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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2002
Masahiro Hayabuchi, Anjo, JP;
Masaaki Nishida, Anjo, JP;
Satoru Kasuya, Anjo, JP;
Kenji Gotou, Anjo, JP;
Toshihiko Aoki, Anjo, JP;
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
A speed-reducing gear unit is provided for causing a reduced-speed rotation output member to have a reduced rotation that is slower than rotation of an input shaft. The reduced-speed rotation output member is switched between a reduced-speed rotation state and a free rotation state by rotation state switching means. The reduced-speed rotation of the reduced-speed rotation output member is selectively transferred to fourth and first elements of a speed-changing dual planetary gear unit via first and third control clutches. The rotation of the input shaft is transferred to a second element via a second control clutch. Rotations of the first and second elements are selectively restricted by first and second control brakes. A third element is connected to an output shaft. This makes it possible to provide a high-efficiency automatic transmission that achieves seven or more forward gear ratios so as to allow optimal extraction of engine performance in a high vehicle speed region and reduce the vehicle speed change at the time of a gear shift and therefore provide a good feeling, by adding gear speeds including a locked-up speed at a high gear speed side so that adjacent gear ratios are closer to each other.