Transmission unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11543018-B2
Application number	US-202217704744-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2022
Priority date	Mar 29, 2021
Publication date	Jan 3, 2023
Grant date	Jan 3, 2023

Abstract

An in-case oil passage extending in an axial direction above a plurality of gears is formed inside an outer peripheral wall portion of the accommodating case. The in-case oil passage includes an in-case oil passage opening portion which opens from the cover wall portion to the one end side in the axial direction. The cover wall portion is provided with an oil guide member at a position where at least a part of the cover wall portion overlaps the in-case oil passage opening portion when viewed from the one end side in the axial direction, the oil guide member guiding oil discharged from the in-case oil passage opening portion to the oil collecting portion of the oil collecting pocket.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission unit ( 1 ) comprising:
a gear transmission ( 28 ) including a transmission shaft ( 30 ) and a plurality of gears ( 51 b , 52 b , 53 b , 54 b , 55 b ); and
an accommodating case ( 12 ) including a transmission chamber ( 26 ) which rotatably and pivotally supports the transmission shaft ( 30 ) and accommodates the gear transmission ( 28 ), wherein:
the accommodating case ( 12 ) includes:
an outer peripheral wall portion ( 26 P) which covers outer peripheral surfaces of the plurality of gears; and
a cover wall portion ( 26 R) which pivotally supports a first end portion ( 30 R) on one end side of the transmission shaft ( 30 ) in an axial direction and covers one end side of the gear transmission ( 28 ) in the axial direction to form a side wall on one end side of the transmission chamber ( 26 ) in the axial direction;

the first end portion ( 30 R) of the transmission shaft ( 30 ) is exposed from the cover wall portion ( 26 R) to the one end side in the axial direction;
an in-shaft oil passage ( 71 ) extending in the axial direction of the transmission shaft ( 30 ) is formed inside the transmission shaft ( 30 );
the in-shaft oil passage ( 71 ) includes an in-shaft oil passage opening portion ( 71 a ) which opens from the first end portion ( 30 R) of the transmission shaft ( 30 ) to the one end side in the axial direction;
the cover wall portion ( 26 R) is provided with an oil collecting pocket ( 91 ) at a position where at least a part of the cover wall portion ( 26 R) overlaps the transmission shaft ( 30 ) when viewed from the one end side in the axial direction, the oil collecting pocket ( 91 ) protruding from the cover wall portion ( 26 R) to the one end side in the axial direction and including an oil collecting portion ( 91 a ) opened upward and on the other end side in the axial direction;
the oil collecting portion ( 91 a ) of the oil collecting pocket ( 91 ) is configured to collect oil scattered in a space adjacent to the transmission chamber ( 26 );
the oil collected in the oil collecting portion ( 91 a ) of the oil collecting pocket ( 91 ) is supplied to the in-shaft oil passage ( 71 ) from the in-shaft oil passage opening portion ( 71 a );
an in-case oil passage ( 81 ) extending in the axial direction above the plurality of gears is formed inside the outer peripheral wall portion ( 26 P) of the accommodating case ( 12 );
the in-case oil passage ( 81 ) includes an in-case oil passage opening portion ( 81 a ) which opens from the cover wall portion ( 26 R) to the one end side in the axial direction; and
the cover wall portion ( 26 R) is provided with an oil guide member ( 92 ) at a position where at least a part of the cover wall portion ( 26 R) overlaps the in-case oil passage opening portion ( 81 a ) when viewed from the one end side in the axial direction, the oil guide member ( 92 ) guiding oil discharged from the in-case oil passage opening portion ( 81 a ) to the oil collecting portion ( 91 a ) of the oil collecting pocket ( 91 ).

2. The transmission unit ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein
the in-case oil passage opening portion ( 81 a ) is opened in the cover wall portion ( 26 R).

3. The transmission unit ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein:
a guide oil passage ( 92 e ) which is cylindrical is formed in e oil guide member ( 92 ); and
the guide oil passage ( 92 e ) is separated from the in-case oil passage opening portion ( 81 a ).

4. The transmission unit ( 1 ) according to claim 3 , wherein
the guide oil passage ( 92 e ) is formed such that a cross-sectional area of a flow passage decreases as the guide oil passage ( 92 e ) approaches the oil collecting portion ( 91 a ) of the oil collecting pocket ( 91 ).

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kisaichi Toru
• Morita Masaya
• Okamoto Takashi
• Matsuzawa Mitsutaka

Classifications

• F16H57/04 Primary

  Features relating to lubrication or cooling {or heating} (control of lubrication or cooling in hydrostatic gearing F16H61/4165) · CPC title

• F16H57/0423

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

• F16H57/0494

  with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion · CPC title

• B60Y2200/12

  Motorcycles, Trikes; Quads; Scooters · CPC title

• F16H2057/02065

  for motorcycles or squads · CPC title