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08/19/06 6:51 AM

#7324 RE: Artguy #7323

Torotrak plc and Transmission Technologies Corporation (TTC) appear to me to have the same IVT tech.

Link to Transmission Technologies Corporation (TTC):
http://www.ttcautomotive.com/English/home/home.asp

Link to Torotrak plc:
http://www.torotrak.com/

I can't find anywhere anything that shows a customer's real acceptance of the Torotrak's tech with the exception of outdoor power equipment industries. It seems to me that the automakers have looked that tech over closely in the past and moved on to other ideas. It also seems that these two companies (TTC and Torotrak)have the same tech. It makes me wonder if they are working together or if one is infringing on the other's patents.

On the other hand, Honda's unique infinitely variable hydraulic mechanical transmission, (Honda's IVT) seems to be very much the same tech as Torvec's.

The link to the news on Honda's IVT is:
http://www.motards-online.com/motorcycle-tests-reviews/news_342_Hoinda-DN-01-in-production-in-2007-.....
and
http://world.honda.com/news/2005/2051019.html

However, in the earlier news release they call it a CVT and in the later one they call it an IVT.