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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Daniel Goleski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Reid Alan Baldwin, Howell, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/62 (2006.01); F16H 3/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/62 (2013.01); F16H 3/66 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0069 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2012 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A family of transmission gearing arrangements produces up to ten forward and one reverse speed ratios by selective engagement of various combinations of three or four shift elements. Each disclosed transmission includes four planetary gear sets and six shift elements. Two of the shift elements can be brakes.