Patent ID: 9707834
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B60K,F16H

Claim:
1. A transmission for a vehicle, the vehicle including first and second drive axle half shafts rotatable about an axis of rotation, an electric motor/generator with a motor shaft parallel with the drive axle half shafts, and a differential with a differential carrier operatively connected with the drive axle half shafts, the transmission comprising: a planetary gear set having: a non-rotating housing radially surrounding the first and second ring gear members; a first brake selectively engageable to ground the first ring gear member to the housing; a second brake selectively engageable to ground the second ring gear member to the housing; a first clutch selectively engageable to connect the motor shaft to rotate in unison with the first sun gear member; and a second clutch selectively engageable to connect the motor shaft to rotate in unison with the second sun gear member, wherein the carrier member is operatively connectable to the differential carrier, and the transmission is operable to establish five different forward ratios of torque of the carrier member to torque of the motor shaft by engaging the clutches and brakes in different combinations of two.