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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1980
Takashi Omitsu, Troy, MI (US);
Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An automatic transmission for vehicles having an internal combustion engine and driving wheels which includes a continuously variable transmission device connected with an engine output for continuously variably transmitting a partial torque from the engine in accordance with the conditions of vehicle speed and degree of engine throttling, a counter shaft connected with the engine output and transmitting the remainder of the torque from the engine, a combiner gear mechanism receiving the torque from the engine through the counter shaft and the continuously variable transmission device, a fluid torque converter for converting torque from the gear mechanism and transmitting the torque to the driving wheels and a reverse drive mechanism interposed between the engine and the torque converter for reversely transmitting the torque from the engine to the driving wheels.