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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Thomas E. Braford, Jr., Brighton, MI (US);
Thomas E. Braford, Jr., Brighton, MI (US);
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A dual clutch transmission is provided which in a preferred embodiment includes a first and second input gears rotatable along a first axis and first and second clutches torsionally connected with the respective first and second input gears. First and second coaxial input shafts are provided having a plurality of selectively synchronized ratio defining gears rotatable along a second axis parallel with the first axis, the first and second input shafts are torsionally associated with the first and second input gears. An output shaft is provided that is rotatable along the first axis. The output shaft has gears meshing with the ratio defining gears of the first and second gear input shafts.