Abstract: A gearbox apparatus includes a number of gears selectable by a user to drive a drive shaft, the number being greater than the number of gears physically connected to the drive shaft of the gearbox. The apparatus can be controlled remotely by a wireless signal emitting or receiving device, which includes a smart phone, desktop computer, a signal tower, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is an 8-speed gearbox for a dual clutch transmission, with a particular gear arrangement of the gears on the countershaft, wherein the speed or reverse gear of a gear pair that is a permanently rotationally and axially fixed gear is the radially smaller of the gear pair. One or two cluster gears may be provided, each cluster gear having two gears axially paired attached to the countershaft by a shrink fit connection.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes a first shaft provided to be rotatable around a first rotational axis of the hydraulic pump driven by the engine. A second shaft is rotatable about the first rotational axis to rotate the power take shaft. A clutch is rotatable about a second rotational axis that is substantially parallel to the first rotational axis and is vertically below the first rotational axis. The clutch has a first rotating portion and a second rotating portion arranged to face each other in the second rotational axis. A first rotating portion is connectable to and separable from the second rotating portion. The first rotation transmission mechanism is configured to transmit rotation of the first shaft to the first rotating portion. A second rotation transmission mechanism is configured to transmit rotation of the second rotating portion to the second shaft.

Abstract: A change-speed transmission for a motor vehicle. The transmission has a first and second subtransmission, which each have a plurality of shiftable gearwheel sets associated therewith. The subtransmissions each have an input shaft and have a joint output shaft. Each of the input shafts are activated alternatingly by, respectively, a first and a second powershift clutch. A reduction gearing effectuating a transmission change is associated with one of the subtransmissions, and the subtransmissions are alternatingly connected by way of a third powershift clutch.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a transmission, a transfer case configured to directly couple to the transmission, and an override system coupled to the transfer case. The transfer case includes a shift rod, a piston assembly including a first piston coupled to the shift rod and a second piston selectively engageable with the first piston, and a resilient member positioned to bias the shift rod and the first piston into a high position corresponding with a high mode of operation of the transfer case. The override system includes a housing coupled to the transfer case, a lever coupled to the housing and pivotally actuatable between a first position and a second position, and an engagement element disposed within the housing and coupled to the lever. The engagement element is configured to engage the second piston in response to the lever being pivoted from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: A transmission includes a fork mechanism in which a plurality of fork rods to which a plurality of shift forks are connected are each attached to a pedestal so as to be moveable in an axial direction. An assembly guide portion is disposed on the pedestal and a guide pin is erected on a clutch housing. As a result, even in cases where an input shaft and a main shaft, on which driving and driven gears and synchro devices are assembled, are assembled on the clutch housing in a state that the driving and driven gears are engaged and, thereafter the fork mechanism is assembled on this clutch housing, the assembly of the fork mechanism on the clutch housing can be easily performed.

Abstract: There is provided a control device for a transmission for shifting a driving force of an engine. The transmission includes at least two input shafts configured to be driven by the driving force of the engine, intermediate shafts provided correspondingly to the at least two input shafts and configured such that driving forces of the input shafts are respectively transmitted thereto, and a clutch provided between the input shafts and the intermediate shafts and configured to transmit the driving forces from the input shafts to the intermediate shafts. A non-use shaft detection section is configured to detect a non-use state of the intermediate shafts based on a transmission state of the clutch.

Abstract: A rear end gear box cover for a racing car is formed with a fixed base plate and a removable top plate. The base plate is fixed to the rear end housing by multiple fasteners while the top plate is removable from the base plate. The top plate includes a pair of opposing cam members carrying connector pins for engagement with receiver mounts formed on the base plate. A cam driver on the top plate has a central connector member that when rotated drives a pair of opposing cam pins carried in a slotted opening on the cam members outwardly to force the connector pins into openings in the receiver mounts and secure the top plate to the base plate. A detent mechanism in each of the slotted openings retains the cam members in a locked position. A quarter turn of the connector member retracts the connector pins.

