Machine element or mechanism – Gearing – Plural power paths to and/or from gearing
Patent
1984-10-16
1986-02-04
Bonck, Rodney H.
Machine element or mechanism
Gearing
Plural power paths to and/or from gearing
74802, 74421R, 74752A, 74862, 74DIG7, 340626, 307 10R, F16H 344, F16H 128, B60K 4108, B60Q 100
Patent
active
045677883
ABSTRACT:
An overdrive transmission for a motor vehicle has a housing with a rotatably mounted driving shaft and a rotatably mounted driven shaft. A planetary gear device is used to transmit power from the driving shaft to the driven shaft. In two of the illustrated embodiments, when the transmission is in the direct drive mode the planet gear carrier of the planet gear device is allowed to rotate and is engaged with the driven shaft by a clutch for power transmission at a 1:1 ratio, and when in the overdrive mode the planet gear carrier is prevented from rotation by another clutch and is disengaged from the driven shaft for power transmission to the driven shaft through the planetary gears of the planetary gear device at an increased gear ratio. In another of the illustrated embodiments, when the overdrive transmission is in the direct drive mode the sun gear of the planetary gear device is engaged with the driving shaft by a clutch and the planet carrier of the planetary gear device is connected to the driven shaft for power transmission at a 1:1 ratio, and when in the overdrive mode the sun gear is prevented from rotating by another clutch and is disengaged from the driving shaft so that power is transmitted from the driving shaft to the driven shaft through the planet gears of the planetary gear device at an increased gear ratio. In further embodiments, the overdrive transmissions are provided with neutral modes while being shifted between overdrive and direct drive modes.
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Andrews Stephen B.
Bonck Rodney H.
Doug Nash Equipment and Engineering, Inc.
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