensor component is a ring having a plurality of windows, and wherein the sensor component is captured by the drum during a flow forming process.
2. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first drum is aluminum and the gear is steel.
3. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plate is received on a shoulder formed on an inner surface of the gear.
4. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of teeth of the gear assembly is formed on an end of the gear.
5. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the gear assembly further includes a second drum receiving the gear and the plate.
6. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of teeth of the gear assembly is formed on an end of the second drum.
7. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 5 , wherein the second drum is steel.
8. A torque transmitting assembly comprising:
a first drum having a plurality of splines formed on an inner surface intermediate a first end and a second end thereof and one of a flange and a plurality of teeth formed at the first end thereof; and
a gear assembly coupled to the first end of the first drum and engaging the one of the flange and the plurality of teeth of the first drum, the gear assembly including a second drum receiving an annular gear and a plate axially aligning with the gear, wherein the first drum is aluminum, the second drum is steel, the gear is steel, and the plate is steel, and wherein the plate is integrally formed with the second drum.
9. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 8 , wherein the flange is formed at the first end of the first drum and the plate is coupled to the flange of the first drum.
10. A torque transmitting assembly comprising:
an aluminum drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof; and
a gear assembly axially aligning with the drum and coupled to the end of the drum, the gear assembly including a steel drum, an annular steel gear, and a steel plate, the steel drum having a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the aluminum drum and a plurality of splines formed on an inner surface thereof, the steel gear having a plurality of splines formed on an outer surface thereof engaging the plurality of splines of the steel drum, the plate engaging at least one of an inner surface of the steel gear and an inner surface of the steel drum.
11. A torque transmitting assembly comprising:
a first drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof; and
a gear assembly axially aligning with the first drum and having a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the drum, the gear assembly including an annular gear, a plate axially aligning with the gear, and a second drum receiving the gear and the plate, wherein the second drum includes a plurality of splines formed on an inner surface thereof and the gear includes a plurality of splines formed on an outer surface thereof engaging the plurality of splines formed on the inner surface of the second drum.
12. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 11 , wherein the plate includes a plurality of splines formed on an outer surface thereof, the plurality of splines formed on the plate engaging the plurality of splines formed on the inner surface of the second drum.
13. A torque transmitting assembly comprising:
a first drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof; and
a gear assembly axially aligning with the first drum and having a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the drum, the gear assembly including an annular gear, a plate axially aligning with the gear, and a second drum receiving the gear and the plate, wherein the second drum is formed from a first component coupled to a second component.