Transmission and method for shifting a transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11073181-B2
Application number	US-201916524846-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2019
Priority date	Feb 20, 2017
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

A transmission for a motor vehicle is provided. The transmission has a hydraulically or electrically operable gearshift sleeve, a clutch pack, an input shaft, and an output shaft, a gearshift sleeve, a gearshift sleeve claw, and an opposing output claw associated with the output shaft. The gearshift sleeve can be moved from an initial position into a first position, in which the gearshift sleeve transfers an axial force by way of the first ramp element and the second ramp element to the clutch pack for synchronization of the disks, and into a second position, in which the gearshift sleeve claw is connected to the output claw interlockingly in the direction of rotation and thus the input shaft and the output shaft are interlockingly coupled. A method for shifting such a transmission is also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transmission, comprising:
a hydraulically or electrically operable gearshift sleeve;
a clutch pack;
an input shaft;
an output shaft which is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation;
a first ramp element; and
a second ramp element,
wherein
the gearshift sleeve has a gearshift sleeve claw, the output shaft has an output claw, which is arranged so as to lie opposite the gearshift sleeve,
the input shaft and the output shaft are concentrically arranged with the input shaft being at least partially radially within the output shaft,
the gearshift sleeve is movable axially in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation from an initial position into a first position in which the gearshift sleeve transfers an axial force by way of the first ramp element and the second ramp element to the clutch pack for synchronization of disks of the clutch pack while remaining disconnected from the output sleeve, and
the gearshift sleeve is movable axially further in the same direction parallel to the axis of rotation into a second position in which the gearshift sleeve claw is connected to the output claw interlockingly in a direction of rotation and thus the input shaft and the output shaft are interlockingly coupled.

2. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
the clutch pack is coupled to the input shaft and the output shaft such that the clutch pack when activated with the axial force couples the input shaft and the output shaft in torque transmission and speed synchronization.

3. The transmission according to claim 2 , wherein in an intermediate position between the first position and the second position, the axial force on the clutch pack is a maximum.

4. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein in an intermediate position between the first position and the second position, the axial force on the clutch pack is a maximum.

5. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
the first ramp element in the first position is situated radially closer to the axis of rotation than in the initial position, and
the first ramp element in the first position serves as an end stop for the gearshift sleeve and hinders its axial displacement to the second position.

6. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second ramp elements are coupled in such a way that a radial shifting of the first ramp element results in an axial shifting of the second ramp element.

7. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first ramp element comprises a first resetting element, which forces the first ramp element radially away from the axis of rotation into the initial position.

8. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the second ramp element is axially adjustably mounted.

9. The transmission according to claim 8 , wherein the second ramp element in the first position bears axially against the clutch pack.

10. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
the second ramp element comprises a second resetting element, which forces the second ramp element axially away from the clutch pack into the initial position, and/or
the transmission has a third resetting element, which forces the clutch pack axially toward the second ramp element.

11. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the gearshift sleeve is mounted axially movably on the input shaft.

12. The transmission according to claim 11 , wherein
the gearshift sleeve is coupled to the first and second ramp element in such a way that a shifting of the gearshift sleeve into the first position results in a shifting of the first and second ramp elements into the first position.

13. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
the transmission comprises an axial end stop, against which the gearshift sleeve bears in the second position, and which comprises a fourth resetting element, which forces the gearshift sleeve axially into the initial position.

14. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the gearshift sleeve claw and/or the output claw comprises claw toothing.

15. The transmission according to claim 14 , wherein the claw toothing is in a form of sliding teeth.

16. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
the transmission is designed such that a displacement of the gearshift sleeve into the second position is only possible when the input shaft and the output shaft are in synchronism.

17. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
the gearshift sleeve has a ramp surface on its radially inward side, which ramp surface can make contact with a ramp surface of the first ramp element, and/or
the first ramp element has a ramp surface on its radially inward side, which ramp surface can make contact with a ramp surface of the second ramp element.

18. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the second ramp element is designed such that it presses against the clutch pack during axial displacement in order to bring the clutch pack into a closed position.

19. A method for shifting a transmission according to claim 1 , the method comprising the acts of:
equalizing rotary speeds of the input shaft and the output shaft in that the first and second ramp elements are moved into the first position by axial displacement of the gearshift sleeve into the first position; and
moving the gearshift sleeve into the second position while the input shaft and the output shaft are in synchronism, in which the gearshift sleeve claw is connected in an interlocking manner to the output claw in the direction of rotation.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Brk Nikola

Classifications

• F16H63/3069

  Interrelationship between two or more final output mechanisms · CPC title

• F16D23/06 Primary

  and a blocking mechanism preventing the engagement of the main clutch prior to synchronisation · CPC title

• F16D2023/0687

  Clutches with electrical actuation · CPC title

• F16H61/0403

  Synchronisation before shifting · CPC title

• F16D2023/0693

  Clutches with hydraulic actuation · CPC title