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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1991
Filed:
May. 24, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Guenter Neuman, Ithaca, NY (US);
William J Haley, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474-8 ; 474 11 ; 474 17 ;
Abstract
A power train configuration for a continuously variable transmission includes a slippable start clutch located upstream of a belt and sheave system and a pair of non-dynamic forward-reverse clutches located down stream of the continuously variable component. The clutch capacities of the pair of forward-reverse clutches are marginally greater than the maximum torque capacity of the engine but marginally less than the torque at which the belt of the belt and sheave system slips.