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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1983
Filed:
May. 21, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Po-lung Liang, Livonia, MI (US);
Alan R Fisher, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74688 ;
Abstract
A hydrokinetic torque converter transmission for an automotive vehicle driveline comprising multiple ratio gearing having two input torque elements and an output torque element and a compound planetary torque splitter gear unit in the converter including a compound planet carrier connected drivably to the converter turbine and adapted to be connected to one input torque element of the gearing, the ring gear of the torque splitter gear unit being adapted to be connected to a second input torque element of the gearing.