Patent ID: 6455947
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B60K,B60W,B60Y,F16H,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A vehicle transmission system adapted for receiving inputs from variable and constant power sources for driving an output shaft comprising:a combining planetary gear arrangement having a plurality of members and operatively coupled to a rotatable shaft of said variable power source, a rotatable shaft of said constant power source, and to said output shaft; a torque transmitting arrangement coupled to a member of said combining planetary gear arrangement and responsive to said variable power source for influencing rotation of said output shaft according to rotation of said shaft of said variable power source; and a clutch for selectively connecting the constant power source with another member of the combining planetary gear arrangement for establishing a drive path between said constant power source and said combining planetary gear arrangement for influencing rotation of the output shaft according to rotation of the constant power source shaft.