Hypoid gears a drive-on-coast application

摘要

A hypoid gear set including a ring-shaped gear positioned about an axis and having a plurality of curved gear teeth arranged about the axis. Each tooth has a second side having a forward face with a shallow pressure angle relative to an axially extending line and defining the drive side of the gear. Each tooth has a first side having a rear face with a steep pressure angle relative to an axially extending line and defining the coast side. A pinion gear drives the rear faces of the ring-shaped gear such that the ring-shaped gear rotates in the direction of the forward faces of the teeth of the ring-shaped gear.