Patent ID: 6488605
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B60K,F16H,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
Auxiliary transmission unit for use in a motorized vehicle having a main transmission with a primary shaft and a secondary shaft, the unit comprising an epicyclic gearing having three rotational members and a flywheel, wherein both a first and a second rotational member of the auxiliary transmission unit may be coupled to either one of the primary shaft or the secondary shaft of the main transmission and a third rotational member mounted on a central shaft is operatively coupled to the said flywheel;wherein the said first and the said second rotational members are provided with interconnecting means for operatively coupling said members to either one of a primary shaft and a secondary shaft, which interconnecting means comprise a primary coupling gear being in meshed contract with the first rotational member and a secondary coupling gear being in meshed contact with the second rotational member.