Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Craig Matthew Renneker

Norman Jerry Bird

Todd Curtis Spaulding

Brian Richard Light

Emad Al-Regib

Susan Wyatt

Matthew Stephen Eiszler

Bryant L Poynter

John Edsel Robarge

An override mechanism for a shift-by-wire transmission includes a housing having a first pin aperture and a shaft extending into the housing. The override mechanism further includes a reel plate having a second pin aperture. The reel plate is rotatably fixed to the shaft and rotatable within the housing. The override mechanism further includes a spring biasing the reel plate to a first angular position, and a pull-pin removably disposable within the first and second pin apertures to retain the reel plate in a second angular position.

Override for shifting a shift-by-wire transmission

A drive system includes first and second power sources, a planetary gearset including an output, and first and second inputs driveably connected, respectively, to the first and second power sources, a pinion supported for rotation, and a synchronizer for alternately releasing a drive connection between the pinion and output and substantially synchronizing a speed of the pinion and a speed of the output before driveably connecting the pinion and the output.

Synchronous speed disconnect of a generator for a hybrid electric vehicle

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Northville, MI, United States of America

Craig Matthew Renneker