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US 4,641,550 AGranted
Automatic transmission utilizing gyroscopic satellite gears
OwnerUsher Meymaninventor
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Abstract
An automatic transmission has a driving shaft and a driven shaft rotatable about an axis of the transmission, a first gear drive including central gears mounted on the shafts and satellite gears engaging with the central gears, a second gear drive including central gears and gyroscopic satellite gears engaging the central gears of the second gear drive and mounted on a carrier, elements connecting the gear drives with one another and transmitting gyroscopic moments from the second gear drive to the first gear drive, and a reactor engaging the central gears of the second gyroscopic gear drive.
Claims4
An automatic transmission, comprising
- a driving shaft and a driven shaft defining an axis of the transmission and rotating about said axis;
- a first gear drive including central gears mounted on said shafts, and satellite gears engaging with said central gears;
- a second gyroscopic gear drive including central gears, a carrier, and gyroscopic satellite gears engaging with said central gears of said second gear drive and mounted on said carrier;
- elements connecting said gear drives with one another and transmitting gyroscopic moments from said second gear drive to said first gear drive;
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- a reactor engaging with said central gears of said second gyroscopic gear drive.
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