US 12,291,102 B2
Pump assembly in a transmission and pump assembly operating method
Filip Van Raepenbusch, Bruges (BE); and Kurt Cattoor, Koolkerke (BE)
Assigned to DANA BELGIUM N.V., Bruges (BE)
Filed by Dana Belgium N.V., Flanders (BE)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/411,548.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/480,142, filed on Jan. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0239179 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60K 6/383 (2007.10); B60K 6/40 (2007.10); B60K 6/48 (2007.10)
CPC B60K 6/48 (2013.01) [B60K 6/383 (2013.01); B60K 6/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mechanical system in a transmission of a vehicle, comprising:
a first gear combination including a first one-way clutch rotationally coupled to an output shaft and to a pump shaft; and
a second gear combination including a second one-way clutch that is arranged parallel to the first gear combination, the second gear combination also rotationally coupled to the output shaft and to the pump shaft;
wherein the first and second gear combinations have an unequal number of gears.