Machine element or mechanism – Gearing – With fluid drive
Patent
1990-08-31
1992-07-14
Herrmann, Allan D.
Machine element or mechanism
Gearing
With fluid drive
475 66, 475200, F16H 4700
Patent
active
051292858
ABSTRACT:
An automatic transaxle comprises a rotary motion transmitting unit which transmits a rotary motion between two parallel shafts including an input shaft in driving connection with a turbine of a hydrodynamic unit, i.e., a torque converter. The rotary motion transmitting unit includes a driver sprocket, a follower sprocket, and a chain in driving connection between the sprockets. The pump has a pump housing fixed to a stationary support plate. The driver and follower sprockets are rotatably supported at this stationary support plate. A reaction shaft in driving connection with an inner race of a one-way clutch of a stator of the torque converter extends through the stationary support plate and rotatably supports the driver sprocket. The reaction shaft is hollow to allow the input shaft to extend therethrough. The input shaft is drivingly connected with the driver sprocket. The pump has a pump shaft including a sleeve portion coaxially arranged around and with the reaction shaft and a radial extension fixed to the impeller. Accordingly, the driver is spaced further away from the torque converter in a direction along the input shaft than the pump.
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Automatic Transaxle Diagnosis and Unit Repair Section 440-T4.
Furuya Osamu
Sugano Kazuhiko
Herrmann Allan D.
Massey Ryan W.
Nissan Motor Co,. Ltd.
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