Machine element or mechanism – Elements – Gear casings
Patent
1987-09-08
1989-10-17
Diehl, Dwight G.
Machine element or mechanism
Elements
Gear casings
74745, F16H 3702
Patent
active
048738794
ABSTRACT:
A continuously variable transmission including a driving shaft connected to an engine output member and a driven shaft. The shafts are interconnected by a stepless variable coupling. A bidirectional gear drive mechanism connects the driven shaft to a differential mechanism having two output shafts extending therefrom. The drive mechanism includes a two gear forward and a three gear reverse drive path, each of which is controlled by a fluid-actuated starting clutch mechanism. Each gear path is adapted to drive a transfer gear which continually intermeshes with a ring gear of the differential defining another gear mesh. By such construction, the output shafts and the engine output memeber may rotate in the same direction during a forward drive mode of operation.
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Butterfield Roger P.
Neumann Guenter J.
Wykstra Curt A.
Borg-Warner Automotive Inc.
Diehl Dwight G.
Geppert James A.
Jennings James J.
Zieg Robert L.
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