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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Robert Scott Lippert, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Allen Janson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Donald Edward Hoffman, Canton, MI (US);
Reid Alan Baldwin, Linden, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/66 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0065 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0091 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2012 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2048 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2066 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2082 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2097 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transmission gearing arrangement produces ten forward speed ratios and four reverse speed ratio by selective engagement of three shift elements in various combinations. Some embodiment includes four simple planetary gear sets and seven shift elements of which three or four are brakes. Another embodiment includes two axis transfer gear pairs in place of one of the planetary gear sets. One of the brakes is used only in reverse and may be a latch.