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An overdrive transmission unit is provided which includes an electrical switch circuit which activates a solenoid to shift gears and which utilizes a planetary gear system and clutch and brake packs to provide an additional gear ratio and which, because of its unique construction, requires minimal a

An overdrive transmission unit is provided which includes an electrical switch circuit which activates a solenoid to shift gears and which utilizes a planetary gear system and clutch and brake packs to provide an additional gear ratio and which, because of its unique construction, requires minimal axial and lateral space.

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An overdrive transmission unit, comprising: a housing having a substantially cylindrical cavity therein; a drive drum constructed of a unitary piece of material positioned inside said substantially cylindrical cavity of said housing, having: a substantially cylindrical section with an inner diameter

An overdrive transmission unit, comprising: a housing having a substantially cylindrical cavity therein; a drive drum constructed of a unitary piece of material positioned inside said substantially cylindrical cavity of said housing, having: a substantially cylindrical section with an inner diameter; a wall bounding one end of said substantially cylindrical section; a first substantially cylindrical extension extending outward from said wall opposite said substantially cylindrical section and having an outer diameter substantially smaller than said inner diameter of said substantially cylindrical section; a second substantially cylindrical extension extending outward from said wall in the same direction as said substantially cylindrical section, having an outer diameter smaller than said inner diameter of said substantially cylindrical section and said diameter of said first substantially cylindrical extension, and an axial length; a planetary gear system substantially enclosed within said inner diameter of said substantially cylindrical section of said substantially cylindrical drive drum and within said axial length of said substantially cylindrical drive drum and consisting substantially of: a planetary gear carrier rotatably supporting at least one planetary gear; a sun gear which engages said planetary gear and said substantially cylindrical drive drum, and a ring gear which engages said planetary gear, having a diameter substantially smaller than said inner diameter of said substantially cylindrical section of said substantially cylindrical drive drum; a clutch pack consisting of a clutch pressure plate and at least two clutch plates having an inner diameter substantially the same as said diameter of said ring gear and an outer diameter substantially the same as said inner diameter of said substantially cylindrical section of said substantially cylindrical drive drum, said clutch plates being lugged alternately to said inner diameter of said substantially cylindrical section of said substantially cylindrical drive drum and said diameter of said ring gear; first compression means for compressing said clutch pack substantially enclosed within said inner diameter of said substantially cylindrical section of said substantially cylindrical drive drum and within said axial length of said substantially cylindrical drive drum; a brake substantially enclosed within said substantially cylindrical cavity of said housing, having a clutch pressure plate and at least two clutch plates, at least one of which engages said housing or means substantially stationary with respect to said housing and at least one of which engages said first substantially cylindrical extension of said drive drum, and second compression means for compressing said clutch plates of said brake.