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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clinton F Justice, Northville, MI (US);
William Miller, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
475204 ; 475205 ; 475281 ;
Abstract
An automatic transmission for a motor vehicle includes a chain drive mechanism, three planetary gear units, friction clutches, friction brakes, and an overrunning coupling. Several input shafts of the transmission are adapted to drive elements the sun gears and a ring gear of the planetary gear units.