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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
May. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas Rene Johnson, Waterloo, IA (US);
Trent Lynn Goodnight, Waterloo, IA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 2/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 2/510 ;
Abstract
A transmission having one or more clutches and brakes wherein only one clutch or brake need be engaged to connect the input to the output is equipped with a two-step actuator valve arrangement in which two valves, arranged in series, must be opened before any clutch or brake is engaged to power the output shaft. A single first-step actuator valve is arranged in series with a plurality of second-step actuator valves. Each of the second-step valves controls a clutch or brake.