Abstract: A self-locking differential gear for motor vehicles with a rotating differential gear housing which accommodates the differential gears which in turn engage with driven gears arranged on the axle shafts; means for locking the differential gear which are coordinated to each driven gear and which are operatively connected with the driven gear are in the form of an inertia member that is rotatable and axially movable by means of a thread with respect to the driven gear against the action of return means while the inertia member is operatively connected with double-acting locking means.

Abstract: A planetary outer end of the type commonly utilized on heavy duty drive axles has a plurality of members that include a planet carrier assembly having a planet carrier housing and an abutting carrier plate rigidly attached thereto wherein the improvement takes the form of hardened high strength hollow dowel pins that are press-fitted relative to both the carrier housing and the carrier plate for locating and securing the carrier housing and carrier plate against angular movement relative to one another with a plurality of cap screws extending axially freely through the hollow dowel pins for axially fastening together the carrier housing and carrier plate, whereby the dowel pins are subject only to torsional shear loading while the cap screws are subject only to axial tensile loading thereby producing a structure that approximates the strength of a unitary planet carrier.

Abstract: A positive locking differential mechanism that functions to compensate for the difference in driving wheel travel which occurs when turning or traveling over uneven ground, while at the same time functioning to prevent wheel-slip when one wheel loses traction. The differential comprises a spider and center cam assembly having a plurality of trunnions projecting radially from the spider. A plurality of fixed driving clutch teeth are disposed on each side of the spider. The internal diameter of the spider mounts the center cam in such a manner that the same may be rotated a limited, predetermined distance. The center cam is symmetric, having cam lifts on each side which include rounded surfaces that provide anti-friction ramps for disengaging driven clutch members mounted on each side of the spider and center cam assembly. The driven clutch members have clutch teeth which correspond to the clutch teeth of the spider and through which a driving torque is transmitted.

Abstract: In a double planetary reduction final drive gearing arrangement for vehicles, a composite ring gear including two ring gear segments, and means for positioning and mounting the ring gear segments in the gearing arrangement, the composite providing a stepped reduction gear ratio and manufacturing economies and advantages.

Abstract: A spring washer engaged transmission wherein a plurality of planetary discs are conformed to provide two opposed conical surfaces, the axis of rotation of each disc including the apex of the cone. The planetary discs are received between a first set of two dished washers forming a sun and a second set of similarly shaped washers forming an exterior peripheral ring. Each disc is mounted for rotation on a corresponding pin, the pins being received in cam grooves formed in the driving plate in a first embodiment and being mounted for eccentric rotation in the second embodiment. A centrifugal bob weight attached to each pin in the second embodiment controls the eccentric alignment of the pin thus controlling the displacement of the disc relative the first and second set of dished washers.

Abstract: A power transmission, having three interconnected simple planetary gear sets, two friction clutches and three friction brakes operable to establish two underdrive forward ratios, a direct forward ratio, an overdrive forward ratio and a reverse ratio, is provided for use in a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A self-locking or limited slip differential gear for motor vehicles comprises a housing from opposite sides of which project two coaxial output shafts for connection to respective half shafts of the vehicle; linking the housing and the output shafts is a mechanism comprising a central body rotatable with respect to the housing and engaged on either side with a respective connection body which is not rotatable with respect to the housing but is slidable with respect thereto along a line perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the central body; engaged in these connection bodies are blocks carried on eccentric pins fixed to the output shafts and the axes of which are parallel to the common axis of the output shafts.

Abstract: A gear assembly having both compactness and a short installation length includes a mainshaft sun gear and a ring gear rotatable on a first axis, and an internal sub-assembly having intermediate ring and sun gears mounted in an eccentric bearing block for rotation on a second axis offset from the first axis. The assembly may be mounted entirely within a drive sprocket.

Abstract: A power transmission unit comprises a trans-axle casing rigidly secured to a cylinder block of an engine and having an upper compartment to contain a clutch for connection to a crankshaft of the engine and a lower compartment to contain a final drive gearing and a differential gear unit connected to each other, a transmission casing sealingly jointed at the upright front face thereof to the upright rear face of the trans-axle casing to contain a change-speed gear transmission drivingly connected to an output shaft of the clutch and coaxially connected to the final drive gearing, and an intermediate plate interposed between the casings to partly support thereon the output shaft of the clutch and the component shafts of the change-speed gear transmission. In the transmission unit, an air breather is provided on a head portion of the intermediate plate to prevent the flow of lubrication oil out from the casings and entrance of water into the casings.

Abstract: An emission control system for a motor vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission having a band servo system including switching means for detecting the state of the band servo system and two vehicle speed switches respectively susceptible to two different vehicle speeds V.sub.1 and V.sub.2 (V.sub.1 <V.sub.2). The emission control system includes means for enriching the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture in an intake passage of the engines and exhaust gas recirculating means are so arranged that the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture is normally set on the rich side and the EGR ratio is made high. Correspondingly in the high driving range with a vehicle speed of lower the V.sub.2 the EGR ratio is made low, and in the high driving range with a vehicle speed of at least V.sub.2 the EGR ratio is made low and the air-fuel ratio is released from being set on the rich side.

