Transmission arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10352401-B2
Application number	US-201615143947-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 2, 2016
Priority date	May 4, 2015
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

A transmission arrangement, particularly for an agricultural working vehicle, having a parallel-shift transmission with a plurality of gear stages and an input shaft, proceeding from which a drive power can be distributed via a first and a second shifting element to respective layshafts, and an output shaft, wherein the drive power can be transmitted by each of the layshafts to the output shaft as needed, and having a group-shift transmission with a plurality of shifting groups.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission arrangement for an agricultural working vehicle, comprising:
a parallel-shift transmission having a plurality of gear stages and an input shaft, originating from which a drive power can be distributed via a first and a second shifting element to respective layshafts, and having a parallel-shift transmission output shaft, wherein the drive power can be transmitted from each of the layshafts to the parallel-shift transmission output shaft as needed;
a group-shift transmission having a plurality of shifting groups associated with respective travel speeds and a group-shift output shaft, wherein the shifting groups can be drivingly connected to the parallel-shift transmission output shaft of the parallel-shift transmission in order to direct the drive power to the group-shift transmission output shaft of the group-shift transmission; and
a coupling transmission stage, with which the drive power can be directed, bypassing the shifting groups of the group-shift transmission, from one of the layshafts to the group-shift transmission output shaft of the group-shift transmission;
wherein the coupling transmission stage is constructed as a spur gear stage; and
wherein the spur gear stage is constructed as a double spur gear stage having a spur gear rotatably mounted on a main shaft of the group-shift transmission coaxially connected with the parallel-shift transmission output shaft.

2. The transmission arrangement of claim 1 , wherein a shifting point having a first and a second shifting position is provided, wherein one of the shifting groups is drivingly connected to the parallel-shift transmission output shaft in the first shifting position, and the coupling transmission stage is drivingly connected to the group-shift transmission output shaft in the second shifting position.

3. The transmission arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the coupling transmission stage is drivingly connected to the layshaft bearing even-numbered gear stages of the parallel-shift transmission.

4. The transmission arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the group-shift transmission comprises a first, a second and a third shifting group, and wherein a transmission ratio of the coupling transmission stage corresponds to a transmission ratio that can be shifted by a combination of the gear stage of the parallel-shift transmission having the longest transmission ratio and the second shifting group of the group-shift transmission.

5. The transmission arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the coupling transmission stage is arranged in the group-shift transmission.

6. A transmission arrangement for a work vehicle, the transmission arrangement comprising:
a parallel-shift transmission having a plurality of gear stages and a parallel-shift transmission input shaft, a drive power originating from the input shaft configured for distribution via a first shifting element and a second shifting element to a first layshaft and a second layshaft, respectively, and having a parallel-shift transmission output shaft, the drive power configured for selective transmission from each of the first layshaft and the second layshaft to the parallel-shift transmission output shaft;
a group-shift transmission having a plurality of shifting groups associated with respective travel speeds and a group-shift output shaft, the plurality of shifting groups comprising a first shifting group corresponding to a first transmission ratio stage and a second shifting group corresponding to a second transmission ratio stage, the first transmission ratio stage corresponding to a first travel speed of the work vehicle, the second transmission ratio stage corresponding to a second travel speed of the work vehicle that is faster than the first travel speed of the work vehicle, the plurality of shifting groups configured for driving connection to the parallel-shift transmission output shaft of the parallel-shift transmission in order to direct the drive power to the group-shift transmission output shaft of the group-shift transmission; and
a coupling transmission stage configured to direct drive power and configured for bypassing the plurality of shifting groups of the group-shift transmission, from one of the first layshaft and the second layshaft to the group-shift transmission output shaft of the group-shift transmission;
wherein the coupling transmission stage is constructed as a spur gear stage; and
wherein the spur gear stage is constructed as a double spur gear stage having a spur gear rotatably mounted on a main shaft of the group-shift transmission coaxially connected with the parallel-shift transmission output shaft.

7. The transmission arrangement of claim 6 , further comprising:
a first shifting position of a shifting point; and
a second shifting position of the shifting point, wherein one of the plurality of shifting groups is drivingly connected to the parallel-shift transmission output shaft in the first shifting position, and the coupling transmission stage is drivingly connected to the group-shift transmission output shaft in the second shifting position.

8. The transmission arrangement of claim 6 , wherein one of the first layshaft and the second layshaft bears even-numbered gear stages of the parallel-shift transmission, and the coupling transmission stage is drivingly connected to the one of the first layshaft and the second layshaft bearing even-numbered gear stages of the parallel-shift transmission.

9. The transmission arrangement of claim 6 , wherein the group-shift transmission comprises a first shifting group, a second shifting group, and a third shifting group, and wherein a transmission ratio of the coupling transmission stage corresponds to a transmission ratio configured to be shifted by a combination of a gear stage of the parallel-shift transmission having a longest transmission ratio and the second shifting group of the group-shift transmission.

10. The transmission arrangement of claim 6 , wherein the coupling transmission stage is arranged in the group-shift transmission.

Assignees

• Deere & Co

Inventors

• Raisch Stefan
• Mueller David

Classifications

• F16H2200/0078

  the gear ratio comprising twelve or more forward speeds · CPC title

• F16H37/043 Primary

  without gears having orbital motion · CPC title

• F16H2200/0026

  comprising at least one creep low gear, e.g. additional gear for extra low speed or creeping · CPC title

• F16H2037/045

  comprising a separate gearing unit for shifting between high and low ratio range · CPC title

• F16H2003/0826

  wherein at least one gear on the input shaft, or on a countershaft is used for two different forward gear ratios · CPC title