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Transmission with a mode selection apparatus

US11065950B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Deere & Company · US

Inventors

David Mueller · Blankenloch, DE
Andrew K. Rekow · Cedar Falls, US
Thomas H. Vu · Bolingbrook, US
Rainer Gugel · Mannheim, DE
Werner Stettler · Cedar Falls, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 27, 2018
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 26, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S903/945
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of shifting ranges within a transmission is provided. The method of an embodiment includes determining an intention to change from a first mode to a second mode in the transmission, determining the first mode of the transmission, which includes a first range clutch in an engaged condition and a first synchronizer in a first engaged condition, determining the second mode of the transmission, which includes a second range clutch in an engaged condition and a second synchronizer in a first engaged condition, engaging the second synchronizer in the first engaged condition, disengaging the first range clutch, engaging the second range clutch, and disengaging the first synchronizer from the first engaged condition.

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