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US 2015/0316128 A1Published application
Multi-Speed Transmission
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSteven Gerald Thomas, Reid Alan Baldwin
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Abstract
A family of transmission gearing arrangements produces up to nine forward and one reverse speed ratios by selective engagement of three shift elements in various combinations. Each disclosed transmission includes four planetary gear sets and six elements. Two of the arrangements feature planetary gear sets that are separated radially and are particularly suited to applications that require reduced axial length.
Claims10
A transmission comprising:
- an input shaft, an output shaft, and second, third, and fourth shafts;
- a first gearing arrangement configured to selectively constrain the second shaft to rotate at a speed between speeds of the input shaft and of the fourth shaft;
- a second gearing arrangement configured to fixedly constrain the third shaft to rotate at a speed between speeds of the second shaft and of the fourth shaft;
- a third gearing arrangement configured to selectively constrain the output shaft to rotate at a speed between zero and a speed of the third shaft, and to selectively constrain the input shaft to rotate at a speed between speeds of the third shaft and of the output shaft;
- a first clutch configured to selectively couple the input shaft to the second shaft;
- a first brake configured to selectively hold the second shaft against rotation;
- and
- a second brake configured to selectively hold the fourth shaft against rotation.
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A transmission comprising:
- an input shaft, an output shaft, a second shaft, and a third shaft;
- a first gearing arrangement configured to selectively constrain the second shaft to rotate at a speed between speeds of the input shaft, and of the third shaft and to selectively constrain the third shaft to rotate at a speed between zero and a speed of the second shaft;
- a second gearing arrangement configured to selectively constrain the output shaft to rotate at a speed between zero and a speed of the third shaft;
- a third gearing arrangement configured to selectively constrain the input shaft to rotate at a speed between speeds of the third shaft and of the output shaft;
- a first clutch configured to selectively couple the input shaft to the second shaft;
- and
- a first brake configured to selectively hold the second shaft against rotation.
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A transmission comprising:
- four simple planetary gearsets wherein
- a carrier of the first gearset is fixedly coupled to a ring of the second gearset,
- suns of the first and second gearsets are fixedly coupled to one another,
- a carrier of the second gearset is fixedly coupled to suns of the third and fourth gearsets, and
- an output is fixedly coupled to a carrier of the third gearset and a ring of the fourth gearset.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.