US3837237A
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Multi-speed change-speed transmissions for motor vehicles
Assignee: Daimler Benz AG
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Filing: 1972-10-12
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Granted: 1974-09-24
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Expires: 1992-10-12
Abstract
Abstract A multi-speed transmission for motor vehicles, especially for tractors or similar commercial vehicles, which includes a main transmission and a distributor transmission driving the axles; the transmission is thereby so arranged that the distributor transmission is disposed at least approximately in the vehicle center and the main transmission is located on the side of the distributor transmission opposite the driving engine while an auxiliary transmission for crawling and snail speeds is adapted to be subsequently installed on the side of the distributor transmission facing the driving engine.
Inventors
- 👤 H Rossler
- 👤 W Korner
- 👤 R Voshage
- 👤 J Wendeborn
- 👤 F Fortenbacher
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 12:41
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H3/00; F16H3/02; F16H3/08; F16H3/087; F16H3/091; F16H37/00; F16H37/02; F16H37/04; F16H37/042; F16H37/046; F16H2200/00; F16H2200/20; F16H2200/203; F16H2200/2064; F16H2200/2097; F16H3/44; F16H3/62; F16H3/66; F16H3/663; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/19; Y10T74/19023; Y10T74/19074; Y10T74/19112; Y10T74/19116
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement for motor vehicles having a driving engine and driving vehicle axle means, the motor vehicle having a longitudinal center plane and a transverse center plane, the arrangement comprising: a main transmission means, means for operatively connecting said main transmission means with the driving engine, a distributor transmission means for driving the vehicle axle means, said distributor transmission means including a first side facing the driving engine and a second side facing away from the driving engine, said distributor transmission means being disposed at least approximately in at least one of said longitudinal center plane and said transverse center plane of the motor vehicle, said main transmission means being disposed on said second side of said distributor transmission means facing away from the driving engine, and means for permitting the subsequent installation of an auxiliary transmission means for very low speeds on said first side of said distributor transmission means facing the driving engine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement for motor vehicles having a driving engine and driving vehicle axle means, the motor vehicle having a longitudinal center plane and a transverse center plane, the arrangement comprising: a main transmission means, means for operatively connecting said main transmission means with the driving engine, a distributor transmission means for driving the vehicle axle means, said distributor transmission means including a first side facing the driving engine and a second side facing away from the driving engine, said distributor transmission means being disposed at least approximately in at least one of said longitudinal center plane and said transverse center plane of the motor vehicle, said main transmission means being disposed on said second side of said distributor transmission means facing away from the driving engine, and means for permitting the subsequent installation of an auxiliary transmission means for very low speeds on said first side of said distributor transmission means facing the driving engine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement for motor vehicles according to claim 1, wherein the motor vehicle is a tractor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 1, including an auxiliary transmission means, wherein said auxiliary transmission means includes means for permitting crawling and snail speeds.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 1, including an auxiliary transmission means, wherein said distributor transmission means serves as a central oil sump means for said main transmission means and said auxiliary transmission means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
56 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said main transmission means includes a side facing said distributor transmission means and a side facing away from said distributor transmission means, and a main clutch means which is freely accessibly disposed on said side of said main transmission means facing away from said distributor transmission means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
94 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 5, wherein said main transmission means further includes a hollow input shaft operatively connected with said main clutch means, and wherein said means for operatively connecting the driving engine with said main transmission means includes a drive shaft extending through said hollow shaft, and wherein loose gear means are mounted on said hollow shaft, and means are provided for selectively coupling said loose gear means to said hollow shaft, one of said loose gear means serving for the forward drive and the other for the reverse drive.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
58 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 6, wherein a shiftable planetary gear set means serving as a group gear is provided in said main transmission means, said planetary gear set means including an output shaft and wherein said distributor transmission means includes an input shaft operatively connected with said output shaft of said planetary gear set means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 7, wherein said main transmission means includes an output shaft, said planetary gear set means being aligned with said output shaft of the main transmission means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 8, wherein said output shaft of said planetary gear set means forms a part of an input means for said input shaft of said distributor transmission means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 9, wherein said output shaft of said planetary gear set means is operatively connected with said input shaft of said input means of said distributor transmission means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 9, wherein said output shaft of said planetary gear set means serves as said input shaft of said distributor transmission means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 9, including an auxiliary transmission means wherein said auxiliary transmission means includes an input shaft detachably connected with said input shaft of said distributor transmission means.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
70 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 9, including an auxiliary transmission means having an output means, wherein said distributor transmission means includes a hollow shaft, and an input gear fixedly disposed on said hollow shaft, and wherein means are provided for selectively connecting said last-mentioned hollow shaft with at least one of said input shaft of said distributor transmission means and said output means of said auxiliary transmission means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
108 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 13, wherein said means for selectively connecting includes a sliding-tooth-clutch means disposed in said distributor transmission means between said hollow shaft and said input shaft of said distributor transmission means, said sliding-tooth-clutch means having at least a first and second shifting position, said sliding-tooth-clutch means being in continuous operative connection with said hollow shaft of said distributor transmission means in both of said shifting positions, said sliding tooth clutch means in said first position being operatively connected with said input shaft of said distributor transmission means and in said second shifting position with said output means of said auxiliary transmission means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
