Power transmission system for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10001206-B2
Application number	US-201615365504-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2016
Priority date	Dec 10, 2015
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

A tolerance ring is arranged between an output-side rotary shaft and a rotor shaft. For this reason, even when looseness in a spline fitting portion of the output-side rotary shaft and rotor shaft is not filled, both the output-side rotary shaft and the rotor shaft are held by the tolerance ring so as not to rattle. Therefore, it is possible to reduce tooth hammer noise that occurs in the spline fitting portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power transmission system for a vehicle, the power transmission system comprising:
a first rotary shaft;
a second rotary shaft that has a cylindrical shape, the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft arranged around a common axis;
a fitting portion at which outer peripheral teeth formed on an outer periphery of the first rotary shaft and inner peripheral teeth formed on an inner periphery of the second rotary shaft are fitted and coupled to each other so as to transmit power; and
a tolerance ring arranged between the outer periphery of the first rotary shaft and the inner periphery of the second rotary shaft, wherein
the second rotary shaft having an inner peripheral spigot joint surface, and
the first rotary shaft having a first outer peripheral spigot joint surface and a second outer peripheral spigot joint surface, the first outer peripheral spigot joint surface being provided at a position away from the outer peripheral teeth and the tolerance ring in the direction of the common axis, and the second outer peripheral spigot joint surface being provided between the outer peripheral teeth and the tolerance ring in a direction of the common axis;

wherein the inner peripheral spigot joint surface and the first outer peripheral spigot joint surface are fitted to each other, at a first spigot joint portion, and the inner peripheral spigot joint surface and the second outer peripheral spigot joint surface are fitted to each other, at a second spigot joint portion, so as to prevent a misalignment between the axis of the first rotary shaft and the axis of the second rotary shaft, and
wherein a first distance in a radial direction between the first spigot joint portion and the common axis and a second distance in the radial direction between the second spigot joint portion and the common axis are the same, and each of the first and second distances in the radial direction is greater than a third distance in the radial direction between the fitting portion and the common axis.

2. The power transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein
the tolerance ring is accommodated in an annular groove arranged on the outer periphery of the first rotary shaft, and the tolerance ring includes outward-directed protrusions that contact the second rotary shaft.

3. A power transmission system for a vehicle, the power transmission system comprising:
a first rotary shaft;
a second rotary shaft that has a cylindrical shape, the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft arranged around a common axis;
a fitting portion at which outer peripheral teeth formed on an outer periphery of the first rotary shaft and inner peripheral teeth formed on an inner periphery of the second rotary shaft are fitted and coupled to each other so as to transmit power; and
a tolerance ring arranged between the outer periphery of the first rotary shaft and the inner periphery of the second rotary shaft, wherein
the first rotary shaft having an outer peripheral spigot joint surface, and
the second rotary shaft having a first inner peripheral spigot joint surface and a second inner peripheral spigot joint surface, the first inner peripheral spigot joint surface being provided at a position away from the inner peripheral teeth and the tolerance ring in the direction of the common axis, and the second inner peripheral spigot joint surface being provided between the inner peripheral teeth and the tolerance ring in a direction of the common axis;

wherein the outer peripheral spigot joint surface and the first inner peripheral spigot joint surface are fitted to each other, at a first spigot joint portion, and the outer peripheral spigot joint surface and the second inner peripheral spigot joint surface are fitted to each other, at a second spigot joint portion, so as to prevent misalignment between the axis of the first rotary shaft and the axis of the second rotary shaft, and
wherein a first distance in a radial direction between the first spigot joint portion and the common axis and a second distance in the radial direction between the second spigot joint portion and the common axis are the same, and each of the first and second distances in the radial direction is greater than a third distance in the radial direction between the fitting portion and the common axis.

4. The power transmission system according to claim 3 , wherein
the tolerance ring is accommodated in an annular groove arranged on the inner periphery of the second rotary shaft, and the tolerance ring includes inward-directed protrusions that contact the first rotary shaft.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujii Kota
• Yasuda Yuji
• Tabata Atsushi
• Suzuki Haruhisa
• Okuda Koichi
• Tateno Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B60K6/442

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• F16H57/12

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• F16H3/728

  with means to change ratio in the mechanical gearing · CPC title

• B60Y2200/92

  Hybrid vehicles · CPC title

• B60Y2306/09

  Reducing noise · CPC title