Work vehicle transmission and work vehicle having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10935109-B2
Application number	US-201816001163-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2018
Priority date	Jun 22, 2017
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

A work vehicle transmission includes a first transmission mechanism that changes input motive power to any one of multiple speeds, and a second transmission mechanism that changes the motive power changed by the first transmission mechanism to any one of multiple speeds, the number of speeds of the second transmission mechanism being smaller than that of the first transmission mechanism. Multiple speed change multi-disc clutches of the first transmission mechanism are arranged parallel with multiple deceleration multi-disc clutches of the second transmission mechanism so as to be adjacent in the diameter direction thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A work vehicle transmission comprising:
a plurality of transmission shafts that extend parallel with each other in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body, the plurality of transmission shafts including a speed change shaft and a deceleration shaft; and
a main transmission apparatus including:
a first transmission mechanism configured to change input motive power to any one of a plurality of speeds, the first transmission mechanism having a plurality of speed change gear sets, and a plurality of speed change multi-disc clutches that are arranged adjacent in the front-rear direction on the speed change shaft and engage and disengage power transmission to the plurality of speed change gear sets; and
a second transmission mechanism configured to change motive power changed by the first transmission mechanism to any one of a plurality of speeds, the number of speeds of the second transmission mechanism being smaller than the number of speeds of the first transmission mechanism, and the second transmission mechanism having a plurality of deceleration gear sets, and a plurality of deceleration multi-disc clutches that are arranged on the deceleration shaft and engage and disengage power transmission to the plurality of deceleration gear sets,

wherein the plurality of speed change multi-disc clutches are arranged parallel with the plurality of deceleration multi-disc clutches so as to be adjacent in a diameter direction thereof.

2. The work vehicle transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of transmission shafts includes an intermediate shaft arranged between the speed change shaft and the deceleration shaft.

3. The work vehicle transmission according to claim 2 , wherein
the speed change shaft, the deceleration shaft and the intermediate shaft are arranged forming an isosceles triangle having the intermediate shaft as an upper vertex in a front view of the vehicle body.

4. The work vehicle transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
diameter-direction sizes of the plurality of speed change multi-disc clutches and the plurality of deceleration multi-disc clutches are set to the same size.

5. A work vehicle comprising the work vehicle transmission according to claim 1 .

6. A work vehicle transmission comprising:
a plurality of transmission shafts that extend parallel with each other in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body, the plurality of transmission shafts including a speed change shaft and a deceleration shaft; and
a main transmission apparatus including:
a first transmission mechanism configured to change input motive power to any one of a plurality of speeds, the first transmission mechanism having a plurality of speed change gear sets, and a plurality of speed change multi-disc clutches that are arranged adjacent in the front-rear direction on the speed change shaft and engage and disengage power transmission to the plurality of speed change gear sets; and
a second transmission mechanism configured to change motive power changed by the first transmission mechanism to any one of a plurality of speeds, the number of speeds of the second transmission mechanism being smaller than the number of speeds of the first transmission mechanism, and the second transmission mechanism having a plurality of deceleration gear sets, and a plurality of deceleration multi-disc clutches that are arranged on the deceleration shaft and engage and disengage power transmission to the plurality of deceleration gear sets,

wherein the plurality of transmission shafts further includes an intermediate shaft arranged between the speed change shaft and deceleration shaft, the speed change multi-disc clutches and the deceleration multi-disc clutches not being arranged coaxially with the intermediate shaft, and
in a front view of the vehicle body, assuming that there are formed a pair of triangular virtual spaces that each has, as one side, a virtual line interconnecting an axis of the speed change shaft and an axis of the deceleration shaft and that are above and below the virtual line, the intermediate shaft is inserted into one of the virtual spaces.

7. The work vehicle transmission according to claim 6 , wherein
the plurality of speed change multi-disc clutches and the plurality of deceleration multi-disc clutches are arranged so as to be adjacent in a right-left direction of the vehicle body, and
in a front view of the vehicle body, the pair of virtual spaces are respectively formed above and below a position between the speed change multi-disc clutches and the deceleration multi-disc clutches.

8. The work vehicle transmission according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a drive switching apparatus that includes a multi-disc clutch and is configured to switch a switching mechanisms 70 with respect to right and left front wheels by an engaging/disengaging operation of the multi-disc clutch,
wherein the drive switching apparatus is arranged below the main transmission apparatus in a state where an upper portion of the multi-disc clutch is inserted into the virtual space on a lower side in the front view of the vehicle body.

9. The work vehicle transmission according to claim 6 , wherein diameter-direction sizes of the plurality of speed change multi-disc clutches and the plurality of deceleration multi-disc clutches are set to the same size.

10. A work vehicle comprising the work vehicle transmission of claim 6 .

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Hana Hidetoshi
• Tsuchida Tomonari
• Takewa Noriaki
• Yoshikawa Satoshi
• Maeda Kazuya

Classifications

• F16H2200/2051

  with eight engaging means · CPC title

• F16H3/006

  power being selectively transmitted by parallel flow paths, e.g. dual clutch transmissions · CPC title

• F16D21/04 Primary

  with a shaft carrying a number of rotatable transmission members, e.g. gears, each of which can be connected to the shaft by a clutching member or members between the shaft and the hub of the transmission member · CPC title

• B60Y2200/14

  Trucks; Load vehicles, Busses · CPC title

• F16H2037/044

  comprising a separate gearing unit for shifting between forward or reverse · CPC title