Resin side cover for transmission case

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10508728-B2
Application number	US-201715647759-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2017
Priority date	Jul 29, 2016
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

In a transmission case mounted on a FF type vehicle, the transmission case includes a resin side cover formed at a front side of the vehicle. The resin side cover constitutes a vehicle front side surface section of an oil storage section configured to store oil in the transmission case, and includes a protrusion disposed above an oil surface of the oil stored in the oil storage section and protruding toward the front side of the vehicle to constitute the foremost section of the transmission case and a fragile section disposed between the protrusion and the oil surface of the oil and extending transversely in a lateral direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A resin side cover for a transmission case, the resin side cover configured to be mounted on a vehicle and disposed on the transmission case at a front side of the vehicle, the resin side cover constituting a vehicle front side surface section of an oil storage section in which oil is stored in the transmission case, the resin side cover comprising:
a protrusion disposed above an oil surface of the oil stored in the oil storage section, the protrusion protruding toward the front side of the vehicle and constituting the foremost section of the transmission case; and
a fragile section disposed between the protrusion and the oil surface of the oil,
wherein a longitudinal axis of the fragile section extends transversely in a lateral direction across the resin side cover.

2. The resin side cover for the transmission case according to claim wherein the fragile section is a convex section having a shell shape protruding from a wall surface of the resin side cover to a predetermined height.

3. The resin side cover for the transmission case according to claim 2 , wherein the convex section having the shell shape has a rectangular parallelepiped shape.

4. The resin side cover for the transmission case according to claim 1 , wherein the fragile section is a concave section having a shell shape recessed in a wall surface of the resin side cover to a predetermined depth.

5. The resin side cover for the transmission case according to claim 4 , wherein the concave section having the shell shape has a rectangular parallelepiped shape.

6. The resin side cover for the transmission case according to claim 1 , wherein the resin side cover includes reinforced ribs formed on a wall surface of the resin side cover, and
the fragile section has a flat wall surface on which the reinforced ribs are not formed.

7. The resin side cover for the transmission case according to claim 6 , wherein the fragile section has a rectangular shape when seen in a front view.

8. The resin side cover for the transmission case according to 1, wherein the protrusion is an apex section of a dome.

9. The resin side cover for the transmission case according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal axis of the fragile section extends transversely between the protrusion and the oil section.

10. The resin side cover for the transmission case according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal axis of the fragile section extends transversely between opposite side surfaces of the resin side cover.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Aisin Aw Co

Inventors

• Morishita Hirofumi
• Ota Hirofumi

Classifications

• B60Y2306/01

  Reducing damages in case of crash, e.g. by improving battery protection · CPC title

• F16H57/031 Primary

  characterised by covers or lids for gearboxes · CPC title

• F16H57/0424

  Lubricant guiding means in the wall of or integrated with the casing, e.g. grooves, channels, holes · CPC title

• B65D85/06

  for tyres · CPC title

• F16H57/032

  characterised by the materials used · CPC title