Patents Assigned to ZEROSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS LIMITED
  • Patent number: 11873866
    Abstract: A transmission system including a first gear rotatably mounted on an input shaft; a second gear mounted on a lay shaft; a selector that selectively locks first and second gears for rotation with the input shaft and includes a single engagement ring with a first side having a first set of engagement elements each having a drive face that drivingly engages in a first rotational direction a first set of drive formations of the first gear and a non-driving face that slips with respect to the first set of drive formations in a second rotational direction, and a second side having a second set of engagement elements each having a drive face that drivingly engages in the second rotational direction a second set of drive formations of the second gear and a non-driving face that slips with respect to the second set of drive formations in the first rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZEROSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Neil Quinn
  • Patent number: 9303731
    Abstract: A transmission system including a first input shaft (1) that is arranged to receive drive directly from a drive source (80), and a second input shaft (3) that is arranged to receive drive from the drive source via a drive interruption means (86), such as a friction clutch device, a first gear element (15) rotatable relative to the first input shaft (1) and a selector assembly (29) for selectively locking the first gear element (15) for rotation with the first input shaft (1) from operational modes that include the following modes: lock the gear element for rotation with the first input shaft in forward and reverse torque directions, lock the gear element for rotation with the first input shaft in the forward torque direction and not lock in the reverse torque direction; and lock the gear element with rotation with the first input shaft in the reverse torque direction and not lock in the forward torque direction. A method of performing a power on down shift is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: ZEROSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: William Wesley Martin, Richard Neil Quinn
  • Publication number: 20140326093
    Abstract: A transmission system including a first input shaft (1) that is arranged to receive drive directly from a drive source (80), and a second input shaft (3) that is arranged to receive drive from the drive source via a drive interruption means (86), such as a friction clutch device, a first gear element (15) rotatable relative to the first input shaft (1) and a selector assembly (29) for selectively locking the first gear element (15) for rotation with the first input shaft (1) from operational modes that include the following modes: lock the gear element for rotation with the first input shaft in forward and reverse torque directions, lock the gear element for rotation with the first input shaft in the forward torque direction and not lock in the reverse torque direction; and lock the gear element with rotation with the first input shaft in the reverse torque direction and not lock in the forward torque direction. A method of performing a power on down shift is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: ZEROSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: William Wesley Martin, Richard Neil Quinn