US 11,885,413 B2
Direct drive unit for a transmission system
Kurt Cattoor, Koolkerke (BE); Filip D. Schacht, Meulebeke (BE); Joachim Van Dingenen, Drongen (BE); and Tommy Van Acker, Lievegem (BE)
Assigned to DANA BELGIUM N.V., Bruges (BE)
Filed by Dana Belgium N.V., Flanders (BE)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/296,308.
Application 18/296,308 is a continuation of application No. 17/650,211, filed on Feb. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,649,893.
Prior Publication US 2023/0250873 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 61/14 (2006.01); F16H 47/08 (2006.01); F16H 61/688 (2006.01); B60K 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 61/143 (2013.01) [B60K 17/02 (2013.01); F16H 47/085 (2013.01); F16H 61/688 (2013.01); F16H 2061/145 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for a vehicle, comprising:
a prime mover configured to selectively couple to a transmission via each of a torque converter and a direct drive unit, wherein the direct drive unit includes a higher range clutch and a lower range clutch;
a set of directional clutches rotationally coupled to the torque converter; and
a set of range clutches rotationally coupled to and positioned downstream from the set of directional clutches.