Patent ID: 9470292
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: F16H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A transmission comprising: an input; an output comprising one or more gears; a first transmission section providing one or more stages of gearing and configurable to provide one of a first plurality of gear ratios between the input and the output; a second transmission section providing one or more stages of gearing configurable to provide one or more second gear ratios between the input and the output; a first clutch operable to selectively couple the input to the first transmission section; a second clutch operable to selectively couple the input to the second transmission section; and, a torque transfer mechanism selectively operable to transfer torque from the first transmission section to the second transmission section to provide an alternative torque transmission path from the input to the output that includes at least one of the one or more stages of gearing of the first transmission section and at least one of the one or more stages of gearing of the second transmission section and provides one or more gear ratios between the input and the output that is different from the first plurality of gear ratios and the one or more second gear ratios; wherein: