
4,309,917
5
DESCRIPTION
OF
PREFERRED
EMBODIMENTS
GEARING
The
transmission
has
a
cross
drive
train
10
(FIGS.
1
and
2)
and
a
control
system
11
(FIGS.
3A
to
SF).
Cross
drive
train
10
has
an
input
drive
12
which
is
connected
by
both
a
propulsion
drive 13
and
a
steer
drive
14
to
drive
the
right
and
left
output
drives
16
and
17.
In input
drive
12,
the
engine-driven
input
shaft
18'is
drive-con
nected
by
a
spur
gear type
lst
input
gearset
19
and
bevel
gearset
20
to
drive
the
cross
input
shaft
21.
The
lst
input‘
gearset
19,
in
the
preferred
arrangement,
provides
a
speed
increase,
so
cross
drive
train
10
can be
used
with
different
engines.
Bevel
gearset
20
provides
drive
fromv
the
axially
located input
shaft
18
to
the
transverse
or
cross input
shaft
21.
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i
The
preferred
control
system
11 controls the
propul
sion
drive
13
to
provide
forward
and
reverse
drive.
Also,
in
input
drive
12,
cross
input
shaft
21
is
drive-con
nected
by
a
second
input drive
22
having
a
disconnect
clutch
24
connected
to
drive
a
2nd
input
gearset
25
for
driving
?nal
input
shaft
26
which
provides'one
of
the
two
inputs
for
propulsion
drive
13
and
the input
for
steer
drive
14,
as
explained
below.
TheZnd
input
gear
set
25
has
an
input
gear
27
rotatably
mounted
on
cross
input
shaft
21
and
driven
by
disconnect
clutch
24,
and
an output gear
28
driving
?nal
input
shaft
26.
,
Right
output
drive
16
has
a
planetary
output
gearset
29
having
an
input
ring
gear
30
mounted
on
anv
input
drum
31
which
is
driven
by
propulsion
drive
13,
and
an
input
sun
gear
32
which
is
driven
by
steer
drive
14.
Input
ring
gear
30
and
sun
gear
32
mesh
with
planetary
pinions
33
rotatably
mounted
on
carrier
34
having'a
drum
portion
35
and
being
connected
to
right
output
shaft
36.
The
right
output
brake
37,
preferably
a
fluid
operated
and
cooled
multiplate
brake,
is'located
be
tween
carrier
drum
portion
35
and
housing
38.
The
planetary
output
gearset
29
has
a
propulsion
drive
to
input
ring
gear
30
and
a
steer
drive
to
input
sun
gear
32
and
provides
a
differential
drive
to
right
output
shaft
36.
The
left
output
drive
17
is
a
mirror
image
of
right
output
drive
16
and
functions
in
the
same
way,
so
like"
reference
numerals
(primed)
have
been
used
(FIG.
1),‘
and
reference
is
made
to
the
above
description.
Propulsion
drive
13
is
a
synchronous
‘shifting
hydro
mechanical
transmission
functioning
to
provide
a
wide
range
of
continuously
variable
torque
and
speed
ratio'
drives
extending
through
three
gear
ratios,
and
is
simi
lar
to
FIG.
3
of
the
above
U.S.
Pat.
No.
3,982,448.
Propulsion
drive
13 has
a
propulsion
hydrostatic
trans
mission
39
having
a
pump
or
H1
and
a
motor
or
H2
LII
6
nected
to"-H1_
rotorv
shaft
56,
and
sun
gear
54
is
drive
connected
by
intermediate
shaft
57
to
H2
rotor
shaft
58.
Final input
shaft
is
differentially
drive-connected
by
lst
planetary
gearset
43
to
both
the
H1
and
H2
rotor
shafts
56
and
5,8.
The
2nd
planetary
gearset
44
has
planetary
pinions
61
rotatably
mounted
on
the
carrier
62
and
meshing
with
ring
gear
63
and
sun
gear
64.
To
establish
lst
ratio
range
drive,
the
fluid-‘operated
friction-type
lst
brake
65
is
engaged
to
hold
carrier
62
to
establish
a
speed
reduction
drive
from
intermediate
shaft
57
which
is
drive-con
nected
to
sun gear
64
and
provides
a
reduction
gear
drive
from
ring
gear 63
to
ring
gear
shaft
66.
V
The
3rd
planetary
gearset
45
has
planetary
pinions
67
rotatably
mounted
on
a
carrier
68
and
meshing
with
ring
gear
69
which
is
drive-connected
to
ring
gear
shaft
66,
and
sun
gear
71
which
is
drive-connected
to
inter
mediate
shaft
57.
