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Gear arrangement for a motor vehicle
Assignee: Deere and Co
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Filing: 1985-09-24
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Granted: 1986-10-07
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Expires: 2005-09-24
Abstract
Abstract An engine shaft drives oppositely rotating bevel gears which can be coupled to a hollow clutch shaft by forward and reverse clutches. The clutch shaft is coupled to the input shaft of a six-speed, change-speed gearbox through a two-stage epicyclic range gear with a direct drive clutch and brakes for engaging the overdrive and underdrive stages, respectively. An epicyclic creep gear can be selectively switched in upstream of the range gear. Thus, a coupling sleeve couples the clutch shaft either to the input of the range gear or to the input sun wheel of the creep gear. Since the creep gear reverses the sense of rotation, a changeover of control of the clutches is effected when the creep gear is engaged.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz Weiss
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 23:44
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H3/00; F16H3/44; F16H3/62; F16H37/00; F16H37/02; F16H37/04; F16H37/042; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S74/00; Y10S74/11; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/19; Y10T74/19219; Y10T74/19377; Y10T74/19386; Y10T74/194
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A gear arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a driving shaft, a multiple gear ratio range gear in cascade with a creep gear, the creep gear being in cascade with a change speed gear, a range gear output shaft received within the driving shaft, and means for selectively coupling the driving shaft to either of a range gear input member and a creep gear input member, the creep gear being bypassed when the driving shaft is coupled to the range gear, the range gear being a two-stage epicyclic gear with a direct drive clutch for engaging an overdrive stage and with brakes for engaging an underdrive stage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
A gear arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a driving shaft, a multiple gear ratio range gear in cascade with a creep gear, the creep gear being in cascade with a change speed gear, a range gear output shaft received within the driving shaft, and means for selectively coupling the driving shaft to either of a range gear input member and a creep gear input member, the creep gear being bypassed when the driving shaft is coupled to the range gear, the range gear being a two-stage epicyclic gear with a direct drive clutch for engaging an overdrive stage and with brakes for engaging an underdrive stage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The gear arrangement, according to claim 1, wherein the selective coupling means is a coupling sleeve slidable on the driving shaft between the range gear input member and the creep gear input member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The gear arrangement, according to claim 1, wherein the driving shaft is a clutch shaft which is driven from an engine shaft via input gears and forward and reverse clutches.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
94 words
A gear arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a driving shaft, a range gear in cascade with a creep gear, a range gear output shaft received within the driving shaft, and means for selectively coupling the driving shaft to either of a range gear input member and a creep gear input member, the creep gear having an input sun wheel, an output annulus fixed for rotation with the range gear input member, a planet carrier and a brake for fixing the planet carrier only when the driving shaft is coupled to the sun wheel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
94 words
A gear arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a driving shaft, a range gear in cascade with a creep gear, a range gear output shaft received within the driving shaft, and means for selectively coupling the driving shaft to either of a range gear input member and a creep gear input member, the creep gear having an input sun wheel, an output annulus fixed for rotation with the range gear input member, a planet carrier and a brake for fixing the planet carrier only when the driving shaft is coupled to the sun wheel.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
110 words
A gear arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a driving shaft, a range gear in cascade with a creep gear, a range gear output shaft received within the driving shaft, and means for selectively coupling the driving shaft to either of a range gear input member and a creep gear input member, the range gear input member being fixed for rotation with input elements of two range gear epicyclic stages, the two range gear epicyclic stages having output elements connected to a range gear output shaft, a further element connected to respective brakes and a direct drive clutch between the range gear input member and the range gear output shaft.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
110 words
A gear arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a driving shaft, a range gear in cascade with a creep gear, a range gear output shaft received within the driving shaft, and means for selectively coupling the driving shaft to either of a range gear input member and a creep gear input member, the range gear input member being fixed for rotation with input elements of two range gear epicyclic stages, the two range gear epicyclic stages having output elements connected to a range gear output shaft, a further element connected to respective brakes and a direct drive clutch between the range gear input member and the range gear output shaft.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
141 words
A gear arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a driving shaft, a multiple gear ratio range gear in cascade with a creep gear, a range gear output shaft received within the driving shaft, the range gear input member being fixed for rotation with input elements of two range gear epicyclic stages, the two range gear epicyclic stages having output elements connected to a range gear output shaft, a further element connected to respective brakes and a direct drive clutch between the range gear input member and the range gear output shaft, the two epicyclic stages of the range gear and the creep gear having sun gears of equal size, annuli of equal size, and planet wheels of equal size and means for selectively coupling the driving shaft to either of a range gear input member and a creep gear input member.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
141 words
A gear arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a driving shaft, a multiple gear ratio range gear in cascade with a creep gear, a range gear output shaft received within the driving shaft, the range gear input member being fixed for rotation with input elements of two range gear epicyclic stages, the two range gear epicyclic stages having output elements connected to a range gear output shaft, a further element connected to respective brakes and a direct drive clutch between the range gear input member and the range gear output shaft, the two epicyclic stages of the range gear and the creep gear having sun gears of equal size, annuli of equal size, and planet wheels of equal size and means for selectively coupling the driving shaft to either of a range gear input member and a creep gear input member.
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