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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1990
Giuseppe Amedei, Modena, IT;
Angelo Rondelli, Cento, IT;
Fiatgeotech - Technologie per la Terra S.p.A., Modena, IT;
Abstract
A transmission for an agricultural tractor featuring a large number of gears and comprising a first six-gear stage and a second reverse-reduction stage having three forward and one reverse speed ranges. The first stage comprises a pair of drive shafts selectively connectable to an input shaft via respective hydraulic clutches and to an output shaft via constant mesh gears respectively defining the odd and even number gears and engaging the output shaft via sliding couplings controlled by three-position hydraulic actuators. The actuators are operated by respective pairs of on-off solenoid valves supplied via a proportional-response solenoid valve, further proportional-response solenoid valves controlling engagement and release of the aforementioned clutches. All the aforementioned solenoid valves are controlled by an electronic control unit for appropriately controlling engagement of the clutches and actuators as a function of the actual service conditions of the tractor.