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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1987
Eugen Svab, Cologne, DE;
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An infinitely variable transmission for a motor vehicle comprising a belt and sheave assembly, a two speed planetary gear unit between the vehicle engine and the input sheave of the sheave assembly, a fluid pressure supply pump on the side of said input sheave remote from said planetary gear unit, a pump drive shaft extending from the pump through the input sleeve to the input carrier of said planetary gear unit, a direct drive pressure operated clutch for said planetary gear unit located between said planetary gear unit and said input sheave, and passages in the planetary carrier of said planetary gear unit for distributing fluid pressure from a supply passage in said drive shaft to the direct drive clutch.