Abstract: A carriage acted-on by a control system controlled by a part of the gearbox, so as to be moved sideways in relation to a locking rod able to interoperate with a toothed crown built into the said gearbox, with the said carriage being coupled to means operated by an actuator so as to be moved, if necessary, into a fixed position of the control system, characterized by the fact that the means consist of two superimposed compact levers and mounted so as to pivot on an axis against a torsion spring, with one of the levers being coupled to the carriage while the other lever is coupled to the control system.

Abstract: A twin clutch type transmission connected to an engine of a vehicle and the like in which an end portion of the main shaft is held in the secure and compact manner to contribute to efficient operation of the transmission. In the twin clutch type transmission, the first and second hydraulic disk clutches are coaxially provided to be adjacent with each other, and the inner and outer shafts of the main shaft as a coaxial dual structure are connected to the respective disk clutches coaxially. The ball bearing fixed to the transmission case with the holder plate pierces the left end portion of the inner shaft so as to be supported, and further to be tightened and fixed to the ball bearing with the locknut screwed with the leading end of the left end portion.

Abstract: A motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine is equipped with at least two auxiliary units and with an electric machine connected to a power source. The electric machine can be coupled to the auxiliary units by means of a dual clutch device. A control device can actuate the dual clutch device for coupling the auxiliary units to the electric machine according to preselected priorities. One or the other auxiliary unit, or all auxiliary units, or no auxiliary unit may be coupled to the electric machine.

Abstract: A hybrid power train for a vehicle may include an input shaft, an engine side driving gear mounted at the input shaft, an output shaft, an engine side driven gear fixedly mounted at the output shaft and meshed with the engine side driving gear, a motor side driving gear and mounted to rotate by the motor, a motor side driven gear fixedly mounted at the output shaft and meshed with the motor side driving gear, an output gear rotatably mounted at the output shaft, a one way clutch mounted between the output gear and the output shaft, a clutch device mounted on the output shaft, and a planetary gear apparatus engaging between the output shaft and the output gear.

Abstract: A first tubular shaft is placed on a radially outer side of a countershaft. A second tubular shaft is placed on a radially outer side of the first tubular shaft. A first driven gear is provided at one end portion of the first tubular shaft and is meshed with a first drive gear. A second driven gear is provided at one end portion of the second tubular shaft and is meshed with a second drive gear. A second secondary coupling portion is provided at the countershaft. A second primary coupling portion is provided at the other end portion of the first tubular shaft. The second primary coupling portion is engageable with the second secondary coupling portion. A third primary coupling portion is provided at the other end portion of the second tubular shaft. The third primary coupling portion is engageable with the second secondary coupling portion.

Abstract: A hybrid power train for a vehicle may include an input shaft, an engine-side drive gear provided on the input shaft, an output shaft, an engine-side driven gear rotatably provided on the output shaft and meshed with the engine-side drive gear, a motor-side drive gear rotated by a motor, a motor-side driven gear fixedly provided on the output shaft and meshed with the motor-side drive gear, an output gear rotatably provided on the output shaft, a one way clutch installed between the output gear and the output shaft, a clutch unit provided to switch an operating state of the output gear and to switch an operating state of the engine-side driven gear between a fixed state and a released state relative to the output shaft, and a planetary gear mechanism installed to couple the output shaft and the output gear to each other.

Abstract: A transmission having two clutches connected between a drive and respective transmission input shafts, one being hollow which supports the other within. A hollow countershaft which supports another countershaft therein. A main shaft arranged coaxially between the inner input shaft and an output shaft. Shifting elements can engage a variety of transmission connections in which transmission elements of the main group couple transmission elements of the range group which can couple the output shaft. The hollow countershaft has three fixed wheels which engage respective loose wheels, and the countershafts are rigidly coupled by a shifting element. With respect to this shifting element: an adjacent loose wheel rotates on and can rigidly couple the main shaft; a remote loose wheel rotates on and can rigidly couple the inner input shaft; and a central loose wheel rotates on and can rigidly couple at least one of the inner input and main shafts.

