Planetary gear transmission systems or components inventions 01/09

20090029819 - Controller of driving device for vehicle: A transmission mechanism including a switching clutch or brake that is switchable between a continuously-variable shifting state and a step-variable shifting state, and has both an advantage of improved fuel economy provided by a transmission, the speed ratio of which is electrically variable, and an advantage of high power transmitting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090029820 - Lubricating oil supply device for automatic transmission: In a lubricating oil supply device for an automatic transmission which supplies lubricating oil to a clutch arranged inside an automatic transmission, an oil reception section in a circumferential direction which receives the lubricating oil and is open in a shaft direction of an input shaft is formed in an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090029821 - Carrier assembly: A carrier assembly has a unique architecture which allows the carrier assembly to be defined by a very small packaging envelope. The carrier includes a main carrier housing with an internal cavity for receiving a differential and a carrier cover that closes the internal cavity once the differential has been... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.c.

20090029822 - Multi-stage automatic gearbox: A multi-speed automatic transmission comprises a drive input shaft (AN), a drive output shaft (AB), a double planetary transfer gearset (VS), a main gearset (HS) made as a coupled planetary gearset with at least three non-coupled input elements and one output element, and six shift elements (A to F), which,... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20090023529 - Hybrid vehicle drive device: A hybrid vehicle drive device includes an input shaft to which power from an engine is input; an electric generator; an electric motor; a counter gear that transmits power to a drive shaft; a differential gear device that includes a first gear component connected to a rotation shaft of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090023530 - Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle power transmitting system: A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle power transmitting system including a switching portion operable to switch a power transmitting path between a power transmitting state and a power cut-off state in response to an operation of a shift lever, the control apparatus including (a) an operating-state estimating portion configured... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090023531 - Method and apparatus for lubricating a differential in an axle assembly: A method for lubricating an axle assembly can include: coupling a pair of bearing to opposite ends of a differential housing; placing the differential housing into a carrier housing assembly such that the bearings support the differential housing on the carrier housing assembly for rotation about a first axis; collecting... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090023532 - Continually variable transmission: The invention relates to a transmission which is continually variable from an input shaft (E) to an output shaft (S), in which the input power is divided and transmitted along two parallel paths, namely a fixed ratio path and a variable ratio path, the respective speeds thereof being combined at... Agent: Neifeld Ip Law, Pc

20090023533 - 8-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, one fixed interconnection and a grounded member. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090023534 - 8-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, two fixed interconnections and a grounded member. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090023536 - 8-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, and two fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090023539 - 8-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, two fixed interconnections and a grounded member. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090023535 - 8-speed transmissions: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, one fixed interconnection and a grounded member. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090023537 - 8-speed transmissions: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, one fixed interconnection and a grounded member. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090023538 - 8-speed transmissions: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets having six torque-transmitting mechanisms, one fixed interconnection and a grounded member. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090023540 - Multi-speed transmission: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090023541 - Multi-speed transmission: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices are clutches and brakes.... Agent: Vivacqua Law, Pllc

