AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

摘要

The vehicle transmission (10) has a first component transmission (11) and a variable-ratio gear unit (12). In selected gearspeeds, power branching takes place to the countershaft (15), on the one hand, and to the main shaft (23), on the other hand. The power paths are superimposed in these gearspeeds bay means of the variable-ratio gear unit (12). In a power path, direct transmission takes place without the intermediate connection of gearwheels so that improvements in efficiency occur. In the direct gearspeed it is possible to decouple the countershaft (15) selectively via a control device or optionally couple it via the input constants (17, 18).