Abstract: A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle which comprises at least two transmission parts and each transmission part comprise at least one input shaft. Drive is outputted from the transmission parts via a common output shaft. The at least one input shaft is arranged on a main axis and the output shaft is arranged on the main axis or a parallel secondary axis. An intermediate transmission has at least one countershaft that is arranged on the secondary axis. At least one of the input shafts can be connected to the output shaft via at least two gear planes and/or at least one shifting element. At least three shifting mechanisms are provided and at least one shifting mechanism is arranged on each of the main and the secondary axes such that one of the at least two gear planes is arranged between two of the at least three shifting mechanisms.

Abstract: A 7-speed transmission for a motor vehicle, in particular for a sports car, includes an input or primary shaft, an output or secondary shaft, a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth and a seventh forward speed, as well as a reverse speed. In order to obtain a compact constructional design with a small transversal size and allow a sporty drive mode in the upshift from the first to the sixth speed, in which the shift process occur in an overlapping manner and almost without any interruption of the drive force, the eight speeds are combined in pairs into four shift groups, two of the four shift groups are arranged on the input or primary shaft and two on the output or secondary shaft, respectively, and at least between the first speed and the sixth speed adjacent speeds are arranged in different shift groups.

Abstract: A supercharged internal combustion engine is disclosed which includes a supercharger operatively connected to the crankshaft via a clutch supported by an intermediate shaft such that torque variations are partially absorbed by the clutch.

Abstract: A transmission for an internal combustion engine that allows a fit length between a dog and a dog hole to be made longer and gear splines to be made longer, without having to increase an axial length of the transmission. A transmission selectively performs gearshifting by using a shift fork to slidingly move a shift gear of the transmission axially and by using a dog clutch to engage the shift gear with, or disengage the shift gear from, an adjacent gear. When the shift gear slidingly moves, a gear-side spline portion of the shift gear slidingly moves over a shaft-side spline portion.

Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft and an intermediate shaft, a power transmission mechanism and a control unit. The power transmission mechanism includes a forward travelling lower speed clutch, a forward travelling higher speed clutch, a rearward travelling clutch and a plurality of speed stage switching clutches. The control unit is configured to switch a gear state into a shiftable rearward travelling gear stage by turning off either the forward travelling lower speed clutch or the forward travelling higher speed clutch and by turning on the rearward travelling clutch in executing an operation of switching from forward travelling to rearward travelling, and to switch a gear stage into a shiftable forward travelling gear stage by turning off the rearward travelling clutch and turning on the forward travelling lower speed clutch in executing an operation of switching from rearward travelling to forward travelling.

Abstract: An automatic transmission having high pressure actuation and low pressure lube includes a hydraulic circuit (110) having a source of pressurized fluid (112), an actuation circuit (114) that delivers pressurized fluid to actuate components of the transmission, and a cooling circuit (116) used to cool components of the transmission. The source of pressurized fluid includes a motor 118, a first pump 120 operatively driven by the motor 118, and a second pump 122 selectively driven by motor 118. A clutch mechanism 124 is connected between the motor 118 and the second pump 122 so as to selectively engage and disengage the second pump 122 in driven relationship with the motor 118 so that the second pump 122 selectively supplies pressurized fluid to the cooling circuit 116 when the clutch mechanism 124 is engaged.

Abstract: A transmission is provided in which gear trains for multiple shift stages are provided between a countershaft and a first main shaft and second main shaft running coaxially and relatively rotatably through the first main shaft so that the gear trains can be alternatively established, wherein a plurality of odd number stage gear trains (G1, G3, G5) are provided between the second main shaft (27) and the countershaft (28) so that the first speed gear train (G1) is disposed on the opposite side to the first and second clutches (37, 38), an end part of the second main shaft (27) on the first speed gear train (G1) side is rotatably supported on an engine main body via a main shaft side ball bearing (31) having a larger diameter than an outer diameter of a first speed drive gear (89) provided integrally with the second main shaft (27), and an outer race (31a) of the main shaft side ball bearing (31) is fixed to the engine main body via a fixing plate (95) engaging with an outer peripheral part of the outer race (31

Abstract: A supercharged internal combustion engine is disclosed which includes a supercharger operatively connected to the crankshaft via a clutch supported by an intermediate shaft such that torque variations are partially absorbed by the clutch.

