Transmission arrangement which can be shifted under full load, and agricultural working machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10968984-B2
Application number	US-201615565935-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2016
Priority date	Apr 16, 2015
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

A transmission arrangement (1) for a vehicle, such as an agricultural working machine, that can be shifted under full load, including a plurality of torque-transmitting branches formed, on the drive input side, by alternatively shiftable gear stages of a splitter transmission (2) and, on the drive output side, by alternatively shiftable gear stages of a synchromesh transmission (3), so that each torque-transmitting branch is defined by engaging a gear of the splitter transmission (2) and by engaging a gear of the synchromesh transmission (3). The synchromesh transmission (3) has two input shafts (9, 10), each respectively in driving association with a powershiftable element (4, 5). The splitter transmission (2) is designed as a powershiftable splitter transmission (2) and the powershiftable elements (4, 5) are arranged in the force flow direction, after the splitter transmission (2) but before the synchromesh transmission (3).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission arrangement which can be shifted under full load, the transmission arrangement comprising:
a plurality of torque-transmitting branches being formed on a drive input side by alternatively shiftable gear stages of a splitter transmission, and, on a drive output side, by alternatively shiftable gear stages of a synchromesh transmission such that each of the torque-transmitting branches is defined by engaging a gear of the splitter transmission and by engaging a gear of the synchromesh transmission,
the synchromesh transmission having first and second input shafts, the first input shaft of the synchromesh transmission in driving association with a first powershiftable element and the second input shaft of the synchromesh transmission in driving association with a second powershiftable element,
the splitter transmission being designed as a powershiftable splitter transmission having a counter shaft and only one drive output shaft, the counter shaft and drive output shaft of the splitter transmission being aligned parallel to each other, and the first and the second powershiftable elements being arranged in a force flow direction after the splitter transmission but before the synchromesh transmission.

2. The transmission arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the splitter transmission is in driving connection with the first and the second powershiftable elements by way of the drive output shaft of the splitter transmission.

3. The transmission arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission arrangement is designed such that the torque-transmitting branches, associated with the gears of the synchromesh transmission, are activated in accordance with a gear sequence of the synchromesh transmission in alternation, respectively, by one of the first and the second powershiftable elements.

4. The transmission arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first and the second powershiftable elements are combined in a dual-clutch arrangement in which the first and the second input shafts of the synchromesh transmission are coaxially aligned.

5. The transmission arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the synchromesh transmission comprises at least one shifting packet, which combines shifting clutches of loose wheels of different gears of the synchromesh transmission arranged on a common shaft.

6. The transmission arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a first drive output of the synchromesh transmission is drivingly connectable with a drivable rear axle of a vehicle.

7. The transmission arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the first drive output is a bevel-gear drive such that the bevel-gear drive is drivingly connectable with a crown gear of the drivable rear axle.

8. The transmission arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein a second drive output of the synchromesh transmission is engagable by a further powershiftable element.

9. The transmission arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the second drive output of the synchromesh transmission is drivingly connectable with a drivable front axle of a vehicle.

10. The transmission arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the synchromesh transmission is designed such that, by virtue of a gear ratio, the second drive output has a drive output rotational speed different from a drive output rotational speed of the first drive output.

11. The transmission arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the synchromesh transmission comprises at least one intermediate wheel which reverses a rotational direction of drive transmitted from the splitter transmission.

12. The transmission arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a reversing transmission and a crawling gear gearset.

13. The transmission arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the splitter transmission has a further drive output shaft designed as a power take-off shaft.

14. The transmission arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the synchromesh transmission is designed such that at least two forward gears and one reverse gear are obtainable.

15. An agricultural working machine comprising a transmission arrangement which can be shifted under full load and having a plurality of torque-transmitting branches formed, on a drive input side, by alternatively shiftable gear stages of a splitter transmission and, on a drive output side, by alternatively shiftable gear stages of a synchromesh transmission, such that each of the torque-transmitting branches is defined by engaging a gear of the splitter transmission and by engaging a gear of the synchromesh transmission, the synchromesh transmission has two input shafts of the synchromesh transmission, each respectively in driving association with a powershiftable element, and
the splitter transmission being designed as a powershiftable splitter transmission having a counter shaft and only one drive output shaft, the counter shaft and drive output shaft of the splitter transmission being aligned parallel to each other, and the powershiftable elements being arranged in a force flow direction after the splitter transmission but before the synchromesh transmission.

16. A transmission arrangement which is shiftable under full load, the transmission arrangement comprising:
a plurality of torque-transmitting branches formed, on a drive input side of the transmission arrangement, by alternatively shiftable gear stages of a splitter transmission and, on a drive output side of the transmission arrangement, by alternatively shiftable gear stages of a synchromesh transmission, each of the plurality of torque-transmitting branches being defined by engaging a gear of the splitter transmission and by engaging a gear of the synchromesh transmission;
the synchromesh transmission having a first input shaft that is drivingly associated with a first powershiftable element, and a second input shaft that is drivingly associated with a second powershiftable element; and
the splitter transmission is a powershiftable splitter transmission having a counter shaft and only one drive output shaft, the counter shaft and drive output shaft of the splitter transmission being aligned parallel to each other, and the first and the second powershiftable elements are arranged in a force flow direction after the splitter transmission and before the synchromesh transmission.

Assignees

• Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen

Inventors

• Pauli Thomas
• Igl Stefan
• Oberbuchner Thomas

Classifications

• F16H37/043 Primary

  without gears having orbital motion · CPC title

• F16H37/042 Primary

  change gear transmissions in group arrangement · CPC title

• B60K17/08

  of mechanical type · CPC title

• F16H3/091

  including a single countershaft · CPC title

• F16H3/006

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