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Patent Inventor Names
Timothy J. Morscheck0
James L. Oliver0
Jeff H. Skorupski0
Thomas A. Genise0
Craig S. Jacobs0
David M. Preston0
Date of Patent
November 18, 2008
0Patent Application Number
110473490
Date Filed
January 28, 2005
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A vehicular powertrain system includes a prime mover having an output, a multi-ratio transmission having an input, and a torque reduction coupling system coupling the prime mover output and the multi-ratio transmission input. The exemplary torque reduction coupling system includes a clutch and a planetary gear set selectively coupling the prime mover output to the multi-ratio transmission input. The exemplary planetary gear set includes one components of the planetary gear set being selectively coupled to the clutch.
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