A transmission assembly for a drive train of a vehicle for connecting a drive motor to a traction drive of the vehicle, includes a main shift transmission with multiple transmission-ratio stages, wherein multiple shift states of the main shift transmission can be connected by a shifting, as required, by means of shift points of one or more transmission-ratio stages, and a planetary gear, wherein the main shift transmission and the planetary gear are drivingly connected or can be connected as required to each other by means of two connection shafts.

A control apparatus for a vehicular power transmitting system includes a drive mode setting portion configured to select a first reverse drive mode of the vehicle to be established with an engaging action of the first coupling element, and a required vehicle drive force determining portion configured to determine whether a degree of operation of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle during reverse driving of the vehicle is higher than a predetermined threshold value. The drive mode setting portion selects the first reverse drive mode when the required vehicle drive force determining portion has determined that the degree of operation of the accelerator pedal during the reverse driving of the vehicle is higher than the predetermined threshold value.

A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include: an input shaft receiving torque of an engine; an output shaft outputting torque; a direction changer disposed on an input shaft side and transmitting the torque of the engine to the input shaft with or without change of rotation direction, or disposed on an output shaft side and outputting the torque of the output shaft with or without change of rotation direction; a first planetary gear set including first, second and third rotation elements; a compound planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh rotation elements by combining second and third planetary gear sets; a fourth planetary gear set including eighth, ninth, and tenth rotation elements.

A power shift transmission includes a plurality of shafts, a plurality of gears, a plurality of clutches, a plurality of forward modes, and a plurality of alternate forward modes. Each forward mode has a distinct transmission ratio, and each alternate forward mode has a transmission ratio similar to one of the plurality of forward modes.

A transmission system configured to transfer power from a power source to a load is provided. The transmission system includes an input section coupled to the power source and a range section coupled to the load. The input section includes a plurality of input clutches configured to selectively transition between engaged and disengaged states to provide one or more input speeds. The range section includes a plurality of range clutches configured to be selectively transition between engaged and disengaged states to provide one or more speed ranges. When the range section is commanded to sequentially shift between two of the one or more speed ranges, the range section is configured to maintain at least two of the plurality of range clutches in the engaged state and transition a maximum of one of the plurality of range clutches from the disengaged state to the engaged state.

A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission is provided to improve power delivery and fuel efficiency by applying six engagement elements to four planetary gear sets to achieve multiple speeds. The planetary gear train includes: input and output shafts; first to fourth planetary gear sets respectively including first to third rotation elements, fourth to sixth rotation elements, seventh to ninth rotation elements, tenth to twelfth rotation elements; and first to eighth shafts. In particular, the first shaft is fixedly connected to the second and sixth rotation elements, and the input shaft, the fourth shaft is fixedly connected to the fourth and seventh rotation elements, and the seventh and eighth shafts selectively and respectively connect a transmission housing to corresponding rotation elements of the first and third planetary gear sets.

A power transmission apparatus for a may include a first input shaft adapted to selectively receive torque of an engine, a second input shaft disposed without rotational interference with the first input shaft, a third input shaft disposed in a row with the second input shaft and without rotational interference with the first input shaft, a planetary gear set including a first rotation element, a second rotation element directly connected to the third input shaft, and a third rotation element directly connected to the first input shaft, a motor/generator directly connected to the first rotation element, and a first speed output unit and a second speed output unit each adapted to convert torque input from the second input shaft or the third input shaft and output the converted torque.

A gear operating mechanism configured to more reliably perform a gear operation is provided. A power source, an operation shaft driven using the power source and rotatably supported in a rotational direction and an axial direction, member to be operated corresponding to fork parts, an operation engagement piece attached to the operation shaft and configured to move each member to be operated between a reference position and an engagement position, release engagement pieces attached to the operation shaft and configured to return the members to be operated from the engagement position to the reference position, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the operation shaft are provided, wherein the control unit has a first release mode using the release engagement pieces and a second release mode using the operation engagement piece when the member to be operated is returned from the engagement position to the reference position.

Systems and methods for an electric drive unit are provided. A transmission system, in one example, includes a higher-lower range clutch assembly positioned downstream of a multi-speed clutch assembly and designed to shift the transmission system between a higher range operating mode and a lower range operating mode. The higher-lower range clutch assembly includes a lower range clutch and a higher range clutch each positioned on one of a first layshaft and an output shaft.

A power transmission apparatus may include a first input shaft including at least one input gear, a second input shaft, at least one input gear. a first output shaft, more than two speed gears engaged respectively with the at least one input gear, at least one synchronizer operably connecting the more than two speed gears to the first output shaft selectively. a second output shaft, at least one speed gear engaged respectively with the at least one input gear, a reverse speed gear rotatably disposed on the second output shaft, at least one synchronizer operably connecting the at least one speed gear or the reverse speed gear to the second output shaft selectively, an idle shaft, and first and second idle gears fixedly disposed on the idle shaft and engaged respectively to one input gear on the first input shaft and the reverse speed gear.