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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1976
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1974
Richard F Hoehn, Pekin, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A power shift transmission having a torque converter with a lock-up clutch for locking the impeller to the turbine of the torque converter to provide direct drive from the engine to the input end of the transmission includes a flow-limiting pressure-reducing valve, between the source of pressurized fluid for actuating the clutches of the system, for reducing the pressure and flow of the fluid to the pressure-actuated lock-up clutch below the pressure for the actuation of the remainder of the clutches in the system. This system provides a smoother operation of the lock-up clutch as well as prevents the creation of a high pressure drop within the actuating fluid system.