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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:
Mar. 28, 1978
Filed:
May. 24, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L Smirl, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Assignee:
Borg-Warner Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74759 ; 74695 ;
Abstract
An automotive transmission having a planetary gear set with friction clutches and brakes controlling the gear sets to obtain four forward speed ratios and a single reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes an output gear mounted between the planetary gear set and the main input clutch to the gear set while another input clutch is provided on the other side of the planetary gear set from the output gear.