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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047942 | Speed change transmission apparatus The apparatus includes a hydrostatic stepless speed change section 20 receiving an output of an engine 1, a planetary transmission section 3a having a plurality of planetary transmission mechanisms PF, PR and a plurality of output members... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7361111 | Power branching transmission for motor vehicles A power branching transmission suitable for motor vehicles having an internal-combustion engine which drives an input shaft of the power branching transmission has several branches comprising at least one power shift transmission with a number of gears and has an ou... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7331412 | Vehicle having twin transmissions for driving respective wheels A vehicle comprises a vehicle frame, a prime mover mounted on the vehicle frame, a laterally turnable wheel disposed at one side of the vehicle frame, a pair of drive wheels disposed at the other side of the vehicle frame, a steering operation device, a traveling op... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311638 | Mechanical automatic transmission apparatus During a period in which a clutch is in a partially engaged state at the time of start of a vehicle, a transmission ECU calculates load acting on the clutch (clutch-absorbed energy). When this load is large, generation of a shift signal based on a gear shift map is ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313473 | Control device and control method for a vehicle At the time of the change-speed, by correcting the torque reducing portion of an output shaft during the change-speed, the revolution number of an input shaft is controlled on the basis of the corrected torque reduction correcting value. Also, the torque of said inp... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7143858 | Transmission for a working vehicle and vehicle A transmission for a working vehicle for transmitting drive power from an engine to a driving axle that includes: a flywheel including a flywheel body operatively connected with the engine and a flywheel housing for accommodating the flywheel body; a main-speed-chan... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7063638 | Continuously variable hydro-mechanical transmission A transmission for use with a power source and a load includes a primary sun gear adapted to be coupled to the power source, a hydrostatic power unit including a pump coupled to a motor, a ring gear driven by the motor, a secondary sun gear coupled to a first output... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6958029 | Continuously variable transmission apparatus A continuously variable transmission apparatus, has: an input shaft; a toroidal-type continuously variable transmission; a first rotation transmission shaft; a first planetary-gear-type transmission; a second planetary-gear-type transmission; a second rotation trans... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6361463 | Drive transmission for vehicles The present invention provides a drive transmission for vehicles, which is interposed in a driving power transmission line extending from a driving power source to driving wheels, which includes a main driving shaft, a hydrostatic transmission (HST), a me... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5980411 | Process for controlling the couplings of a hydrostatic and mechanical torque division gearing A method of changing the range of a hydrostatic/mechanical power split transmission is specified: firstly, the command to engage the clutch for the next range is given, then the transfer of the load to this clutch is carried out and then the command to di... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5709628 | Hydrostatic transmission for construction machine A hydrostatic transmission has at least one pump, first and second motors connected to and driven by the pump and having respective first and second motor shafts, and a planetary-gear drive. This drive has a sun gear connected permanently to the first mot... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5695422 | Hydrostatic-mechanical torque division transmission A hydrostatic-mechanical infinitely variable transmission for a vehicle includes a hydrostatic unit and a mechanical unit. The mechanical unit is a planetary drum and includes a planetary summation gearing and further planetary transmission gearings. The ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5277670 | Circuit change-over gear with infinitely variable transmission In a load change-over gear with infinitely variable transmission, which includes a linkage gear (1) driven by a main drive shaft (5), a control gear (2) associated with the linkage gear (1), as well as a switching or change-over gear (4) series-connected ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5156577 | Hydrostatic split-type power transmission A power transmission having a four-shaft double planetary gear (I, II), which is driven on the one hand via a turning gear (WG) and on the other via a variable-displacement gear (HG) and is connectable on the power take-off side via selectable ratio gears... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5129867 | Hydrostatic split-type multi-speed power transmission A power transmision with a hydrostatically branched variable-displacement gear (HG), a two-stage epicyclic gear (I, II) and a mechanical 8-speed transmission that can be operated in forward and reverse, and with a control system (ST) that triggers the clu... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5114385 | Branched infinitely-variable hydromechanical transmission for motor vehicles A branched, infinitely variable hydromechanical transmission with multiple power-transmission paths for motor vehicles has an expanded first shift range to facilitate broadening of the overall gear-shift range to achieve higher power density and eliminate... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4983149 | Nonstep speed change gear Disclosed is a nonstep speed change gear capable of selecting low speed mode and high speed mode by the low speed side clutch and high speed side clutch, comprising a differential mechanism having a low speed side mechanical transmission line and a high s... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4368653 | Hydromechanical transmission In a hydromechanical transmission, low and high speed drive power trains are selectively completed in response to variation of the speed ratio between an input shaft and an output shaft. The transmission comprises a speed ratio detecting valve for detecti... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4254672 | Control system for a stepless variable speed transmission A control system for a stepless variable speed transmission of power splitting type for use in a vehicle in which the power from an engine is transmitted with a controllable speed and wherein part of the power is converted into hydraulic power by means of... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4185521 | Hydraulic control system for a hydrostatic-mechanical transmission A hydraulic circuit adjusts an infinitely variable drive ratio hydro-mechanical transmission in response to movements of operators speed and torque controls to enable precise selection of the wheel torque of a vehicle and selective variation of ground spe... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4096768 | Hydro-mechanical transmission In a hydro-mechanical transmission for automobiles which has an input shaft, an output shaft, a differential gear set including an input element connected to the input shaft and an output element connected to the output shaft and two reaction elements, a ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4082013 | Hydrostatic transmission control An electronic control for a hydrostatic or hydromechanical transmission governs the transmission ratio as a primary function of a manual ratio request and as a secondary function of throttle setting, engine speed, pressure in the hydrostatic transmission ... | 04/04/1978 |
| 3969957 | Synchronously shiftable dual range planetary transmission with coaxial input shafts A vehicle transmission employs a pair of coaxial input shafts, one driven at fixed ratio and the other driven at an infinitely variable ratio through a hydrostatic transmission which relatively reverses direction of rotation. A single input-dual input pla... | 07/20/1976 |
