Transmission System With Safety Device
AssigneeZeroshift Limited
InventorsWilliam Wesley Martin, Anthony Joseph Child
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Abstract
A transmission system with a safety device for preventing lockup occurring. The transmission includes a first gear train (7) having a first gear element (17), a second gear train (9) having a second gear element (21), a first gear selector device (29) arranged for selecting the first gear element (29), a first actuator for controlling the operation of the first gear selector device, a second gear selector device (31) arranged for selecting the second gear element (21), a second actuator for controlling operation of the second gear selector device and a safety device (55) for preventing the first and second gear selector devices (29, 31) from simultaneously applying torque to the first and second gear elements (17, 21) in opposed directions.
Claims21
A transmission system including:
- a first gear train having a first gear element;
- a second gear train having a second gear element;
- a first gear selector device arranged for selecting the first gear element;
- a first actuator for controlling the operation of the first gear selector device;
- a second gear selector device arranged for selecting the second gear element;
- a second actuator for controlling operation of the second gear selector device;
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- a safety device for preventing the first and second gear selector devices from simultaneously applying torque to the first and second gear elements in opposed directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.