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Manual transmission for motor vehicle

US4916960A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 17, 1988
Grant dateApr 17, 1990
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Expiry dateAug 17, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/194
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A variable speed manual transmission includes an input shaft having a first drive gear for low speed drive and a second drive gear for high speed drive fixed thereon, an output shaft located under the input shaft and in parallel therewith and having at least a pair of axially spaced changed-speed driven gears fixed thereon, a first coutershaft arranged in parallel with the input and output shafts and having a first driven gear fixed thereon and continuously engaged with the first drive gear, a pair of axially spaced low speed drive gears rotatably mounted thereon and continuously engaged with the change-speed driven gears on the output shaft, and a first synchronizer coupling provided thereon to selectively connect the low speed drive gears to the first countershaft, and a second countershaft arranged in parrallel with the input and output shafts and having a second drive gear fixed thereon and continuously engaged with the second drive gear on the input shaft, a pair of axially spaced high speed drive gears rotatably mounted thereon and continuously engaged with the change-speed driven gears on the output shaft, and a second synchronizer coupling provided thereon to selectively co…

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