Automatic transmission
This patent describes an automatic transmission connected between a drive shaft and a driven shaft and comprising: a planetary gear mechanism including a first gear driven by the drive shaft, a second gear operatively engaged with the first gear to transmit speed change output to the driven shaft, and a third gear operatively engaged with the second gear to control the operation thereof; centrifugally operated clutch means for driving the first gear and the second gear. It also includes a ratchet type one-way clutch for permitting rotation of the third gear in the same direction as that of the drive shaft but preventing rotation in the reverse direction; the clutch means comprising a ratchet pawl supporting plate coaxially disposed relative to the drive shaft and integrally connected to the third gear, the ratchet pawl supporting plate including outwardly projection radial projections united with one another at base portions thereof.
- Assignee:
- Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4813299
- OSTI ID:
- 5954488
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 21 Oct 1980
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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