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Splitter lockout system arranged for conversion between first and second owner configurations

  • US 5,907,974 A
  • Filed: 04/29/1998
  • Issued: 06/01/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A compound transmission comprising:

  • a main transmission section and an auxiliary transmission section;

    the main transmission section havingan input shaft for receiving power from an engine, the input shaft having an input gear rotatably mounted thereon;

    a mainshaft generally coaxial with the input shaft, the mainshaft having a plurality of mainshaft gears rotatably mounted thereon;

    at least one main countershaft disposed parallel to the input shaft and the mainshaft, the at least one main countershaft having a plurality of countershaft gears mounted thereon, each countershaft gear being in constant meshing engagement with one of the mainshaft gears or the input gear; and

    clutch means for selectively connecting the mainshaft gears or the input gear, one at a time, to the mainshaft;

    the auxiliary transmission section havingan output shaft generally coaxial with the mainshaft;

    a splitter gear rotatably mounted on the mainshaft;

    a splitter/range gear rotatably mounted on the output shaft;

    a range gear rotatably mounted on the output shaft;

    at least one auxiliary countershaft disposed parallel to the output shaft, the at least one auxiliary countershaft having first, second, and third auxiliary countershaft gears mounted thereon and constantly meshed with the splitter gear, the splitter/range gear, and the range gear, respectively;

    range clutch means for selectively connecting either the splitter/range gear or the range gear to the output shaft;

    splitter clutch means for selectively connecting either the splitter gear or the splitter/range gear to the output shaft;

    range control means for positioning the range clutch means; and

    splitter control means for positioning the splitter clutch means,wherein engagement of the splitter clutch means with the splitter gear is disabled.

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