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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
John A. Diemer, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
James D. Hendrickson, Belleville, MI (US);
Patrick S. Portell, Pinckney, MI (US);
Henryk Sowul, Oxford, MI (US);
John A. Diemer, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
James D. Hendrickson, Belleville, MI (US);
Patrick S. Portell, Pinckney, MI (US);
Henryk Sowul, Oxford, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A transmission is provided having a dual clutch to achieve torque flow through a countershaft gearing arrangement. The countershaft gearing arrangement includes a plurality of co-planar gear sets having gears that are selectively connectable to a countershaft. A transfer gear set transfers torque from the countershaft to an output shaft. The output shaft is connected to a final drive unit that has a final drive unit output shaft that is transverse to an input member connected at one end to a torque converter and at the other end to the dual clutch.