49 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 14, wherein means are provided for selectively connecting said input shaft of said auxiliary transmission means with said input shaft of said distributor transmission means, said last-mentioned means for selectively connecting includes a shifting sleeve means operatively connected with said sliding-tooth-clutch means.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 15, wherein said shifting sleeve means is operatively connected with said sliding-tooth-clutch means in sequential actuation.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
111 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 14, wherein at least a pair of vehicle axle means are provided and wherein said distributor transmission means includes a first output branch and a second output branch, one of said pair of vehicle axle means being continuously operatively connected to said second output branch, and wherein means are provided for selectively coupling the other of said pair of vehicle axle means with said first output branch, said output means being reversibly mounted in said distributor transmission means so that said means for selectively coupling said first branch is actuable either from the one side or the other side of said distributor transmission means.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
49 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 17, wherein means are provided for selectively connecting said input shaft of said auxiliary transmission means with said input shaft of said distributor transmission means, said last-mentioned means for selectively connecting includes a shifting sleeve means operatively connected with said sliding-tooth-clutch means.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
23 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 18, wherein said shifting sleeve means is operaTively connected with said sliding-tooth-clutch means in sequential actuation.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
79 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 14, wherein said distributor transmission means includes an output means, said output means including a first output branch and a second output branch, said second output branch being continuously connected with said vehicle axle means, and wherein means for selectively engaging said first branch with said vehicle axle means are provided and disposed at said first side of said distributor transmission means facing the driving engine and is actuable from said side.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
49 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 20, wherein means are provided for selectively connecting said input shaft of said auxiliary transmission means with said input shaft of said distributor transmission means, said last-mentioned means for selectively connecting includes a shifting sleeve means operatively connected with said sliding-tooth-clutch means.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
23 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 21, wherein said shifting sleeve means is operatively connected with said sliding-tooth-clutch means in sequential actuation.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
35 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 14, including an auxiliary transmission means, wherein said distributor transmission means serves as a central oil sump means for said main transmission means and said auxiliary transmission means.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
57 words
A multi-speed transmission according to claim 1, wherein a shiftable planetary gear set means serving as a group gear is provided in said main transmission means, said planetary gear set means including an output shaft and wherein said distributor transmission means includes an input shaft operatively connected with said output shaft of said planetary gear set means.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
33 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 24, wherein said main transmission means includes an output shaft, said planetary gear set means being aligned with said output shaft of the main transmission means.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
34 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 24, wherein said output shaft of said planetary gear set means forms a part of an input means for said input shaft of said distributor transmission means.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
28 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 26, wherein said output shaft of said planetary gear set means serves as said input shaft of said distributor transmission means.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
33 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 1, including an auxiliary transmission means wherein said auxiliary transmission means includes an input shaft detachably connected with said input shaft of said distributor transmission means.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
34 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 26, wherein said output shaft of said planetary gear set means is operatively connected with said input shaft of said input means of said distributor transmission means.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
70 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 29, including an auxiliary transmission means having an output means, wherein said distributor transmission means includes a hollow shaft, and an input gear fixedly disposed on said hollow shaft, and wherein means are provided for selectively connecting said last-mentioned hollow shaft with at least one of said input shaft of said distributor transmission means and said output means of said auxiliary transmission means.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
109 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 30, wherein said means for selectively connecting includes a sliding-tooth-clutch means disposed in said distributor transmission means between said hollow shaft and said input shaft of said distributor transmission means, said sliding tooth clutch means having at least a first and second shifting position, said sliding-tooth-clutch means being in continuous operative connection with said hollow shaft of said distributor transmission means in both of said shifting positions, said sliding-tooth-clutch means in said first position being operatively connected in with said input shaft of said distributor transmission means and in said second shifting position with said output means of said auxiliary transmission means.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
51 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 31, wherein means are provided for selectively connecting said input shaft of said auxiliary transmission means with said input shaft of said distributor transmission means, said last-mentioned means for selectively connecting includes a shifting sleeve means operatively connected with said sliding tooth clutch means.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
111 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 1, wherein at least a pair of vehicle axle means are provided and wherein said distributor transmission means includes a first output branch and a second output branch, one of said pair of vehicle axle means being continuously operatively connected to said second output branch, and wherein means are provided for selectively coupling the other of said pair of vehicle axle means with said first output branch, said output means being reversibly mounted in said distributor transmission means so that said means for selectively coupling said first branch is actuable either from the one side or the other side of said distributor tansmission means.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
79 words
A multi-speed transmission arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said distributor transmission means includes an output means, said output means including a first output branch and a second output branch, said second output branch being continuously connected with said vehicle axle means, and wherein means for selectively engaging said first branch with said vehicle axle means are provided and disposed at said first side of said distributor transmission means facing the driving engine and is actuable from said side.
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