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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventor:
Darrell Lee Robinette, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations, LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/08 (2006.01); F16H 3/097 (2006.01); F16H 3/093 (2006.01); F16H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/093 (2013.01); F16H 3/006 (2013.01); Y10T 74/19228 (2015.01);
Abstract
A transmission has a three input torque-transmitting mechanism, such as friction clutches, to achieve torque flow through a countershaft gearing arrangement. The transmission includes an input member, an output member, an input clutch assembly having three input clutches and a countershaft gearing arrangement. The countershaft gearing arrangement is operatively connected with the input clutch assembly and includes: co-planar intermeshing gear sets, first and second countershafts, first, second and third intermediate input shafts.