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hypoid gear

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hypoid gear [′hī‚pȯid ¦gir]
(mechanical engineering)
Gear wheels connecting nonparallel, nonintersecting shafts, usually at right angles.


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There is a short horizontal shaft and hypoid gear set that send power to the prop shaft, then to the rear drive unit.
Engineering the MDX: a daily driver tuned at the Nurburgring by Vasilash, Gary S. / Automotive Design & Production
An SAE paper (#820696; Neil Lottridge and Robert Grindahl) summarized the results of the testing done by GMC's Pontiac Div from 1971-1977 on nodular iron hypoid gears for automobile rear axles.
Shot peening ductile iron by Lawerenz, Mark / Modern Casting
Identical direct electromagnetic clutch units on ether side of the rear drive unit's hypoid gear control the amount of torque that reaches each rear wheel, and act as the limited-slip differential.
The allure of AWD by Sawyer, Christopher A. / Automotive Design & Production
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