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Automatic transmission with an overdrive means

US4152957A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 1977
Grant dateMay 8, 1979
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Expiry dateApr 27, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/2186
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An automatic transmission including a fluid torque converter, an overdrive means and an auxiliary gear means, the overdrive means having a housing which presents a cylindrical outer peripheral surface concentric with the central axis of the transmission, the fluid torque converter and the auxiliary gear means having individual housings having a rear end portion and a front end portion, respectively, and presenting a cylindrical inner peripheral surface of substantially the same diameter as the aforementioned cylindrical outer peripheral surface and concentric with the central axis of the transmission whereby the transmission is assembled by engaging the aforementioned front and rear end portions over the overdrive housing.

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