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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Xiaowu Zhang, Canton, MI (US);
David Gon Oh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Allen Janson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Mark John Jennings, Saline, MI (US);
Gregory Daniel Goleski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A transmission includes first, second, and third planetary gear sets (PGS). A first electric machine is fixedly coupled to a sun gear of the first PGS. A second electric machine is fixedly coupled to a carrier of the first PGS. A brake is selectively holding a ring gear of the first PGS against rotation. First and second clutches selectively couple the first and second electric machines, respectively, to a portion of the second and third PGS, respectively.