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Infinitely-variable transmission with double mode power transmission controlled by a sliding dog for a motor vehicle

US7614973B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 2005
Grant dateNov 10, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/62
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An infinitely-variable transmission with double mode power transmission for a motor vehicle, provided with a combustion engine, including a first power transmission path with a composite epicyclic gear train connecting the combustion engine to the vehicle wheels, a second power transmission path with a simple epicyclic gear train, two electric motors providing a continuous speed variator, a second simple epicyclic gear train for mode change, and an engagement/disengagement unit that can block or release a mode-changing body in the second epicyclic gear train, according to the operating mode. The engagement/disengagement body includes a sliding sleeve with a dog tooth, which can be displaced by a hydraulic actuator and with two sets of dog teeth fixed to a mode-changing body in the second epicyclic gear train.

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