Lubricant guiding structure in automatic transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10837541-B2
Application number	US-201716084903-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2017
Priority date	Mar 14, 2016
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a lubricant guiding structure in an automatic transmission in which a baffle plate configured to regulate the movement of a lubricant agitated by a driven sprocket is provided at one side, where an oil pump is located, in the direction of a rotational axis of the driven sprocket. As viewed from the rotational axis direction, a division wall disposed to extend across a chain is provided closer to the chain than a base of the baffle plate. As viewed from the rotational axis direction, the baffle plate is provided with a guide wall extending along a torque transmission-side chain of the chain wound on the driven sprocket. As viewed from the rotational axis-direction, the guide wall includes an inclined portion inclined in the direction coming closer to the chain as the distance to the distal end side decreases.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lubricant guiding structure in an automatic transmission, wherein the automatic transmission comprises:
a drive-side gear;
a driven-side gear; and
a chain through which a transmission of a rotation between the drive-side gear and the driven-side gear is performed, the chain which is wound on the drive-side gear and the driven-side gear, the lubricant guiding structure comprising:
a baffle plate provided on one side in an rotational axis of the driven-side gear, the baffle plate which is configured to regulate a movement of a lubricant agitated by the driven-side gear to the one side,
wherein, as viewed from a direction of the rotational axis, a division wall is provided on a drive-side gear side of the baffle plate,
wherein, in the rotational axis direction, the division wall is provided closer to the chain than the baffle plate,
wherein, as viewed from the rotational axis direction, the baffle plate is provided with a wall portion extending toward the drive-side gear along a torque transmission-side chain of the chain wound on the driven-side gear, and
wherein, in the rotational axis direction, the wall portion is inclined in a direction coming closer to the chain as a distance to a distal end side of the wall portion decreases.

2. The lubricant guiding structure in the automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the wall portion is formed integrally with the baffle plate.

3. The lubricant guiding structure in the automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein a clearance between a distal end in an extending direction of the wall portion and the chain in the rotational axis direction is set equal to a clearance between the division wall and the chain in the rotational axis direction.

4. The lubricant guiding structure in the automatic transmission according to claim 3 , wherein the distal end in the extending direction of the wall portion is provided with a flat portion parallel to the chain.

5. The lubricant guiding structure in the automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein, in the baffle plate, a partition wall inclined in the same direction as the wall portion is further included adjacent to the wall portion,
wherein, as viewed from the rotational axis direction, the partition wall is provided along the division wall provided to extend across the chain, between the torque transmission-side chain located on one side of the chain wound on the driven-side gear and a chain located on the other side, and
wherein, in the rotational axis direction, the partition wall is provided closer to the chain than the division wall.

Assignees

• Jatco Ltd
• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Itou Tsutomu
• Ou Tou
• Higashide Shinji
• Ueno Yoshiteru

Classifications

• F16H57/05

  of chains · CPC title

• F16H57/0489

  with endless flexible members, e.g. belt CVTs · CPC title

• F16H57/0457

  Splash lubrication · CPC title

• F16H57/0423 Primary

  Lubricant guiding means mounted or supported on the casing, e.g. shields or baffles for collecting lubricant, tubes or pipes · CPC title

• F16H57/0421 Primary

  on or within the casing, e.g. shields or baffles for collecting lubricant, tubes, pipes, grooves, channels or the like · CPC title