Transmission for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle powertrain comprising said transmission, and method for operating the transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11364784-B2
Application number	US-201816756651-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2018
Priority date	Oct 17, 2017
Publication date	Jun 21, 2022
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

A transmission (G) for a motor vehicle includes an electric machine (EM1), a first input shaft (GW1), a second input shaft (GW2), an output shaft (GWA), at least two planetary gear sets (P1, P2), and at least four shift elements (A, B, C, D). Different gears are selectable by selectively actuating the at least four shift elements (A, B, C, D). In interaction with the electric machine (EM1), different operating modes are implementable. A drive train for a motor vehicle that includes such a transmission (G) and to a method for operating same are also provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission (G) for a motor vehicle, comprising:
an electric machine (EM 1 );
a first input shaft (GW 1 );
a second input shaft (GW 2 );
an output shaft (GWA);
a first planetary gear set (P 1 ) and a second planetary gear set (P 2 ), the first and second planetary gear sets (P 1 , P 2 ) each including a respective plurality of elements (E 11 , E 21 , E 31 , E 12 , E 22 , E 32 ); and
a first shift element (A), a second shift element (B), a third shift element (C), and a fourth shift element (D),
wherein a rotor (R 1 ) of the electric machine (EM 1 ) is connected to the second input shaft (GW 2 ),
wherein the first input shaft (GW 1 ) is connectable to the output shaft (GWA) in a rotationally fixed manner with the first shift element (A),
wherein the second input shaft (GW 2 ) is connectable to the first input shaft (GW 1 ) in a rotationally fixed manner with the second shift element (B),
wherein a first element (E 11 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) is coupled to a rotationally fixed component (GG) in a first coupling of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ), a second element (E 21 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) is coupled to the output shaft (GWA) in a second coupling of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ), a third element (E 31 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) is coupled to the second input shaft (GW 2 ) in a third coupling of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ), two couplings of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) are permanent rotationally fixed connections, and the remaining coupling of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) is a rotationally fixed connection establishable with the third shift element (C), and
wherein a first element (E 12 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) is coupled to the rotationally fixed component (GG) in a first coupling of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ), a second element (E 22 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 1 ) is coupled to the second input shaft (GW 2 ) in a second coupling of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ), a third element (E 32 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) is coupled to the output shaft (GWA) in a third coupling of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ), two couplings of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) are permanent rotationally fixed connections, and the remaining coupling of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) is a rotationally fixed connection establishable with the fourth shift element (D).

2. The transmission (G) of claim 1 , wherein:
the first element (E 11 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) and the first element (E 12 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) are each fixed;
the third element (E 31 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) and the second element (E 22 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) are each rotationally fixed to the second input shaft (GW 2 ); and
the output shaft (GWA) is rotationally fixable to the second element (E 21 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) with the third shift element (C) and is rotationally fixable to the third element (E 32 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) with the fourth shift element (D).

3. The transmission (G) of claim 1 , wherein:
the third element (E 31 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) and the second element (E 22 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) are each rotationally fixed to the second input shaft (GW 2 );
the second element (E 21 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) and the third element (E 32 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) are each rotationally fixed to the output shaft (GWA); and
the first element (E 11 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) is fixable with the third shift element (C), and the first element (E 12 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) is fixable with the fourth shift element (D).

4. The transmission (G) of claim 1 , wherein:
the first element (E 11 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) and the first element (E 12 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) are each fixed;
the second element (E 21 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) and the third element (E 32 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) are each rotationally fixed to the output shaft (GWA); and
the second input shaft (GW 2 ) is rotationally fixable to the third element (E 31 ) of the first planetary gear set (P 1 ) with the third shift element (C), and the second input shaft (GW 2 ) is rotationally fixed to the second element (E 22 ) of the second planetary gear set (P 2 ) with the fourth shift element (D).

5. The transmission (G) of claim 1 , wherein exactly three gears between the first input shaft (GW 1 ) and the output shaft (GWA) are shiftable by selectively engaging the first, second, third, and fourth shift elements (A, B, C, D).

6. The transmission (G) of claim 1 , wherein, by selectively engaging the first, second, third, and fourth shift elements (A, B, C, D):
a first gear ( 1 ) results between the first input shaft (GW 1 ) and the output shaft (GWA) by actuating the second shift element (B) and the third shift element (C);
a second gear results between the first input shaft (GW 1 ) and the output shaft (GWA) by engaging the first shift element (A) and the third shift element (C) or by engaging the first shift element (A) and the fourth shift element (D); and
a third gear ( 3 ) results between the first input shaft (GW 1 ) and the output shaft (GWA) by actuating the second shift element (B) and the fourth shift element (D).

7. The transmission (G) of claim 1 , wherein a first gear (E 1 ) results between the second input shaft (GW 2 ) and the output shaft (GWA) by engaging the third shift element (C), and a second gear (E 3 ) results between the second input shaft (GW 2 ) and the output shaft (GWA) by actuating the fourth shift element (D).

8. The transmission (G) of claim 1 , further comprising an additional electric machine (EM 2 ), a rotor (R 2 ) of additional electric machine (EM 2 ) connected to the first input shaft (GW 1 ).

9. The transmission (G) of claim 1 , further comprising a fifth shift element (K 0 ), the first input shaft (GW 1 ) rotationally fixable to a connecting shaft (AN) with the fifth shift element (K 0 ).

10. The transmission (G) of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first, second, third, and fourth shift elements (A, B, C, D) is a form-locking shift element.

11. The transmission (G) of claim 1 , wherein the first shift element (A) and the second shift element (B) are combined as a shift element pair (SP 1 ) with an actuating element, the first shift element (A) actuatable from a neutral position in one direction with the actuating element, and the second shift element (B) actuatable from the neutral position in an opposite direction with the actuating element.

12. The transmission (G) of claim 1 , wherein the third shift element (C) and the fourth shift element (D) are combined to form a shift element pair (SP 2 ) with an actuating element, the third shift element (C) actuatable from a neutral position in one direction with the actuating element, and the fourth shift element (D) actuatable from the neutral position in an opposite direction with the actuating element.

13. The transmission (G) of claim 1 , further comprising a third planetary gear set (P 3 ), the rotor (R 1 ) of the electric machine (EM 1 ) connected to the second input shaft (GW 2 ) by the third planetary gear set (P 3 ), a first element (E 13 ) of the third planetary gear set (P 3 ) is fixed, a second element (E 23 ) of the third planetary gear set (P 3 ) connected to the second input shaft (GW 2 ), and a third element (E 33 ) of the third planetary gear set (P 3 ) connected to the rotor (R 1 ) of the ele

Assignees

• Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen

Inventors

• Kaltenbach Johannes
• Griesmeier Uwe
• Beck Stefan
• Horn Matthias
• Warth Viktor
• Roske Michael
• Kutter Fabian

Classifications

• Y02T10/62

  Hybrid vehicles · CPC title

• B60K6/36 Primary

  characterised by the transmission gearings · CPC title

• F16H3/66

  composed of a number of gear trains without drive passing from one train to another · CPC title

• F16H2200/2007

  with two sets of orbital gears · CPC title

• F16H2200/2041

  with four engaging means · CPC title