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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2004
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Akira Hoshino, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Terufumi Miyazaki, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Honda, Seto, JP;
Akiharu Abe, Toyota, JP;
Hirofumi Ota, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Akira Hoshino, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Terufumi Miyazaki, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Honda, Seto, JP;
Akiharu Abe, Toyota, JP;
Hirofumi Ota, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
An automatic transmission having first and second groups of successive forward-drive positions for outputting a rotary motion a speed of which is higher than the speed of a rotary motion received from an input member, the first group being established by an engaging action of a first input clutch while the second group being established by an engaging action of a second input clutch, or first and second groups of successive forward-drive positions for reducing the speed of the rotary motion received from the input member, the first and second groups being established by an engaging action of a first and second input clutches respectively. The successive operating positions of the first group have respective speed ratios different from those of the second group. The automatic transmission is shiftable to a selected one of the successive operating positions of a selected one of the first and second groups.