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US 2014/0033863 A1Published application
Transmission with rear torque converter
AssigneeMAGNA Powertrain AG & Co KG
InventorsJianwen Li, Richard D. Muizelaar
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Abstract
A transmission includes a main shaft, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, and a first clutch to drivingly couple the main shaft and the first input shaft. A second clutch drivingly couples the main shaft and the second input shaft. A torque converter is selectively driven by one of the first input shaft and a first speed gear set. The first speed gear set is driven by the other of the first input shaft and the torque converter. A second speed gear set is driven by the second input shaft.
Claims20
A transmission comprising:
- a main shaft;
- a first input shaft;
- a second input shaft;
- a first clutch to drivingly couple the main shaft and the first input shaft;
- a second clutch to drivingly couple the main shaft and the second input shaft;
- a torque converter selectively driven by one of the first input shaft and a first speed gear set, the first speed gear set being driven by the other of the first input shaft and the torque converter;
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- a second speed gear set driven by the second input shaft.
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A transmission comprising:
- a main shaft;
- a first input shaft;
- a second input shaft;
- a first clutch to drivingly couple the main shaft and the first input shaft;
- a second clutch to drivingly couple the main shaft and the second input shaft;
- a torque converter selectively driven by one of a first speed gear set, a second speed gear set and the first input shaft, the first and second speed gear sets being driven by one of the first input shaft and the torque converter;
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- a third speed gear set driven by the second input shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.