20090023542 - Bicycle hub transmission: A bicycle hub transmission includes a hub axle, a driver, a hub shell, a power transmission mechanism and a shift mechanism. The driver and the hub shell are rotatably supported relative to the hub axle. The power transmission mechanism is disposed between the driver and the hub shell to selectively... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20090023543 - Gear mechanism, in particular linkage mechanism: The invention relates to a gear mechanism (40), in particular a linkage mechanism, having a base unit (42) and a rotational unit (44) which is mounted such that it can be rotated relative to the base unit about an articulation axis (46; 18), wherein the base unit has a drive... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20090023544 - Gearbox for a wind energy plant: A gearbox for a wind energy plant, with a satellite carrier, which is connected to a rotor shaft or a rotor hub at its input side and which is mounted via a bearing arranged in a gearbox housing, wherein the bearing is arranged in the gearbox housing at the output... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20090017952 - Valve timing control apparatus: A first rotary member rotates with a crankshaft and has a first gear. A second rotary member rotates with a camshaft and has a second gear that is axially shifted from the first gear. A planetary rotary member has third and fourth gears, which are eccentrically meshed respectively with the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090017953 - Rotary drive device and image forming apparatus: A rotary drive device includes a motor including a rotary shaft, a planetary gear mechanism, and a rotation position detector. The planetary gear mechanism decelerates a rotation output of the motor at a reference reduction ratio and includes an outer gear, multistage gears, and an output shaft. The outer gear... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090017954 - Lubricating oil feeding device for automatic transmission: A lubricating oil feeding device includes a carrier and a carrier cover that are attached to both ends of the pinion shaft of the planetary gear and that are arranged in an axial direction of an input shaft of the automatic transmission; an oil sump groove that opens in a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090017955 - Reduction gear box: The rotation direction converting unit is provided with a first pedestal having a first flat face, an input shaft supported rotatably in the first pedestal, an intermediate shaft substantially orthogonal to the input shaft, a first gear that rotates integrally with the input shaft, and a second gear that engages... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090017956 - Reduction gear with increased number of meshed teeth: A reduction gear includes a case including a hollow cylinder having teeth on its inner wall; a ring gear having outer teeth meshed with the teeth of the cylinder, and inner teeth; and an eccentric gear assembly mounted in the cylinder and including a hollow eccentric shaft including rear and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090017957 - Power-branched automatic vehicle transmission with a cvt-variable speed drive: Structures of automatic vehicle transmissions are described which have a planetary gear train connected to an input shaft. The planetary gear train is connected through a CVT variable speed drive that includes two variable speed drive shafts and through at least one gear pairing to an output shaft. Rotationally fixed... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20090017958 - Continuously valiable transmission: Two input-shaft-side fixed sheaves of respective first and second pulley-type continuously variable transmission mechanisms are integrally connected and secured to each other while their back sides abut against each other. One of output-shaft-side movable sheaves and the other of output-shaft-side fixed sheaves are provided between one of the output-shaft-side fixed... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090017959 - Vehicle transmission with continuously variable transmission ratio: A first embodiment of a vehicle transmission with continuously variable transmission ratio contains a CVT variator with two variator shafts, an input shaft that can optionally be brought into rotational engagement with one or the other of the variator shafts, and an output shaft that can optionally be brought into... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20090017960 - Power-branched, continuously variable vehicle transmission: A power-branched, continuously variable vehicle transmission includes a CVT variable speed drive that is connected to an input shaft through a planetary gear train and to an output shaft through a multistage gearbox. In an alternative embodiment, one variable speed drive shaft of the variable speed drive is connected to... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20090017961 - Transmission unit for vehicles: The invention is a transmission unit with orthogonal axes for vehicles, comprising: a drive shaft (1) connected to a gearmotor unit with differential, comprising: a crown gear (2) that meshes with the drive shaft (1), said crown gear housing, in two diametrically opposed cavities (22, 23), one pair of planetary... Agent: Ip Strategies

20090017962 - Differential mechanism assembly: A differential assembly includes a first case portion, a second case portion secured to the first case portion, the first case portion and the second case portions enclosing a cavity and supported for rotation about a first axis, a spider pin located within and extending beyond the cavity at an... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090017967 - 10-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide ten forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, and two fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090017963 - 8-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets, five torque-transmitting devices, two grounded members and three fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090017968 - 8-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets, five torque-transmitting devices, a grounded member and two fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090017969 - 8-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets, five torque-transmitting devices, a grounded member and three fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090017970 - 8-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets, five torque-transmitting devices, one grounded member and three fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090017964 - 9-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide nine forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, and three fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090017965 - 9-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide nine forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, and four fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090017966 - 9-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide nine forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, and four fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090017971 - Multi-speed transmission: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes.... Agent: Vivacqua Law, PLLC

20090017972 - Multi-speed transmission: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes.... Agent: Vivacqua Law, PLLC

20090017973 - Multi-speed transmission: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices include clutches.... Agent: Vivacqua Law, PLLC

20090017974 - Multi-speed transmission: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes.... Agent: Vivacqua Law, PLLC

20090017975 - Multi-speed transmission: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and a brake.... Agent: Vivacqua Law, PLLC

20090017976 - Multi-speed transmission: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices are clutches and brakes.... Agent: Vivacqua Law, PLLC

20090017977 - Multi-speed transmission: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices are clutches and brakes.... Agent: Vivacqua Law, PLLC

20090017978 - Multi-speed transmission: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices are clutches and brakes.... Agent: Vivacqua Law, PLLC

