Patent ID: 6679133
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: F16H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An automatic transmission system for a vehicle having an engine, comprising a gear-type transmission having a plurality of gears and a plurality of claw clutches to transmit a torque between an input shaft and an output shaft of said gear-type transmission, said gear-type transmission being operative to change transmission courses by at least one of engaging with and disengaging from said gears and said claw clutches, and to form another transmission course via a torque controller operatively arranged between said input and output shafts of said gear-type transmission during a period between a first transmission course and a second transmission course formed by said gears and said claw clutches, wherein said torque controller is configured with a torque capacity that is greater than a maximum output shaft torque of said gear-type transmission.