Abstract: A blower having a stationary casing for rotatably supporting a rotor assembly having a series of open ended chambers arranged to close against the surrounding walls of the casing. Pistons are slidably mounted within each chamber with the center of rotation of the pistons being offset in regard to the center of rotation of the rotor assembly whereby the pistons reciprocate in the chambers as the rotor assembly turns. As inlet port communicates with the rotor assembly to deliver a working substance into the chamber as the pistons approach a top dead center position in the chamber while an outlet port also communicates with the rotor to exhaust the working substance as the pistons approach a bottom dead center position. The displacement of the blower is varied by adjusting the amount of eccentricity between the center of rotation of the pistons and the center of rotation of the rotor assembly.

Abstract: A transaxle assembly for delivering torque from an engine driven vehicle to the vehicle traction wheels comprising a hydrokinetic torque converter and compound planetary gearing arranged on a first axis which is coincident with the axis of the crankshaft of the engine, a cross drive arranged on an axis that is transverse and axially offset with respect to the axis of the gearing, a differential gear mechanism having output elements on the cross axis arranged close to the transverse plane of the torque converter and final drive gearing between the output element of the multiple ratio gearing and the differential mechanism, the final drive gearing being situated in a plane intermediate the torque converter and the multiple ratio gearing, and clutches and brakes for controlling the speed ratio of the multiple ratio gearing arranged in radially stacked fashion to provide a minimum axial length for the assembly.

Abstract: A transaxle driveline for a wheeled vehicle having an engine and gear system on a common axis that is transverse with respect to the center plane of the vehicle and having tandem driveshafts for the traction wheels, a differential gear mechanism mounted on a countershaft situated in parallel relationship with respect to the axis of the engine, the differential drive gearing being located between multiple ratio planetary gear elements of the driveline and a hydrokinetic torque converter and a compact clutch-and-brake arrangement for various ratios in the multiple ratio gear system within a transmission housing having a minimum axial dimension, the gearing being adapted to provide four forward driving ratios including an overdrive ratio and a direct drive ratio, the latter having three operating modes, one of which is fully mechanical, one of which is hydrokinetic and the third of which is characterized by a split torque delivery path that is partly hydrokinetic and partly mechanical.

Abstract: A planetary gear transmission having three planetary gear units, two of which are simple planetary gear units and one of which is a compound planetary gear unit for use in an automotive vehicle driveline to establish five driving speed ratios and a reverse speed ratio with relatively evenly spaced ratio steps and having a minimum number of friction clutch or brake members.