Patent ID: 8365622
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A transmission for motor vehicles having a reverse chain drive comprising, in combination, a first and a second drive shaft, a first and a second friction clutch directly connected with said first and second drive shafts, respectively, for selective engagement with a prime mover, a driven shaft, five gear sets operably disposed between said first and second drive shafts and said driven shaft for providing a plurality of forward speed ratios, each of said five gear sets having a first gear rotatably supported by one of said first and second drive shafts and a second gear rotatably supported by said driven shaft, a first chain sprocket rotatably disposed on said first drive shaft, a second chain sprocket fixed for common rotation with said driven shaft and a chain engaging said first and said second chain sprockets, a first synchronizer clutch disposed between said first gear of a first of said five gear sets and said first chain sprocket and rotatably engaged to said first drive shafts, said synchronizer clutch selectively engageable for common rotation with one of said first gear of one of said five gear sets and said first chain sprocket, and a second synchronizer clutch disposed between said first gears of a second of said five gear sets and a third of said five gear sets, said second synchronizer clutch selectively engaging one of the first gears with the second drive shaft.