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Shift control system for a multiple ratio automatic transmission with manual ratio ranges

US5586029A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 1995
Grant dateDec 17, 1996
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S477/908
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A multiple ratio transmission for an automotive vehicle comprising a main gear unit with at least three ratios and an overdrive gear unit with a direct drive ratio and an overdrive ratio, and a control valve system that will permit upshifting and downshifting of the overdrive gear unit while inhibiting ratio changes in said main gear unit from either a second ratio manual drive mode or from a third ratio manual drive mode.

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