Vehicle transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10480596-B2
Application number	US-201515562969-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2015
Priority date	Mar 30, 2015
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

A clutch disengagement position is detectable with high precision even during speed change. A vehicle transmission device can include a transmission including a main shaft to which rotational power from an engine is inputted via a clutch, and a countershaft, a clutch operation member that is driven by an actuator and performs disengaging and engaging operations of the clutch, and a driving wheel to which rotational power of the countershaft is transmitted via a driving force transmitting device. A damper member deformed by a driving force is provided in the countershaft, the driving force transmitting device or the driving wheel, or among the countershaft, the driving force transmitting device and the driving wheel. A control device learns a clutch disengagement operation amount when the control device detects deceleration of a predetermined value of the rotational frequency of the main shaft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle transmission device comprising a transmission including a main shaft to which rotational power from an engine is inputted via a clutch, and a countershaft to which rotational power of the main shaft is transmitted via a constant-mesh gear, a clutch operation member that is driven by an actuator and performs disengaging and engaging operations of the clutch, a clutch operation amount detecting sensor that detects an operation amount of the clutch operation member, a control device that operates the actuator, and a driving wheel to which rotational power of the countershaft is transmitted via a driving force transmitting device,
wherein at least one of a main shaft rotation sensor that detects a rotational frequency of the main shaft, or a countershaft rotation sensor that detects a rotational frequency of the countershaft is provided,
a damper member elastically deformed by a driving force is provided in at least any one of the countershaft, the driving force transmitting device and the driving wheel, or among the countershaft, the driving force transmitting device and the driving wheel, and
the control device learns a clutch disengagement operation amount of the clutch operation member when the control device detects deceleration of a predetermined value or more of the rotational frequency of the main shaft or the rotational frequency of the countershaft during clutch disengagement operation.

2. The vehicle transmission device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a throttle valve that adjusts an intake air amount by being opened and closed is provided in an intake pipe that supplies intake air to the engine, and learning of the clutch disengagement operation amount is executed when an opening degree of the throttle valve is a predetermined opening degree or more.

3. The vehicle transmission device according to claim 1 ,
wherein an operation of the clutch operation member is performed at a time of a speed change operation, and
the control device stores a minimum rotational frequency of the main shaft or the countershaft after occurrence of the deceleration of the predetermined value or more, and determines propriety of learning of the clutch disengagement operation amount, by comparing a rotational frequency of the main shaft or the countershaft at a time of end of absorption of a rotation difference of the clutch and the minimum rotational frequency.

4. The vehicle transmission device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the transmission of a constant-mesh type is a dog clutch type transmission including a dog clutch provided to be engageable and disengageable by a drive side shifter gear that rotates integrally with the main shaft and is movable in an axial direction, a drive side free gear that is rotatable relatively to the main shaft and is fixed in the axial direction, and dog teeth that are provided to be raised in the axial direction from opposing surfaces of the drive side shifter gear and the drive side free gear, and a dog clutch provided to be engageable and disengageable by a driven side shifter gear that rotates integrally with the countershaft and is movable in the axial direction, a driven side free gear that is rotatable relatively to the countershaft and is fixed in the axial direction, and dog teeth that are provided to be raised in the axial direction from opposing surfaces of the driven side shifter gear and the driven side free gear, and
the deceleration of the predetermined value or more is detected from the rotational frequency of the main shaft.

5. The vehicle transmission device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the rotational frequency of the main shaft is a value obtained by multiplying an actual rotational frequency of the main shaft detected by the main shaft rotation sensor by a deceleration ratio between the main shaft and a crankshaft of the engine, and
when the control device detects that the rotational frequency of the main shaft momentarily becomes a rotational frequency substantially equal to an engine speed of the engine while engaging the clutch, the control device calculates a time period between a time of the detection and a time at which the deceleration of the predetermined value or more starts, as a driving force removal time period.

6. The vehicle transmission device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the driving force transmitting device comprises a drive sprocket provided at a side of the countershaft, a driven sprocket provided at a side of the driving wheel, and a chain that is wound between the drive sprocket and the driven sprocket, and
the damper member is provided between a hub of the driving wheel and the driven sprocket.

7. The vehicle transmission device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the driving force transmitting device comprises a first bevel gear provided at a side of the countershaft, a second bevel gear provided at a side of the driving wheel, and a drive shaft provided between the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear,
and the damper member is provided between an outer pipe and an inner pipe that configure the drive shaft.

8. The vehicle transmission device according to claim 1 ,
wherein an output shaft is provided separately from or integrally with the countershaft, and the damper member is configured as a cam damper provided at a side of the output shaft.

9. The vehicle transmission device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a block portion is integrally formed on a tire of the driving wheel, and the damper member is configured by the block portion.

10. The vehicle transmission device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the tire of the driving wheel is a balloon tire with an air pressure of 70 kPa or less.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ono Junya
• Nedachi Yoshiaki
• Ryuzaki Tatsuya

Classifications

• F16D2500/30428

  Speed change rate of the output shaft · CPC title

• F16D2500/30417

  Speed change rate of the input shaft · CPC title

• F16D2500/30827

  Speed change rate of the output shaft · CPC title

• F16D2500/30818

  Speed change rate of the input shaft · CPC title

• F16D48/00 Primary

  External control of clutches · CPC title