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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1986
John R Vandervoort, Richland, MI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An auxiliary transmission section (102) for a compound transmission (100) is provided having three gear layers, combined range and splitter gearing and four distinct selectable auxiliary section ratios. The auxiliary transmission section includes an auxiliary section input shaft (28A), an output shaft (122), an auxiliary countershaft assembly (104), splitter (118), splitter/range (120) and range (124) gears, a two-position splitter clutch (126) rotationally fixed to the auxiliary section input shaft for coupling either the splitter gear or splitter/range gear to the auxiliary section input shaft and a two-position synchronized range clutch (128) rotationally fixed to the output shaft for coupling either the range/splitter gear or the range gear to the output shaft.