Patent ID: 6220109
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A power train for use in a motor vehicle, comprising:a transmission shiftable into and from a plurality of different gears;a torque transmitting clutch;at least one mobile element actuatable to shift said transmission into and from selected ones of said plurality of different gears; and at least one actuator for said mobile element, comprising at least one drive unit and means for transmitting motion between said at least one drive unit and said at least one mobile element, said motion transmitting means including at least one elastic portion, wherein said transmission has a plurality of shift channels for said at least one mobile element and at least one gear accessible within each of said channels, said at least one drive unit comprising a device for moving said at least one mobile element into and from selected ones of said channels and a device for moving said at least one mobile element into and from a gear in a selected channel.