20090017979 - 10-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide ten forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, and four fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090017980 - 9-speed transmission: The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide nine forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, and four fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090017981 - Multi-speed transmission: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090011887 - Hybrid driving apparatus, and control method thereof: In a hybrid driving apparatus, a gear mechanism (3) having a first rotating element (7), a second rotating element (4) and a third rotating element (5) is provided, and a first driving power source (2), a second driving power source MG1 and a third driving power source MG2 are linked... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090011886 - Method and apparatus for operating a transmission oil pump: This object is achieved in that a monitoring unit (12) monitors the function of the transmission oil pump (3) and activates a backup drive (1, 7, 8) if a fault is detected. For this purpose a monitoring unit (12) is provided for monitoring the function of the transmission oil pump... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090011888 - Automatic transmission hydraulic pressure control apparatus: An automatic transmission hydraulic pressure control apparatus decreases a hydraulic pressure lower limit value as much as possible without causing a non-operating zone of a solenoid valve to be included in a control region of the solenoid valve due to product variation. First and second determinations are alternately performed to... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090011889 - Locking differential assembly: An axle assembly with an electric locking differential that can include a one-piece differential case and a locking device. The locking device includes a dog that is nonrotatably but axially slidably received into a pocket that is formed in an end of the differential case. An actuator is mounted on... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090011890 - Locking differential including disengagement retaining means: A locking differential includes a pair of annular clutch members that are normally displaced apart to effect engagement between clutch teeth on the remote ends of the clutch members and corresponding gear teeth on the adjacent ends of a pair of side gears between which the clutch members are colinearly... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20090011891 - Multi-speed transmission: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090011892 - Automatic transmission: An automatic transmission that includes one clutch that includes a clutch drum; a piston that forms a hydraulic oil chamber using a part of the clutch drum as a cylinder; a plurality of friction plates that engage with the clutch drum; and a cancel oil chamber that is provided on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090011893 - Automatic transmission: An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, an acceleration/deceleration output unit that is coupled to the input shaft and has a first element that selectively outputs a decelerated rotation or an accelerated rotation of the input shaft and a second element that outputs a same number of rotations as the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090005205 - Power transmission device: A power transmission device is provided to transmit power from an engine to a transmission, including a transmission mechanism, a first clutch, a second clutch, a damper mechanism, and a casing. The transmission mechanism is configured to transmit power with two kinds of rotational speeds that vary in stages. The... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090005206 - Hydraulic feed system for a transmission: The present invention provides an assembly for use in a transmission that includes a first rotating member having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the first portion and having a bore with an open end. An... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090005207 - Gear stage of an actuating drive: In the case of a gear stage (1) of an actuating drive, in particular for a vehicle seat, having a bearing (12) which defines an axis (A12) and having an oscillatory body (11) which is mounted in a rotatable manner by the bearing (12), defines a further axis (A11) and,... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090005208 - Eight speed transmission with planetary and layshaft gearing: A transmission is provided that utilizes three planetary gear sets and three layshaft gear sets, as well as four rotating-type clutches and one brake that are engagable in different combinations to provide eight forward speed ratios between an input member and an output member of the transmission. By combining features... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090005210 - Internal transmission hub assembly: A multi-speed internal bicycle hub transmission assembly includes a hub axle, a driver, a hub shell, a power transmission mechanism and a shift control mechanism. The driver and the hub shell are rotatably supported to the hub axle. The power transmission mechanism is disposed between the driver and the hub... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090005209 - Multi-speed transmission: A multi-speed transmission offers seven forward speed ratios with a pleasing ratio step progression, with the seventh forward speed ratio offering a relatively large percentage of the ratio spread, relatively low pinion speeds and only light torque loading on gear members carrying torque in the seventh forward speed ratio due... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090005211 - Bicycle hub transmission: A bicycle hub transmission basically includes a hub axle, a driver, a hub shell, a power transmission mechanism and a shift mechanism. The driver is rotatably supported relative to the hub axle. The hub shell is rotatably supported relative to the driver. The power transmission mechanism includes a downstream planetary... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090005212 - One way clutch and synchronizer assembly: A one way clutch and synchronizer assembly includes a stationary member having a plurality of clutch struts and camming surfaces, a second circular selector member, an third rotating controlled member and a fourth stationary member. The selector member includes apertures or windows through which the clutch struts may pass to... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090005213 - Planetary gear mechanism: o