Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110314939 | TRANSMISSION HAVING A LOW LAUNCH GEAR - A vehicle transmission includes a pinion secured to an input shaft, a gear meshing with the pinion, an idler secured to the gear, a reverse gear meshing with the idler and secured to a second idler, a low gear supported on a layshaft and meshing with the second idler, and a coupler connecting the low gear to the layshaft. | 12-29-2011 |
20110314962 | Transmission Having a Low Launch Gear - Gearing for a vehicle transmission includes meshing forward gears and an idler, a reverse gear engaging the idler, a low gear engaging the reverse gear, a final drive, and a low gear drive path including the idler, the forward, reverse and low gears and the final drive. | 12-29-2011 |
20120217119 | Carrying Fluid to Balance Dams in a Servo Piston Support - A hydraulic servo assembly includes a clutch support formed with first and second cylinders, spaced mutually and spaced from a longitudinal axis, first and second balance volumes, and a passage formed in the support for carrying fluid from a fluid source into the balance volumes. | 08-30-2012 |
20120217120 | Pressure and Flow Continuity Through Transmission Supports - An assembly includes a support including a first passage having a opening along a length of the passage and facing outward from the passage, a clutch support including a second passage having a second opening along a length of the second passage and facing toward the opening, and a sleeve fitted over the first passage, enclosing said open length, and formed with a third passage that hydraulically connects the first passage and the second passage. | 08-30-2012 |
20120217124 | CONTROL ELEMENT DISCS SPLINED TO RACEWAYS OF A ONE-WAY CONTROL ELEMENT - An assembly includes a one-way transmission control element including first and second races, first discs secured to the first race, and second discs interleaved with the first discs and secured to the second race. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220405 | Front Support for Transmission Gear Box - A transmission includes a case containing a torque converter that includes a stator, a gearset including a carrier, a second gearset, friction elements for controlling operation of the second gearset, and a support secured against rotation, including passages that communicate hydraulic fluid and pressure to the control elements and torque converter. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220406 | Gearset Carrier and Servo Cylinder Assembly - A carrier assembly includes a first plate, a second plate spaced from the first plate and formed with a cylinder, pinions supported on the first and second plates; and a piston located in the cylinder for displacement along an axis of the cylinder. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220407 | CLUTCH PISTON SUPPORT - An assembly includes a clutch support formed with multiple cylinders, each cylinder connectable to a source of hydraulic pressure that actuates a clutch, and a planetary gearset including a ring gear driveably connected to the clutch support. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220415 | Final Drive Mechanism for a Transmission - A final drive mechanism includes a pinion, a gear meshing with the pinion, a differential mechanism, and a first gearset including an input driveably connected to the gear, and an output driveably connected to the differential, rotating slower than a speed of the gear, and rotating in a direction opposite the direction of the gear. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220416 | TRANSFER SHAFT SUPPORT - An assembly includes first and second components, a shaft supported on the components, a gear wheel transmitting torque between a transmission output and a differential mechanism, and a bearing supporting the gear wheel on the shaft, transmitting axial force in a first direction between the gear wheel and the first component, and axial force in a second axial direction opposite the first direction between the gear wheel and the second component. | 08-30-2012 |
20120279327 | FINAL DRIVE MECHANISM AND POWER TAKE OFF FOR A TRANSMISSION - A drive mechanism includes a transmission including a pinion centered at an axis, a differential mechanism centered at a second axis forward of the axis, driveably connected to the pinion through a gear wheel meshing with the pinion, and a power take-off mechanism centered at a third axis rearward of the axis, driveably connected to the pinion, including a clutch that alternately opens and closes a drive connection to the pinion. | 11-08-2012 |
20140087910 | Thrust Force Reactions in an Automatic Transmission - A system producing force reactions in a transmission includes a case including front and rear surfaces, a reaction component, a gearset including a ring gear and a sun gear that transmits a forward force to the front surface, a first path for transmitting a rearward force from the ring gear to the rear surface, a second path for transmitting a forward force from the ring gear to the reaction component, and a third path for transmitting a rearward force from the sun gear to the reaction component. | 03-27-2014 |
20140090944 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING FLUID TO TRANSMISSION CONTROL ELEMENTS - A system for supplying fluid to transmission control elements includes a body producing clutch-apply pressures and a lube source, clutches, each clutch including a servo and a balance volume, a shaft including passages, a support including paths communicating each of the clutch-apply pressures and the lube source to a respective passage, and a clutch hub communicating clutch-apply pressure from each of the passages to a respective servo, and communicating the lube source to the balance volumes. | 04-03-2014 |
20140105728 | HYDRAULIC PUMP CONFIGURATION FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission pump assembly includes a torque converter housing and pinion that rotate about a first axis, an idler engaged with the pinion, a gear engaged with the idler, shaft secured to the gear, and a pump rotor secured to the shaft and that rotates about a second axis offset from the first axis. | 04-17-2014 |
20140110209 | CLUTCH HOUSING AND ASSEMBLY - A clutch assembly includes first, second and third clutches, a housing including a first projection to which the first clutch selectively produces a connection, a second projection to which the second and third clutches selectively produce connections, clutch-apply circuits each circuit corresponding to one of the clutches, and a balance volume circuit for supplying fluid to each of the clutches, and a shaft rotatably supporting the housing. | 04-24-2014 |
20140110215 | Connected Assembly of Two Shafts and a Clutch Housing - An assembly of transmission components includes a first shaft including first and second surfaces, and axial cutting-spline teeth on the second surface, a second shaft connected by a press fit to first shaft, and a clutch hub connected by a press fit to the second shaft and engaged with the cutting-spline teeth. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113762 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY - A transmission includes gearsets each including rotating members, a support held against rotation, brake servos located in the support, brakes each actuated by one of the brake servos for producing a connection between the support and a respective gearset member, a housing, clutch servos located in the housing, and clutches each actuated by one of the clutch servos for producing a drive connection between the housing and a respective gearset member. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113763 | Transmission Brake Hub - A brake assembly includes first and second brakes, a gearset including first and second members, a hub held against rotation, the first brake selectively producing a connection between the hub and the first member, the second brake selectively producing a connection between the hub and the second member, and a support secured to a transmission case and the hub, the support formed with brake-apply circuits, each circuit corresponding to one of the brakes. | 04-24-2014 |