Patents by Inventor Ashwani K. Galhotra

Ashwani K. Galhotra has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4949594
    Abstract: A transfer case for a vehicle having full time four-wheel drive includes an interaxle differential connected to the output of a transmission and driving coaxial driveshafts, each connected to a different axleshaft. One of the driveshafts supports a chain sprocket driveably connected by a chain belt to a driveshaft coaxial with the input shaft and output drive shafts. The differential includes a center driving disc, a housing connected to the input, two friction disc clutches each connected to one of the output driveshafts, driven discs connected to input pressure plates associated with each of the disc clutches, a ball drive assembly for engaging and disengaging the friction disc according to the relative angular position of the pressure plates, and a coiled compression spring urging the clutches to an engaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Ashwani K. Galhotra