Provided are a speed changer device, a forward/reverse switchover device for converting output of the speed changer device into forward traveling power and reverse traveling power, a rear wheel differential mechanism for inputting output of the forward/reverse switchover device and transmitting it to rear wheels, and a gear transmission mechanism for transmitting power of an output shaft of the forward/reverse switchover device to an input shaft of the rear wheel differential mechanism. A transmission case is separable into a front case portion accommodating the speed changer device and a rear case portion accommodating the forward/reverse switchover device, the rear wheel differential mechanism and the gear transmission mechanism. The gear transmission mechanism is detachably provided at a portion of the inside of the transmission case which portion corresponds to a front end portion of the rear case portion.

An improved twin clutch, two-speed disconnect secondary drive unit, which may be configured as a rear drive unit (RDU) for an all wheel drive vehicle is provided. The RDU is driven through an input shaft, which is connected to a vehicle drive source such as a motor, and includes a twin clutch assembly, which is connected to the drive shaft and is selectively actuated to drive left and right main shafts, which drive respective wheels of the vehicle. The RDU further includes a modular a shift assembly mountable to one or both of said main shafts to drive output shafts, wherein each shift assembly is selectively operable between the hi-range and lo-range modes to shift driving operation of the output shafts between hi-speed and lo-speed operation. The shift assembly may be controlled by improved mono-stable or bi-stable actuators.

A transfer includes: an input shaft; a motor; first and second output shafts; first and second planetary gear devices; an input switching unit; a transmission switching unit; and a distribution switching unit. Further, connection states of the input shaft, the first and the second planetary gear devices, the first and the second output shafts can be switched to a plurality of modes including first, second, and third modes by the input switching unit, the transmission switching unit, and the distribution switching unit.

A powershift transmission for a work vehicle includes a speed section. Within the speed section, a speed C clutch is engageable to transfer rotational power from a speed input shaft to a speed countershaft via first and second speed gears, a speed A clutch is engageable to transfer rotational power from the speed input shaft to the speed countershaft via third and fourth speed gears, and a speed B clutch is engageable to transfer rotational power from the speed input shaft to the speed countershaft via fifth and sixth speed gears. A first gear ratio between the first and second speed gears is greater than a second gear ratio between the third and fourth speed gears and a third gear ratio between the fifth and sixth speed gears.

A drive device for a motor vehicle, comprising a drive shaft, an at least two-speed manual transmission, a differential and a left and right output shaft, wherein the manual transmission is formed by a planetary gear mechanism, wherein the differential is integrated in the planetary gear mechanism.

A multi-speed transfer case equipped with a planetary reduction gearset and a range clutch disposed between an input shaft and an output shaft. A clutch actuation mechanism controls actuation of the range clutch to establish distinct ratio drive connections between the input shaft and the output shaft.

A traveling transmission device of a tractor including a transmission case to which power from an engine is inputted via an input shaft, a speed changer transmission section provided inside the transmission case and configured to input power from the input shaft and to speed-change the inputted power and output it, and a rear wheel differential mechanism provided inside the transmission case and configured to input power outputted from the speed changer transmission section and transmit the inputted power to left and right rear wheels. The speed changer transmission section includes a plurality of speed changer sections configured to speed-change power from the input shaft by a gear coupling mechanism and a multiple-disc clutch and output it, and, inside the transmission case, an oil feeding pipe extends upwardly of the speed changer transmission section and a discharge nozzle connects to respective portions of the plurality of speed changer sections.

The present invention relates to a driveline arrangement comprising a first driveline comprising a first electric machine and a first transmission arrangement, the first driveline being configured to propel a first pair of wheels at a speed range between zero speed and a maximum speed limit of the working machine, a second driveline comprising a second electric machine and a second transmission arrangement, the second driveline being configured to propel a second pair of wheels at a speed range between zero speed and a predetermined threshold speed limit of the working machine, wherein the predetermined threshold speed limit is lower than the maximum speed limit, and a control unit connected to the first and second drivelines, the control unit comprising control circuitry configured to control the second driveline to assume a disengaged state in which the second driveline is disconnected from propelling the second pair of wheels when a speed of the working machine exceeds the predetermined threshold speed limit.

An electronic control unit engages two of friction engagement elements provided in an automatic transmission in a neutral range. The electronic control unit disengages one of the two friction engagement elements engaged in the neutral range at the time of starting gear stage switching of an auxiliary transmission from a low-speed gear stage to a high-speed gear stage in the neutral range, and re-engages the friction engagement element that has been disengaged when determining that the gear stage switching has been completed.

A shift power transmission apparatus of a tractor that has a small up-down width or a small transverse width and a short front-rear length. A shift output unit is located further toward a vehicle rear side than a combined planetary power transmission unit. A planetary unit output axis and a shift unit input axis are coaxial with each other. A power transmission unit, that transmits motive power from an engine to a continuously variable transmission unit and the combined planetary power transmission unit, includes a rotary power transmission shaft, a pump transmission unit and a planetary transmission unit, the rotary power transmission shaft being interlockingly joined to an output shaft of the engine and extending in a direction along a vehicle front-rear direction, the pump transmission unit being configured to input motive power of the rotary power transmission shaft to the continuously variable transmission unit, and the planetary transmission unit being configured to input motive power of the rotary power transmission shaft to the combined planetary power transmission unit.