Transmission with reverse drive assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8926467-B2
Application number	US-201313790489-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2013
Priority date	Mar 8, 2013
Publication date	Jan 6, 2015
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015

Abstract

A transmission assembly includes a reverse drive assembly including a reverse drive shaft, a reverse drive input gear in constant mesh with a main shaft gear, a planetary gear system, and a reverse drive output gear. The reverse drive assembly is driven by the main shaft gear in forward and reverse. The reverse drive output gear is configured to drive a counter shaft through a corresponding multi-gear half shaft when in reverse. The half shaft is supported on the main shaft and can be selectively unlocked from the main shaft to provide a reverse gear ratio, thereby establishing a reverse power transmission path from the main shaft, through the reverse drive assembly, through the half shaft in the un-locked condition to the counter shaft, and to an output drive supported on the main shaft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transmission assembly comprising:
a main shaft assembly including a main shaft gear provided on a main shaft and rotatable therewith;
a half shaft supported on the main shaft and including a plurality of co-rotating gears, the half shaft operable in a locked condition in which the half shaft is rotationally fixed with the main shaft, and an un-locked condition in which the half shaft is rotatable about the main shaft;
a counter shaft assembly including…

Assignees

• Harley Davidson Motor Co Inc

Inventors

• Grant Steven D

Classifications

• F16H3/097 Primary

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F16H2003/0803

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F16H2003/0822

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F16H2200/0052

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F16H2200/0091

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic