Transmission device having a transmission input shaft, having a transmission output shaft and having three planetary gear sets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10408305-B2
Application number	US-201615576046-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2016
Priority date	May 27, 2015
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A transmission system ( 1 ) including a transmission input shaft ( 2 ), a transmission output shaft ( 3 ), and three planetary gear sets (P 1 , P 2 , P 3 ) having a total of seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ). The planetary gear sets (P 1 , P 2 , P 3 ) are at least partially functionally connected to each other by planetary gear set shafts (S 1 -HR 3 ), are at least partially connectable to each other through a plurality of shift elements (B 1 , B 2 , K 1 -K 3 ; B 1 -B 3 , K 1 -K 3 ), and are coupled to the seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ) by the planetary gear set shafts (S 1 -HR 3 ) such that at least six gear ratios ( 1 VM- 6 VM, R 1 VM, R 2 VM) are selectable such that the transmission input shaft ( 2 ) and the transmission output shaft ( 3 ) revolve with the same or different direction of rotation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission system ( 1 ), comprising:
a transmission input shaft ( 2 );
a transmission output shaft ( 3 ); and
first, second and third planetary gear sets (P 1 , P 2 , P 3 ) having a total of seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ),
wherein the first, second and third planetary gear sets (P 1 , P 2 , P 3 ) are at least partially functionally connected to each other through planetary gear set shafts (S 1 -HR 3 ), are at least partially connectable to each other through a plurality of shift elements (B 1 , B 2 , K 1 -K 3 ; B 1 -B 3 , K 1 -K 3 ), and are coupled to the seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ) by the planetary gear set shafts (S 1 -HR 3 ) such that at least six gear ratios ( 1 VM- 6 VM, R 1 VM, R 2 VM) are selectable in which the transmission input shaft ( 2 ) and the transmission output shaft ( 3 ) revolve with the same or different direction of rotation,
wherein a first interface shaft (W 1 ) of the seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ) is connected rotationally fixedly to a first planetary gear set shaft (S 1 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) and to a housing-mated component ( 4 ),
wherein a second interface shaft (W 2 ) of the seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ) is connected to the transmission input shaft ( 2 ) and to a second planetary gear set shaft (ST 1 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ),
wherein a third interface shaft (W 3 ) of the seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ) is connected to the transmission output shaft ( 3 ) and to a second planetary gear set shaft (ST 3 ) of the third planetary gear set (P 3 ),
wherein a fourth interface shaft (W 4 ) of the seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ) is connected to a third planetary gear set shaft (HR 1 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) and is connectable to a seventh interface shaft (W 7 ) of the seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ) with a shift element (K 3 ) of the plurality of shift elements (B 1 , B 2 , K 1 -K 3 ; B 1 -B 3 , K 1 -K 3 ),
wherein a fifth interface shaft (W 5 ) of the seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ) is connected to a third planetary gear set shaft (HR 2 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) and to a first planetary gear set shaft (S 3 ) of the third planetary gear set (P 3 ) and is connectable to the housing-mated component ( 4 ) with one of the shift elements (B 1 ) of the plurality of shift elements (B 1 , B 2 , K 1 -K 3 ; B 1 -B 3 , K 1 -K 3 ),
wherein a sixth interface shaft (W 6 ) of the seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ) is connected to a third planetary gear set shaft (HR 3 ) of the third planetary gear set (P 3 ) and to a second planetary gear set shaft (ST 2 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) and is connectable to the transmission input shaft ( 2 ) with another shift element (K 1 ) of the plurality of shift elements (B 1 , B 2 , K 1 -K 3 ; B 1 -B 3 , K 1 -K 3 ), and
wherein a seventh interface shaft (W 7 ) of the seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ) is connected to a first planetary gear set shaft (S 2 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ), is connectable to the housing-mated component ( 4 ) with another one of the shift elements (B 2 ) of the plurality of shift elements (B 1 , B 2 , K 1 -K 3 ; B 1 -B 3 , K 1 -K 3 ), and is connectable to the transmission input shaft ( 2 ) with a further shift element (K 2 ) of the plurality of shift elements (B 1 , B 2 , K 1 -K 3 ; B 1 -B 3 , K 1 -K 3 ).

