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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
May. 06, 1999
Forrest William Hoge, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Daniel Warren McCarrick, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An automatic transmission for motor vehicles includes a traction drive variator having two sets of input discs, a set of output discs, a gearset, a compound planetary gearset, and two clutches for connecting and releasing various elements of the gearsets. The carrier of the gearsets is connected continually to both sets of variator input discs, and a sun gear is continually connected to the variator output discs. The ring gear of the compound planetary gearset is continually fixed against rotation. The transmission operates in geared neutral condition, reverse and forward low ranges, and high and low forward ranges.