Power transmission apparatus
AssigneeVariable Kinetic Drives, Ltd.
InventorHoward F. Hobbs
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Abstract
The invention provides a power transmission apparatus which includes a hydraulic torque converter and mechanical gears. The torque converter includes a circulatory turbine in addition to the usual output turbine. The mechanical gears include first, second and third gearings. The first gearing connects the circulatory turbine to the converter input shaft. The second gearing connects the first gearing to the converter output member through a unidirectional freewheel. The third gearing connects the second gearing to an output member of the apparatus.
Claims3
A power transmission apparatus comprising a torque converter having an input shaft, an impeller connected to the input shaft, an output sleeve, a layshaft parallel to said input shaft, an output member, an output turbine connected to said output sleeve, a reactor and a circulatory turbine, a first gearing connecting the circulatory turbine (TC) to the input shaft to transmit driving torque thereto, a unidirectional freewheel, a second gearing connecting the first gearing to the converter output sleeve through said unidirectional freewheel and a third gearing connecting the second gearing to said layshaft;
- a coupling shaft, said second gearing comprising first and second gearwheels the first of which is carried by said output sleeve and the second is carried by said coupling shaft which is coaxial with said output sleeve;
- third and fourth gearwheels carried by said layshaft, said first and second gearwheels meshing with said third and fourth gearwheels the third gearwheel being connected with said third gearing and the fourth gearwheel is connected with the third gearwheel by said freewheel;
- and means drivably connecting the layshaft with said output member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.