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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ulrich Eggert, Viersen, DE;
Phillip Koneda, Novl, MI (US);
Thomas Theodore Tibbles, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
475210 ; 475211 ;
Abstract
A continually variable transmission includes a torque converter for producing a hydrokinetic connection between a power source and input shaft, a low gear drive mechanism, a belt drive mechanism arranged in parallel with the low gear mechanism between the input shaft and an intermediate shaft, a forward-reverse gearset, a forward clutch, a reverse brake for controlling operation of the gearset in the direction of its output, and a mode clutch for alternately selecting the torque path between the input shaft and intermediate shaft.