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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1980
George E Lemieux, Livonia, MI (US);
Reginald T Lewicki, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Julius A Clauss, Birmingham, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An automatic transaxle for use in an automotive vehicle driveline including a compound planetary gearset, a hydrokinetic unit and a torque splitter gear unit that cooperate to define torque delivery paths from the vehicle engine to a driven shaft; the driven shaft being located between the hydrokinetic unit and the compound planetary gearing and the torque splitter gear unit being located within the housing for the hydrokinetic unit; and clutch-and-brake means for establishing and disestablishing each of the forward driving ratios and the reverse drive ratio, the clutch-and-brake means being arranged in a compact fashion within the housing for the compound planetary gearing to provide a minimum axial length of the assembly; the driven shaft being connected drivably to the vehicle traction wheels through a differential gearing mechanism; the hydrokinetic unit, the gearing and the differential mechanism being enclosed in a common cast housing.