Mechanical transmission and control method therefor

Patent · Mon Dec 05 23:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6232099

Davis, A R; Vandervoort, J R

This patent describes a change gear mechanical transmission comprising: an input component comprising an input shaft, an input gear adapted to be rotationally fixed to the input shaft, at least one countershaft carrying a plurality of countershaft gears thereon, one of the countershaft gears constantly meshed with the input gear and mainshaft gears constantly meshed with other of the countershaft gears, a connecting component comprising a mainshaft and first mainshaft clutch members and a second mainshaft clutch member rotationally fixed to the mainshaft. The connecting component independently rotatable of the input component; an output component comprising an output shaft, the output component independently rotatable of the connecting component; the mainshaft gears selectively clutchable one at a time to the mainshaft by first clutch means including the first clutch members; the output component drivingly engagable and disengagable to the mainshaft by second clutch means including the second clutch members.

• Assignee: Eaton Corp., Cleveland, OH
• Patent Number(s): US 4788889
• OSTI ID: 6232099
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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