Abstract: A manual transmission includes two synchronizers, and manufacturing costs are here reduced and manufacturing processes simplified.

Abstract: A shift device is provide for a power take-off transmission of an agricultural utility vehicle. The shift device comprises an input shaft that can be driven by an engine of the utility vehicle, and an output shaft. The input shaft is connectable to the output shaft by way of three gear pairs, in order to transmit torque from the input shaft to the output shaft via one of the three gear pairs. Three gear wheels of the gear pairs are assigned to the input shaft. Three gear wheels of the gear pairs are assigned to the output shaft. One gear wheel of a gear pair is rotationally fixed to the input shaft or the output shaft and the other gear wheel of the gear pair is rotationally fixable to the output shaft or the input shaft by a gearshift sleeve. The two gear wheels of a gear pair intermesh with one another. The output shaft has a recess, in which a PTO stub shaft can be reversibly introduced.

Abstract: An automatic transmission includes a transmission case, a parking gear fixed to the transmission case, and a meshing mechanism, such as a synchromesh mechanism. The meshing mechanism includes a coupling sleeve to engage with the parking gear and hold a transmission output member unrotatable in a park lock state when the coupling sleeve is shifted axially toward the parking gear.

Abstract: A reverse gear arrangement in a countershaft transmission (1, 40, 44) having at least one starting element (2, 41), at least one transmission input shaft (4, 5, 42), one countershaft (22), fixed or idler gear wheels fastened or rotatably supported on the shafts, shifting sets (20, 21, 37, 38) coordinated with the idler gears and a reverse gear shaft (30, 31) upon which a driveable gear wheel (29, 32) and a driveable gear wheel (28, 33) are fastened. It is proposed for further development of the transmission that the driveable gear wheel (29, 32) of the reverse gear (RG) be meshed with a fixed gear (12, 14) of another transmission gear which is fastened on at least one transmission input shaft (4, 5, 42).

Abstract: A multi cone selector in a transmission employs sandwiched cone friction surfaces 19A, 20A and 21A and these are shown in free or unengaged state while the corresponding friction surfaces as numerals 19, 20 and 21 are shown as engaged. This comparative illustration shows the relative positions of the surfaces at different times since the “A” surfaces and the non “A” surfaces are the same circumferential surfaces. The cone selector is used to engage free rotating gear a female part 22 of a multi-cone selector. A hydraulic actuator 23 is received by internal gear case wall 24 formed so as to prevent any radial or axial movement of the actuator itself. A hydraulic coupling, in this case the hydraulic coupling is formed as hydraulic springs or bags illustrated at 26. The crown of hydraulic spring outlet piston is formed so as to clip in a housing of a thrust bearing 29.

Abstract: In a double clutch transmission in which an input shaft can be coupled by two load clutches selectively with a central intermediate shaft and a concentric intermediate shaft and each of the intermediate shafts can be operatively connected by gear stages selectively to a first or a second jackshaft arranged in the power output path to a driven vehicle axle, wherein the jackshafts are arranged parallel to the transmission input and intermediate shafts, the intermediate shafts each have at least one gear firmly mounted thereon which forms the input gear for more than one of the gear stages provided for different transmission gear ratios so as to form a compact transmission arrangement, particularly for transverse engine applications.

Abstract: An input shaft 10 is connected rotationally with an intermediary shaft 20 through a main drive gear GMV, a connecting idle gear GCC and a connecting driven gear GCN and also connected rotationally with a countershaft 30 through the main drive gear GMV and a main driven gear GMN. A fourth speed drive gear G4V, which is provided on the countershaft 30, meshes with a fourth and sixth speed drive gear G46V, which is provided rotatably over the input shaft 10. Both the fourth and sixth speed drive gear G46V and a fifth speed drive gear G5V, which is provided rotatably over the intermediary shaft 20, mesh with a fourth, fifth and sixth speed driven gear G456N, which is provided on the output shaft 50.