2. The transmission system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising an additional shift element (B 3 ), the sixth interface shaft (W 6 ) of the seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ) being connectable to the housing-mated component ( 4 ) with the additional shift element (B 3 ).

3. The transmission system ( 1 ) according to claim 2 , wherein one or both of the one shift element (B 1 ) selectively connecting the fifth interface shaft (W 5 ) to the housing-mated component ( 4 ) and the additional shift element (B 3 ) selectively connecting the sixth interface shaft (W 6 ) to the housing-mated component ( 4 ) is a dog clutch.

4. The transmission system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising an electrical motor ( 5 ), the fourth interface shaft (W 4 ) of the seven interface shafts (W 1 -W 7 ) being connected to the electrical motor ( 5 ).

5. The transmission system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first, second and third planetary gear sets (P 1 -P 3 ) is a negative planetary gear set, each first planetary gear set shaft of the one or more negative planetary gear sets is a sun gear (S 1 -S 3 ), each second planetary gear set shaft of the one or more negative planetary gear sets is a carrier (ST 1 -ST 3 ), and each third planetary gear set shaft of the one or more negative planetary gear sets is a ring gear (HR 1 -HR 3 ).

6. The transmission system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first, second and third planetary gear sets (P 1 -P 3 ) is a positive planetary gear set, each first planetary gear set shaft of the one or more positive planetary gear sets is a sun gear (S 1 -S 3 ), each second planetary gear set shaft of the one or more positive planetary gear sets is a ring gear (HR 1 -HR 3 ), and each third planetary gear set shaft of the one or more positive planetary gear sets is a carrier (ST 1 -ST 3 ).

7. The transmission system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising a further additional shift element (K 0 ), the transmission input shaft ( 2 ) being disconnectable from a power flow of the transmission system ( 1 ) by the further additional shift element (K 0 ), the further additional shift element (K 0 ) positioned upstream of the another shift element (K 1 ) and the further shift element (K 2 ) by which the transmission input shaft ( 2 ) is connectable to the sixth interface shaft (W 6 ) and to the seventh interface shaft (W 7 ).

8. The transmission system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein one or more shift elements of the plurality of shift elements (B 1 -B 3 , K 0 -K 3 ) is a friction-locking shift element.

9. The transmission system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) and the third planetary gear set (P 3 ) are arranged in a gear set plane, and the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) is nested radially inside the third planetary gear set (P 3 ).

10. The transmission system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) is axially arranged in a gear set plane between a gear set plane of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) and a planetary gear set plane of the third planetary gear set (P 3 ).

11. The transmission system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein one or more shift elements of the plurality of shift elements (B 1 -B 3 , K 0 -K 3 ) is axially arranged between a gear set plane of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) and a gear set plane of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ).

Assignees

• Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen

Inventors

• Beck Stefan
• Brehmer Martin
• Horn Matthias
• Kaltenbach Johannes
• King Julian
• Knöpke Bernd
• Moraw Jens
• Münch Eckehard
• Niederbrucker Gerhard
• Pawlakowitsch Juri
• Scharr Stephan
• Warth Viktor
• Wechs Michael
• Ziemer Peter
• Griesmeier Uwe
• Kuberczyk Raffael

Classifications

• F16H3/666

  with intermeshing orbital gears (F16H3/663 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16H2200/201

  with three sets of orbital gears · CPC title

• B60K6/365

  with the gears having orbital motion · CPC title

• F16H2200/2097

  comprising an orbital gear set member permanently connected to the housing, e.g. a sun wheel permanently connected to the housing · CPC title

• B60K2006/541

  without reverse ratio using instead electric reversing · CPC title