Patents Represented by Law Firm Foley & Lardnner
  • Patent number: 5935039
    Abstract: The same rotation torque is input to a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle which continuously varies a speed change ratio and a reduction gear unit. A planetary gear mechanism is provided comprising an output shaft which varies a rotation direction according to a relation between the output speed of the continuously variable transmission and the output speed of the reduction gear unit. The continuously variable transmission varies the speed change ratio according to an oil pressure balance between two oil chambers. A direction change-over valve selectively supplies a first oil pressure and a second oil pressure to these oil chambers, and a control valve controls a differential pressure of the first oil pressure and second oil pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Sakai, Motoharu Nishio