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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Raymond J. Haka, Brighton, MI (US);
Joel M. Maguire, Northville, MI (US);
Inventors:
Raymond J. Haka, Brighton, MI (US);
Joel M. Maguire, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power transmission, for a vehicle, provides seven forward speeds and a reverse speed. The transmission has three planetary gearsets and has one sun gear member, which is held stationary for six of forward speeds and the reverse speed. The sun gear member is connected through a shaft to a torque-transmitting mechanism, which is disposed forward of an oil distribution snout and rearward of the vehicle engine.