US 12,071,004 B2
Transmission assembly
Kurt Cattoor, Koolkerke (BE); Filip Schacht, Meulebeke (BE); and Filip Van Raepenbusch, Sint-Andries (BE)
Assigned to DANA BELGIUM N.V., Bruges (BE)
Filed by Dana Belgium N.V., Bruges (BE)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/651,395.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2021 100 765.6 (DE), filed on Feb. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258601 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. F16H 3/085 (2006.01); B60K 17/08 (2006.01); F16H 3/091 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 17/08 (2013.01) [F16H 3/085 (2013.01); F16H 3/091 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0043 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0052 (2013.01); F16H 2200/006 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0095 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Transmission assembly with multiple gear ratios, comprising:
a range gearbox having at least two selectable range gear ratios and comprising a first shaft,
a low/high speed mode selection unit for selecting a low-speed mode or a high-speed mode and comprising a third shaft and a first output shaft,
a converter which is disposed on an upstream side of an input shaft or the first shaft with respect to the transmission power flow direction, and
a retarder for speed control during downhill driving, which is disposed on an upstream side of the converter with respect to the transmission power flow direction, wherein
the range gearbox and the low/high speed mode selection unit being sequentially disposed in a downstream direction of a transmission power flow, and wherein
the first shaft, the third shaft and the first output shaft are offset from one another.