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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US);
Inventor:
Joshua D. Hand, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/663 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0034 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2007 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle transmission using a gearset. Multi-mode clutches selectively couple components of the gearset. The transmission operates in and shifts between a first forward gear and a second forward gear using a change in input rotation. An electric motor coupled to the input may be used to change the input rotation direction.