Multiple speed transmission for connecting an air conditioner compressor of a vehicle to the engine of the vehicle

A multiple speed transmission for connecting an air conditioner compressor of an automobile to a prime mover of the automobile, wherein the air conditioner compressor of the automobile has a shaft with a RPM and the prime mover of the automobile has an RPM, said transmission comprising:

• a) driving apparatus for operatively connecting to the prime mover of the automobile;
• b) driven apparatus operatively connected to said driving apparatus for operatively connecting to the air conditioner compressor of the automobile;
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• c) mounting apparatus for mounting said driving apparatus and said driven apparatus to the prime mover of the automobile;
• said mounting apparatus comprising a bracket for rigid mounting to the prime mover of the automobile and for rotatably receiving the shaft of the air conditioner compressor of the automobile;
• said driving apparatus comprising:
• i) a driving shaft rotatably mounted to said bracket of said mounting apparatus for parallel disposition to the shaft of the air conditioner compressor of the automobile;
• ii) a first drive pulley mounted on said driving shaft of said driving apparatus for rotation therewith and for operative connecting to the prime mover of the automobile by a drive belt;
• iii) a second drive pulley mounted on said driving shaft of said driving apparatus, outboard of, and larger than, said first driving pulley of said driving apparatus, and being selectively engaged with said driving shaft of said driving apparatus by a first clutch;
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• iv) a third drive pulley mounted on said driving shaft of said driving apparatus, outboard of, and smaller than, said second driving pulley of said driving apparatus, and being selectively engaged with said driving shaft of said driving apparatus by a second clutch.