Patent ID: 9702450
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: F16H

Claim:
1. A continuously variable automatic transmission comprising, in combination, a housing, an input member, a torque converter having a pump connected to said input member, a stator, a turbine and a turbine shaft, a damper having an input coupled to said turbine and an output coupled to said turbine shaft, a variable ratio device having a variable diameter input pulley, a variable diameter output pulley and a chain engaging said variable diameter pulleys, a planetary gear assembly having a sun gear, a ring gear and a planet gear carrier supporting a plurality of freely rotatable planet gears in constant mesh with said sun gear and said ring gear, said turbine shaft driving said ring gear and said sun gear driving said variable diameter input pulley, a first torque transmitting device operably disposed between planet gear carrier and said housing for providing reverse direction, and a second torque transmitting device operably disposed between said planet gear carrier and said ring gear for providing forward direction, wherein said second torque transmitting device is a dog clutch.