Multi-ratio power transmission
CA 2071402 A1 · Owner: Saturn Corporation · Inventors: Downs, Robert C.
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Abstract of the Disclosure, A power transmission has an input shaft an, output shaft and a transfer or secondary input shaft disposed on parallel noncoaxial axes. A transfer gear train including a gear member supported on each axis is connectible to the input shaft through a forward friction clutch for drivingly connecting the input shaft and the transfer shaft through a one-way drive connection to the output shaft. The transfer gear train provides the first and lowest forward drive ratio between the input and output shafts through the one-way drive connection. A plurality of friction clutches on the input and transfer shafts and associated reaction gears on the shafts are selectively …
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- Filed June 17, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 17, 2012.
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