Hydramatic automatic transmission (from 1940)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hydramatic_automatic_transmission_(from_1940)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:car
gptkbp:assemblyLocation Detroit Transmission Division
Willow Run Transmission plant
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hydramatic automatic transmission (from 1940)
gptkbp:introducedIn 1940
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:General_Motors
gptkbp:marketedAs gptkb:General_Motors
gptkb:Hydra-Matic
gptkbp:notableFor first mass-produced fully automatic transmission
eliminating manual clutch
influencing later automatic transmissions
gptkbp:numberOfForwardGears 4
gptkbp:operatedBy planetary gearsets
fluid coupling
gptkbp:patent Earl A. Thompson
General Motors engineers
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Turbo-Hydramatic
gptkbp:type fully automatic transmission
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Bentley_vehicles
gptkb:Rolls-Royce_vehicles
gptkb:Cadillac_vehicles
gptkb:Pontiac_vehicles
gptkb:Lincoln_vehicles
gptkb:Hudson_vehicles
gptkb:Nash_vehicles
Oldsmobile vehicles
gptkbp:usedInMilitaryVehicles gptkb:M5_Stuart_tank
gptkb:M24_Chaffee_tank
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Oldsmobile_Series_90
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7