Abstract: An input shaft 10 is connected rotationally with an intermediary shaft 20 through a connecting drive gear GCV, a connecting first idle gear GC1, a connecting second idle gear GC2 and a connecting driven gear GCN. A fourth speed drive gear G4V, which is formed in a one-piece body with a reverse drive gear GRV, is provided rotatably over the input shaft 10, and a third speed drive gear G3V is provided rotatably over the intermediary shaft 20. Both the third speed drive gear G3V and the fourth speed drive gear G4V mesh with a third and fourth speed driven gear G34N, which is provided rotatably over an output shaft 40. Also, a reverse driven gear GRN, which is connected rotationally with the reverse drive gear GRV through a reverse idle gear GRI, is provided rotatably over the output shaft 40.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for lubricating an internal-combustion engine includes a shaft extending through a gearbox, a gear and a sliding sleeve coupled to rotate with the shaft and adapted to move axially along the shaft, a gearshift fork in mating engagement with the sliding sleeve and moveable parallel to the shaft, a rib in the gearbox adjacent the shaft, and a duct extending into the gearbox. The duct preferably directs a lubricant onto the gearshift fork and the sliding sleeve. Preferably, the rib directs the lubricant from the duct onto the gearshift fork and the sliding sleeve. In an alternative embodiment, at least some of the lubricant flung from the shaft, gear, and sliding sleeve contacts the rib and is directed onto the sliding sleeve and the gearshift fork. Further preferably, a projection extends from the rib to direct the lubricant onto the sliding sleeve and the gearshift fork.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for lubricating an internal-combustion engine includes a shaft extending through a gearbox, a gear and a sliding sleeve coupled to rotate with the shaft and adapted to move axially along the shaft, a gearshift fork in mating engagement with the sliding sleeve and moveable parallel to the shaft, a rib in the gearbox adjacent the shaft, and a duct extending into the gearbox. The duct preferably directs a lubricant onto the gearshift fork and the sliding sleeve. Preferably, the rib directs the lubricant from the duct onto the gearshift fork and the sliding sleeve. In an alternative embodiment, at least some of the lubricant flung from the shaft, gear, and sliding sleeve contacts the rib and is directed onto the sliding sleeve and the gearshift fork. Further preferably, a projection extends from the rib to direct the lubricant onto the sliding sleeve and the gearshift fork.

Abstract: A method of changing gear in an automated transmission system of a motor vehicle having a multi-ratio gearbox with an input shaft and an output shaft, a take-up clutch located between the input shaft and an output shaft of an engine, a number of pairs of intermeshing gears.

Abstract: A power transmission system capable of preventing a feeling of inertia travel caused by torque transmission interruption, without increasing the axial length of a transmission, thereby improving the speed position-shifting performance of the transmission, includes a plurality of gear pairs and synchromeshes connecting the plurality of gear pairs to an input or output shaft. A driving force assist mechanism supplies the driving force of a prime mover to the output shaft during a shift in speed position and a supplemental driving force has an auxiliary shaft arranged in parallel with the input and output shaft. An intermediate gear is connected to the input shaft and integrally formed with the auxiliary shaft. Auxiliary gears are connected to the output shaft and rotatably arranged on the auxiliary shaft. An assist clutch fastens one of the auxiliary gears to the auxiliary shaft during the shift in speed position.

Abstract: A transmission with a drive shaft (10), an output shaft (20) mounted coaxially thereto and a countershaft (30), there being provided a first constant gear pair (K1) that can transmit the rotation of the countershaft (30) to the output shaft (20) and wherein respective toothed gear pairs are allocated to the individual gears, the gear pairs optionally transmitting the rotation of the drive shaft (10) to the countershaft (30). A second constant gear pair (K2) can transmit the rotation of the countershaft (30) to the output shaft (20). The toothed gears (1-1, 1-2; 2-1, 2-2; 3-1, 3-2) of a gear of a first group of gears can be optionally select to be operative between the drive shaft (10) and the countershaft (30), the rotation of the countershaft (30) being transmissible via the first constant air (K1) to the output shaft (20).

Abstract: An automatic transmission including an input shaft, an output shaft, a main clutch for transmitting a power of an engine to the input shaft, and synchromesh mechanisms for automatically changing over a plurality of shift gear trains, comprises an intermediate shaft disposed on an axis other than the input and output shafts and a sub clutch mounted on the intermediate shaft for variably controlling a transmission torque transmitted from the input shaft to the output shaft on shifting gears.

