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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1982
Howard L Croswhite, Livonia, MI (US);
Po-Lung Liang, Livonia, MI (US);
Alan R Fisher, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A continuously variable belt driven pulley system drives a torque converter followed by a planetary reversing speed reduction gearset another speed reduction unit and the differential, which distributes power to the drive wheels of the vehicle. The drive system of a motor vehicle according to a second aspect of the invention includes a continuously variable flexible belt-pulley system driving a reversing bevel or planetary gear set and a tandem fluid coupling, which functions as a limited slip differential and distributes power to the drivewheels of the vehicle through two speed reduction gearsets driven from two output shafts of the fluid coupling.