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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Thomas Alan Genise, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gregory L. Heatwole, Marshall, MI (US);
Richard Kukucka, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gabriela Florentina Radulescu, Marshall, MI (US);
Daniel Stanley Frazier, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Robert Joseph Kyle, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Andrew P. Harman, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Robert Michael Arnsparger, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Patrick John McMillan, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Jamie Gerad Cullen, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Abstract
A differential assembly with at least a first gear ratio and a second gear ratio that can be integrated with an automatic transmission system thereby increasing the total number of available gear ratios is presented. A method of shifting to improve engine efficiency is also provided.