Abstract: An automatic transmission having change gears which include a first path to directly transmit torque of an input shaft to an output shaft, and a second path to transmit the torque through an intermediate shaft on a driving force path from the input shaft to the output shaft. The first path includes at least one output gear on the output shaft which is engageable and disengageable by a shift sleeve. The output gear is connected at downstream thereof to the second path. The second path includes a first intermediate gear on the intermediate shaft to input the torque, a clutch, and a second intermediate gear rotatably supported through the clutch to output the torque. The output shaft includes a middle speed output gear to mesh with the second intermediate gear so as to form a middle-speed change gear.

Abstract: A compact manual transmission, especially for use in FF drive vehicles, has a small overall length even though a synchronizer is provided exclusively for reverse gear. The transmission has an input shaft, first and second intermediate shafts disposed in parallel with the input shaft, and reverse gearing. The reverse gearing includes a low-speed driving gear disposed on the input shaft; a low-speed driven gear disposed on the first intermediate shaft for meshing with the low-speed driving gear; a reverse-only driving gear disposed on the first intermediate shaft; a synchronizer for reverse gear disposed on the reverse-only driving gear for causing the low-speed driven gear and the reverse-only driving gear to engage and disengage; and an intermediate-speed driven gear disposed on the second intermediate shaft for meshing with the reverse-only driving gear.

Abstract: A tractor change speed apparatus includes a manual change speed device having a combination of gear trains mounted on first and second parallel shafts and driving a change speed output shaft at various speeds. A backward and forward drive switching device is cooperable with the main change speed device for producing forward and backward drives in an equal number of speeds, wherein the forward drive is transmitted through the first shaft and the backward drive is transmitted through the second shaft. A group of gears for returning reverse drive to a forward drive transmission shaft is thereby omitted. Consequently, the backward and forward drive switching device and the entire change speed apparatus has a reduced longitudinal length.

Abstract: At least one gearwheel of each meshing pair of gearwheels (10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 22, 24, 26) includes two respective selectively operable rotary locks which are adapted to lock the gearwheels to the associated shaft so that it rotates therewith in respective opposite directions. Each rotary lock comprises a plurality of rollers (34), whose positions relative to one another are maintained by a respective cage (36, 38) and which are received in respective spaced defined between an internal cylindrical surface on the associated gearwheel and a respective portion (32) of the surface of the associated shaft. The spaces associated with the two sets of rolling bodies (34) have a width in the radial direction of the shaft which progressively decreases from a maximum value in opposite circumferential directions of the shaft, whereby the two cages (36, 38) are movable in respective opposite circumferential directions between a freewheel position and a locked position.

Abstract: A mesh type automatic transmission is equipped with a plurality of shift gears arranged to rotate freely to an output shaft for providing driving force to the wheels. Cogged clutches 12, 15 engage with the output shaft. Counter shift gears corresponding to each speed are fixed to a counter shaft rotated by the rotation of an input shaft and mesh with the shift gears for performing automatic shifting by controlling engagement of one of the cogged clutches with the voluntary shift gears determined from the accelerator command value and the vehicle speed. An assist mechanism transmits rotational force of the input shaft to the output shaft via the assist shaft which rotates from the rotation of the counter shaft when no cogged clutch of the plurality of cogged clutches is engaged with any of the plurality of shift gears occurring during switching when an engaged cogged clutch of the plurality of cogged clutches is disengaged and one of the cogged clutch of the plurality of cogged clutches is to be engaged.

Abstract: A driven gear G3b for a forward second gear G3 which is obtained by a hydraulic clutch C3 on a second input shaft 5 is disposed contiguous with a driven gear G4b for a first gear G4. A spacer collar 9 is provided on an output shaft 6 so as to be positioned between a selector hub 8a and the driven gear G3b for the second gear G3, and the driven gear G4b for the first gear G4 is rotatably supported on the spacer collar 9.

Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle has a pair of input shafts and an output shaft parallel to the input shafts. A plurality of drive gears is installed on the input shafts, and a plurality of driven gears are installed on the output shaft and meshed with the drive gears, respectively. Gear selecting mechanisms is provided respectively on the shifting input shafts to select one of the drive gears. A power transmitting mechanism is installed to the input and output shafts to transmit power from one of the input shafts to the other input shaft. First and second clutches are installed to the input shafts, respectively to fix the drive gears on the input shafts by the engagement thereof. An idler gear driven by the power transmitting mechanism is installed to the output shaft. A third clutch installed to the output shaft as to be capable of fixedly connecting the output shaft and the idler gear.

Abstract: An automated twin-clutch multi-speed transmission is disclosed which functions to transfer power from the engine to one or more drivelines of a motor vehicle. The transmission includes a first engine clutch operable to establish a releasable drive connection between the engine and a first input shaft, a first motor/generator connected to the first input shaft, a second engine clutch operable to establish a releasable drive connection between the engine and a second input shaft, a second motor/generator connected to the second input shaft, an output shaft adapted to transfer power to the driveline, and a geartrain for selectively establishing a plurality of forward and reverse speed ratio drive connections between the input shafts and the output shaft.

Abstract: A change speed apparatus for a tractor includes a main change speed device (24) having a combination of gear trains mounted on a first shaft and a second shaft extending parallel to each other, for driving a change speed output shaft (58) at a plurality of speeds, and a backward and forward drive switching device (21) cooperable with the main change speed device (24) to produces forward drive and backward drive in an equal number of speeds. Between the main change speed device (24) and the backward and forward drive switching device (21), the forward drive is transmitted through the first shaft (45) and the backward drive is transmitted through the second shaft (44). With this construction, a group of gears for returning reversed drive to a forward drive transmission shaft is omitted from the backward and forward drive switching device (21).

Abstract: In a transmission which incorporates a plurality of speed change gear trains, a plurality of clutches to select one of the gear trains for power transmission and a plurality of shift forks to selectively activate one of the clutches, a gearshift coveys a force applied by a shift lever selectively to one of the shift forks to achieve a gear change. The gearshift comprises a plurality of linkages which convey the force applied by the shift lever 41 to the shift forks 73 and 76 selectively. In this gearshift, at least two of these linkages include rocking levers 65 and 66, respectively, each of which functions to reverse the direction of the force applied by the shift lever. These rocking levers are disposed on a common pivot or a retaining pin 67, such that each rocking lever can swing independently thereon.

Abstract: A power take off drive train for an agricultural tractor, comprises at least one input shaft and an output shaft, said shafts being rotatably mounted in a transmission casing, wherein the said gear train provides for the output shaft to be rotated at one of three selected speeds, one of the at least one input shafts mounting first and second input gear wheels and a selector, the gear wheels being free to rotate on said shaft, and wherein the selector is mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith, and to slide axially along side shaft to engage with one of said first and second gear wheels transmitting torque thereto, and wherein said output shaft mounts first and second output gear wheels fixed for rotation therewith, the said first and second output gear wheels being in driving engagement with said first and second input gear wheels respectively, and wherein the drive train further comprises a third output gear wheel, which gear wheel engages with a third input gear wheel mounted on an input shaft mounted i

Abstract: A compact manual transmission, especially for use in FF drive vehicles, has a small overall length even though a synchronizer is provided exclusively for reverse gear. The transmission has an input shaft, first and second intermediate shafts disposed in parallel with the input shaft, and reverse gearing. The reverse gearing includes a low-speed driving gear disposed on the input shaft; a low-speed driven gear disposed on the first intermediate shaft for meshing with the low-speed driving gear; a reverse-only driving gear disposed on the first intermediate shaft; a synchronizer for reverse gear disposed on the reverse-only driving gear for causing the low-speed driven gear and the reverse-only driving gear to engage and disengage; and an intermediate-speed driven gear disposed on the second intermediate shaft for meshing with the reverse-only driving gear.

Abstract: A compact transmission comprises a first input shaft 1, a second input shaft 2 and a counter shaft 3, which are disposed parallel with one anther.