Agitator truck

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10189351-B2
Application number	US-201816015795-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2018
Priority date	Dec 31, 2015
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an agitator truck, and the agitator truck includes a frame; a first axle assembly; a second axle assembly, where the second axle assembly and the first axle assembly are disposed along a front-rear direction in a spaced manner, the second axle assembly includes two vehicle axle assemblies that are disposed along the front-rear direction in a spaced manner, each of the vehicle axle assemblies includes an axle case assembly, the axle case assembly includes an axle case component and two half axles, and the two half axles are located inside the axle case component; at least one of the two vehicle axle assemblies is an electric drive axle assembly, the electric drive axle assembly further includes an electric power assembly, the electric power assembly includes a power motor, a transmission, and a differential, the transmission has a transmission case, the power motor is fixed to the transmission case, the differential is supported on the transmission case, the differential is located inside the axle case component, and the transmission case is fixed onto the axle case component; and a suspension system, where each of the vehicle axle assemblies is connected to the frame through the suspension system. The agitator trunk according to the present disclosure high has a compact structure and integration degree and is environmental friendly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An agitator truck, comprising:
a frame;
a first axle assembly and a second axle assembly disposed along a front-rear direction in a spaced manner on the frame, wherein the second axle assembly comprises two vehicle axle assemblies that are disposed along the front-rear direction in a spaced manner; and
a suspension system, wherein each of the vehicle axle assemblies is connected to the frame through the suspension system, wherein:
each of the vehicle axle assemblies includes an axle case assembly comprising an axle case component, and two half axles located inside the axle case component; and
at least one of the two vehicle axle assemblies is an electric drive axle assembly comprising an electric power assembly, wherein the electric power assembly comprises:
a transmission having a transmission case fixed to the axle case component;
a power motor fixed onto the transmission case; and
a differential supported on the transmission case and located inside the axle case component.

2. The agitator truck according to claim 1 , wherein the suspension system comprises two elastic members disposed along a left-right direction in a spaced manner, two ends of each of the elastic members are respectively connected to the two axle case components, and each of the elastic members is located above the two axle case components.

3. The agitator truck according to claim 2 , wherein the suspension system further comprises:
a balance shaft assembly, wherein the balance shaft assembly is fixed to the frame and is located between the two vehicle axle assemblies in the front-rear direction, and the middle of each of the elastic members is fixed to the balance shaft assembly.

4. The agitator truck according to claim 3 , wherein the suspension system further comprises a first thrust rod group and a second thrust rod group that are disposed along an up-down direction in a spaced manner;
the first thrust rod group comprises two first subgroups that are symmetrically disposed along the front-rear direction, the two first subgroups have one-to-one correspondences with the two axle case components, each of the first subgroups comprises a plurality of first thrust rods, and each of the first thrust rods is connected between the frame and the corresponding axle case component; and
the second thrust rod group comprises two second subgroups that are symmetrically disposed along the front-rear direction, the two second subgroups have one-to-one correspondences with the two axle case components, each of the second subgroups comprises a plurality of second thrust rods, and each of the second thrust rods is connected between the balance shaft assembly and the corresponding axle case component.

5. The agitator truck according to claim 4 , wherein:
a first end of each of the first thrust rods is connected to the middle of the corresponding axle case component, a second end of each of the first thrust rods is connected to the frame through a first thrust rod frame mounting seat, and the first thrust rod frame mounting seat is fixed to the frame and is located in the middle between the two axle case components.

6. The agitator truck according to claim 5 , wherein the first end of each of the first thrust rods is connected to the middle of the corresponding axle case component through a first thrust rod axle case mounting seat, and the first thrust rod axle case mounting seat is fixed to the middle of the corresponding axle case component and is located above the corresponding axle case component.

7. The agitator truck according to claim 6 , wherein each of the first subgroups comprises two first thrust rods, the first ends of the two first thrust rods are integrally formed, there is one first thrust rod axle case mounting seat that corresponds to the first subgroup, and the first end of each of the two first thrust rods is connected to the first thrust rod axle case mounting seat; and
there are two first thrust rod frame mounting seats that correspond to the first subgroup, and second ends of the two first thrust rods have one-to-one correspondences with the two first thrust rod frame mounting seats.

8. The agitator truck according to claim 4 , wherein:
a first end of each of the second thrust rods is connected to an end portion of the corresponding axle case component, a second end of each of the second thrust rods is connected to the balance shaft assembly through a second thrust rod balance shaft mounting seat, the second thrust rod balance shaft mounting seat is fixed to an end portion of the balance shaft assembly, and the end portion of the axle case component and the end portion of the balance shaft assembly that correspond to the same second thrust rod are located on the same side of the second axle assembly.

9. The agitator truck according to claim 8 , wherein the first end of each of the second thrust rods is connected to the end portion of the corresponding axle case component through the second thrust rod axle case mounting seat, and the second thrust rod axle case mounting seat is fixed to the end portion of the corresponding axle case component and is located below the corresponding axle case component.

10. The agitator truck according to claim 1 , wherein the two vehicle axle assemblies are both electric drive axle assemblies, and the two electric drive axle assemblies are disposed in such a way that one of the electric drive axle assemblies is formed after rotating the other electric drive axle assembly around an axis in the up-down direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction by 180°.

11. The agitator truck according to claim 10 , further comprising: two motor controllers, wherein the two motor controllers have one-to-one correspondences with the two electric drive axle assemblies, and each of the motor controllers individually controls the power motor of the corresponding electric drive axle assembly.

12. The agitator truck according to claim 1 , wherein the power motor comprises an active cooling structure, and the active cooling structure comprises a coolant circulation passage configured to cool the power motor; and
the active cooling structure further comprises a coolant drive member, and the coolant drive member is disposed to the coolant circulation passage to drive a coolant to flow inside the coolant circulation passage.

13. The agitator truck according to claim 1 , wherein the axle case component comprises:
an axle case, wherein the middle of the axle case is provided with a differential accommodation space whose two side end faces are both open; and
a case cover, wherein the case cover is detachably mounted to the axle case to seal a first open side end face in the middle of the axle case, and the transmission case is fixed onto a second open side end face in the middle of the axle case.

14. The agitator truck according to claim 1 , wherein two half axle sleeves are respectively fixed to two ends of the axle case component in a welding manner, the axle case assembly further comprises two hub assemblies, each of the hub assemblies is rotatably mounted to the corresponding half axle sleeve, and the two half axle sleeves are fitted over the two half axles in a one-to-one correspondence manner.

15. The agitator truck according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission comprises an input shaft, an intermediate shaft, and an output shaft, the input shaft is connected to a motor output shaft of the power motor, an input gear is fixed onto the input shaft, an intermediate gear engaged with the input gear is fixed onto the intermediate shaft, a plurality of gear driving gears is fixed onto the intermed

Assignees

• Byd Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Huiyue
• Quan Chupeng
• He Jian

Classifications

• F16H61/0204

  for gearshift control, e.g. control functions for performing shifting or generation of shift signal · CPC title

• B60K2001/001

  one motor mounted on a propulsion axle for rotating right and left wheels of this axle · CPC title

• B60K2001/006

  the electric motors · CPC title

• B60B35/14

  composite or split, e.g. half- axles; Couplings between axle parts or sections · CPC title

• B60L2200/36

  Vehicles designed to transport cargo, e.g. trucks · CPC title