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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/102 ; F16D 3/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/102 ; F16D 3/900 ;
Abstract
An engine crankshaft and a wheel drive shaft are connected through a static hydraulic infinitely variable transmission The static hydraulic infinitely variable transmission has a hydraulic pump extending to an engine side of the transmission and a hydraulic motor extending to a wheel drive shaft side of the transmission and connected together using a closed hydraulic circuit. A control clutch is fitted in the transmission system between the hydraulic motor and the wheel drive shaft so that the control clutch is disengaged when the engine is idling and when operation is suspended.