Abstract: A multi-speed transmission hub for a bicycle having a multiple speed-change mechanism and a braking mechanism which acts by back-pedalling, a ring gear for the speed-change mechanism which is provided with first transmitting pawls in mesh with first inner teeth formed at the inner surface of a hub shell and a clutch cone for the speed-change mechanism which is provided with second transmitting pawls in mesh with second inner teeth at the hub shell, and a rotor in mesh with the second inner teeth between the clutch cone and a gear frame of the speed-change mechanism.

Abstract: A multi-speed transmission hub for a bicycle having a multi-speed change mechanism and a braking mechanism for braking action by back-pedaling, in which first transmitting members of pawl shape serve to transmit the driving force from the speed-change mechanism to a hub shell and are urged by a pawl spring in the direction of being disengaged from first inner teeth of the hub shell, while, the transmitting members are adapted to be engaged with the first inner teeth by use of differential rotary speed between a gear frame and ring gear of the speed-change mechanism, when a driving member is normally rotated.

Abstract: A four-speed transmission having an over drive is disclosed which comprises two basic planetary gearsets and one dual intermeshed planet pinion planetary gearset and three clutches and two brakes. The construction and arrangement is such that an appropriate reduction ratio is provided for each of forward speeds without causing rotary members between input and output shaft to rotate faster than the input and output shafts.

Abstract: An accessory is provided for a vehicle having a transmission vacuum modulator and an engine equipped with a supercharging device such as a turbocharger that temporarily boosts intake manifold pressure above atmospheric pressure. The accessory normally provides a communication path for use in coupling a manifold port to a vacuum modulator port so that variations in intake manifold pressure serve as an input signal to the vacuum modulator. The accessory provides for comparing intake manifold pressure with a reference pressure, and, when the manifold pressure exceeds the reference pressure, the communication path is interrupted.

Abstract: Improved blocker and jaw clutch means for shiftable change speed gearing is provided for effecting engagement of the low speed gearing of a simple transmission, or the low speed gearing of the main transmission section of a splitter type compound transmission. A transmission having an input shaft driven by a one-way prime mover, a main shaft and at least one countershaft, and including pairs of shiftable gears arranged on and cooperatively between said shafts, is provided with positive clutches, preferably spring loaded jaw clutches, for effecting connection to one of said shafts of a selected one gear of a selected one of said pairs of said gears upon the achievement of substantial synchronization between such gear and such shaft. Blockers are provided for protecting the positive clutch teeth from excessive wear during such shifting.

Abstract: A processing device capable of starting the sequence of the speed change operations automatically in the gearbox of a vehicle, such as the automatic transmission of a truck. A first comparator (302) compares the data received from a gearbox condition detecting device (500) and that received from a speed ratio selection device (200). In the event of a difference, the comparator (302) sends to a gearbox control device (400) either a pulse for increasing by one speed ratio, or a pulse for decreasing by one speed ratio.

Abstract: A Hydromechanical Transmission is disclosed which consists of a multiple turbine converter, a planetary gear set, one input shaft and one output shaft. The converter and planetary gear set are so arranged that an impeller is fastened to the ring gear of the planetary gear set. At least one turbine, which is driven directly by the input shaft, is fastened to the planet carrier; and the remaining turbines and the sun gear are splined to the output shaft. During low output speed operation, the impeller is driven by the differential action of the planetary gear set and rotates with a speed higher than that of the input shaft. Regenerative torque multiplication is achieved by the special arrangement of this invention resulting in a high torque ratio. During operation, the transmission of torque is accomplished through split mechanical and hydrodynamic paths, thereby improving both the power transmission efficiency, and the responsiveness and smoothness of operation.

Abstract: The operational speed of a fluid drive unit in a hydromechanical transmission is limited by means of an overspeed preventing, one-way clutch establishing a positive drive connection between torque transmitting elements of the hydromechanical transmission. Two power paths are established between the planetary gear unit and the input shaft of the transmission to drive an output shaft at a variable drive ratio controlled by a variable displacement type of fluid drive unit. One of the power paths is established through fixed ratio gearing while the other power path is established through the fluid drive units while operating within a speed ratio range limited by the one-way clutch.

Abstract: Apparatus for rotating a driven shaft in the same direction at two different speeds upon rotation of a drive shaft in respective, opposed directions. The apparatus includes a sun gear on the drive shaft, a ring gear on the driven shaft, a planet carrier rotatably mounted on the drive shaft, adjacent to the sun gear, one or more planetary gears rotatably mounted on the planet carrier and in mesh with the sun and ring gears. An over-running clutch locks the planet carrier to the drive shaft when the latter rotates in one direction to thereby lock the planetary gears to the sun and ring gears to cause rotation of the ring gear and the driven shaft in a first direction at a first speed. A sprag prevents rotation of the planet carrier relative to a fixed support when the drive shaft rotates in the opposite direction to thereby allow rotation of the planetary gears about fixed axes to rotate the ring gear and thereby the driven shaft in the first direction at a second speed.

Abstract: A force multiplication wrench is provided in the form of a casing having a longitudinal input shaft at one end and a longitudinal output shaft at the other end. A transmission, such as a planetary gear unit, is disposed in the housing connecting the two shafts. Tandem planetary gear units may also be used for greater force multiplication. In the case of planetary gears, the inner wall of the housing is adapted as the ring gear.