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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2007
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Akira Hoshino, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Terufumi Miyazaki, Toyota, JP;
Hirofumi Ota, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Honda, Seto, JP;
Akiharu Abe, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Akira Hoshino, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Terufumi Miyazaki, Toyota, JP;
Hirofumi Ota, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Honda, Seto, JP;
Akiharu Abe, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
With the automatic transmission-for vehicle according to the present embodiment, since multistage transmission of eight forward gear stages can be obtained by means of four sets of planetary gear setsand, four clutches Cthrough Cand three brakes Bi through B, the transmission can be fabricated to be light in weight and made compact, wherein the mountability thereof in a vehicle can be improved. Further, as has been made clear in FIG.(), since speed change in the respective gear stages can be carried out only by a shifting action of any two of the clutches Cthrough Cand brakes Bi through B, the speed change control can be facilitated and it is possible to prevent a shock to the transmission from occurring.