To
establish
3rd
ratio
range
drive,
the
?uid-operated
friction-type
3rd
clutch
72
is
engaged
to
provide
a 3rd
ratio
drive
73
from
cross input
shaft
21
through
3rd
clutch
72
and
3rd
input
gearset
76
having
an
input
gear
77
on
a
clutch
shaft
74
and
an
output
gear
78
driving
carrier
68.
The
lst
output
gearset
47
has
an
input
gear
81
on
ring
gear
shaft
66,
and
an
output
gear
82
on
cross
drive
shaft
83
which
is
connected
to
drive
the input
ring
gears
30
and
30’,
respectively,
of
right
and
left
output
drives
16
and
17
for
lst
and
3rd
ratio
drives.
The
2nd
output
gearset
48
has
an
input
gear
86
?xed
on
H1
rotor
shaft
56
and
driving
output
gear
87
which
is
connected
by
2nd
clutch
88
(when
engaged)
to
drive
cross
drive
shaft
83
for
2nd
ratio
drive.
The
2nd
clutch
88
is
a
known
?uid-operated
multiplate
friction
clutch.
Steer
drive
14
has
a
steer
hydrostatic
transmission
89
having
pump
(P)
90
driven
by
?nal
input
shaft
26,
and
motor
(M)
91
driving
lst
steer
drive
shaft
92.
In
steer
drive
transmission
89,
the
hydrostatic
units
are
desig
nated
pump
(P)
and
motor
(M)
since
during
steer
drive,
the
power
transfer
is
from
?nal
input
shaft
26
to
pump
(P)
and‘
from
motor
(M)
to
1st
steer
drive
shaft
92.
The
steer.
drive
gearset
93
has
an
input
gearr94
on
lst
steer
drive
shaft
92,
connected
by
idler
gear
94'
for
driving
,
output
gear
95
and 2nd
steer
drive
shaft 96.
The
2nd
45
SO
hydrostatic
units
41
and
42,
and
lst,
2nd,
and
3rd
plane-
'
tary
gearsets
43,
44,
and
45,
and
1st
and
2nd
output
gearsets
47
and
48 of
the
spur
gear
type.
The
H1
and
H2‘
hydrostatic
units
are
known
pump-motor
units
as
shown,
for
example,
in
the
above
US.
Pat.
Nos.
3,274,946
and
3,752,010.
The
pump
and
motor
hydro
static
units
41
and
42
are
also
called
“H1”
and
“H2”
hydrostatic
units
because
at
times
H1
acts as
a
pump
and
60
H2
acts
as
a
motor,
and
at
other
times
H2
acts as
a
pump
_
and
H1
acts
as
a
motor,
depending
on
the
direction
of
‘
power
transfer,
as
pointed
out
in
the
description
of
the
operation.
'
"
i
The
lst
planetary
gearset
43
has
planetary
pinions
51
rotatably
mounted
on
the
carrier
52 and
meshing
with
ring
gear
53
and
sun gear
54.
Final input
shaft
26
is
drive-connected
to
ring
gear
53,
carrier
52
is
drive-con
65
steer
drive
shaft
96
is
connected
to
drive
cross
steer
shaft
97
by
a
steer
ratio
pack
98—which
may
be
a
direct
connection
providing
only
one
ratio
drive,
or
may
be
a
known
3-speed
transmission.
When
steer
ratio
pack
98
is
a
3-speed
transmission,
the
vehicle
operator
may
manu
ally
select
lst
speed
for
pivot
steer,
2nd
speed
for
nor
mal
steer,
and
3rd
speed
for
water
steer
by
track
drive
of
amphibious
vehicles.
The
3-speed
transmission
may
be
a
manual
or
powershift
type
transmission
having
countershaft
or
planetary
gearing,
or
a
hydromechani
cal
type
transmission
combining
3-range
gearing
with
steer'hydrostatic
transmission
89,
such
as
the
above
propulsion
drive
13.
The
cross
steer
shaft
97
and
right
steer
drive
gearset
101
and
left
steer
drive
gearset
102
provide
a
differential
steer
drive
103
respectively
to
right
and
left
input
sun
gears
'32
and
32'
of
right
and
left
output
drives
16
and
17.
Right
steer
drive
gearset
101
has
an
input
gear
104
driven
by
cross
steer
shaft
97
and
an
output
gear
105
driving
‘right
input
sun
gear
32.
Left
steer
drive
gearset
102
has
an
input
gear
106
driven
by
cross
steer shaft
97,
an
idler
gear
107,
and
an
output
gear
108
driving
left
input
sun
gear
32'.
Thus,
right
and
left
input
sun
gears
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