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Assignee: Motors Liquidation Co
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Filing: 1961-07-19
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Granted: 1964-09-08
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Expires: 1981-07-19
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Howard W Christenson
  • 👤 William G Livezey
  • 👤 Ulysses A Breting

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 22:45
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H59/00; F16H59/02; F16H59/04; F16H59/045; F16H3/00; F16H3/44; F16H3/62; F16H3/66; F16H3/663; F16H47/00; F16H47/06; F16H47/08; F16H61/00; F16H61/02; F16H61/0262; F16H2200/00; F16H2200/003; F16H2200/0052; F16H2200/20; F16H2200/2002; F16H2200/2012; F16H2200/2015; F16H2716/00; F16H2716/04; F16H61/68; F16H61/684; F16H61/686; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S74/00; Y10S74/01

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 183 words
IN A POWER TRANSMISSION, THE COMBINATION OF A DRIVING ELEMENT, AN INTERMEDIATE ELEMENT, AND A DRIVEN ELEMENT, A MULTIPLE RATIO PLANETARY GEAR DRIVE CONNECTING SAID DRIVING AND DRIVEN ELEMENTS AND INCLUDING, FORWARD AND REVERSE REDUCTION DRIVE GEAR MEANS PROVIDING A FORWARD REDUCTION DRIVE AND A REVERSE REDUCTION DRIVE SELECTIVELY OPERABLY CONNECTING SAID DRIVING ELEMENT TO SAID INTERMEDIATE ELEMENT, A FIRST CARRIER HAVING A PLURALITY OF PLANETARY PINIONS MOUNTED THEREON DRIVEN BY SAID INTERMEDIATE ELEMENT, A FIRST SUN GEAR MESHING WITH SAID PINIONS AND MOUNTED ON SAID DRIVEN ELEMENT, A FIRST RING GEAR MESHING WITH SAID PLANETARY PINIONS, MEANS TO HOLD SAID FIRST RING STATIONARY TO PROVIDE HIGH RATIO, A SECOND CARRIER HAVING PLANETARY PINIONS MOUNTED THEREON CONNECTED TO ROTATE WITH SAID FIRST RING GEAR, SAID SECOND SET OF PLANETARY PINIONS MESHING WITH A SECOND SUN GEAR ON SAID DRIVING ELEMENT, A SECOND RING GEAR MESHING WITH SAID SECOND PLANETARY PINIONS, MEANS TO STOP THE ROTATION OF SAID SECOND RING GEAR TO PROVIDE INTERMEDIATE RATIO, AND CLUTCH MEANS TO SELECTIVELY OPERABLY CONNECT SAID SECOND RING GEAR AND SAID DRIVEN ELEMENT TO PROVIDE LOW RATIO.

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