Transmission, a powertrain, and a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11794574-B2
Application number	US-202217835533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2022
Priority date	Jun 10, 2021
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

A transmission comprises a first input shaft, a second input shaft, an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft. A first input shaft gearwheel, a second input shaft gearwheel, a first intermediate shaft gearwheel, a second intermediate shaft gearwheel, a first output shaft gearwheel drivingly connected to the first input shaft gearwheel, a second output shaft gearwheel in meshing engagement with the first intermediate shaft gearwheel, and a third output shaft gearwheel in meshing engagement with the second intermediate shaft gearwheel, are provided. A first shifting device is selectively settable to:
a first shifting device first state, rotationally connecting the first output shaft gearwheel to the output shaft, a first shifting device neutral state, and a first shifting device second state, rotationally connecting the first output shaft gearwheel to the second output shaft gearwheel,

A second shifting device is selectively settable to:
a second shifting device first state, rotationally connecting the second output shaft gearwheel to the output shaft, a second shifting device neutral state, and a second shifting device second state, rotationally connecting the third output shaft gearwheel to the output shaft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission, comprising:
a first input shaft, a second input shaft, an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft,
a first input shaft gearwheel arranged on the first input shaft,
a second input shaft gearwheel arranged on the second input shaft,
a first intermediate shaft gearwheel and a second intermediate shaft gearwheel arranged on the intermediate shaft,
a set of output shaft gearwheels rotatably arranged on the output shaft, comprising at least:
a first output shaft gearwheel arranged in driving connection with the first input shaft gearwheel,
a second output shaft gearwheel arranged in meshing engagement with the first intermediate shaft gearwheel, and
a third output shaft gearwheel arranged in meshing engagement with the second intermediate shaft gearwheel,

a first shifting device selectively settable to one of:
a first shifting device first state, in which it rotationally connects the first output shaft gearwheel to the output shaft,
a first shifting device neutral state, and
a first shifting device second state, in which it rotationally connects the first output shaft gearwheel to the second output shaft gearwheel,

a second shifting device selectively settable to one of:
a second shifting device first state, in which it rotationally connects the second output shaft gearwheel to the output shaft, and in which torque is transmittable from the second input shaft to the output shaft via the second input shaft gearwheel, without using any one of the second intermediate shaft gearwheel and the third output shaft gearwheel,
a second shifting device neutral state, and
a second shifting device second state, in which it rotationally connects the third output shaft gearwheel to the output shaft, and in which torque is transmittable from the second input shaft to the output shaft via at least the second input shaft gear wheel, the second intermediate shaft gearwheel and the third output shaft gearwheel.

2. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein, in the first shifting device first state, torque is directly transmittable from the first input shaft to the output shaft via the first input shaft gearwheel and the first output shaft gearwheel.

3. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein, in the first shifting device second state, torque is transmittable from the first input shaft to the output shaft via the intermediate shaft.

4. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first input shaft gearwheel is fixed for common rotation with the first input shaft, and/or wherein the second input shaft gearwheel is fixed for common rotation with the second input shaft.

5. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first intermediate shaft gearwheel is fixed for common rotation with the intermediate shaft, and/or wherein the second intermediate shaft gear is fixed for common rotation with the intermediate shaft.

6. The transmission according to claim 1 , further comprising a fourth output shaft gearwheel rotatably arranged on the output shaft, the fourth output shaft gearwheel being fixed for common rotation with the second output shaft gearwheel.

7. The transmission according to claim 6 , wherein the second input shaft gearwheel is arranged in driving connection with the fourth output shaft gearwheel.

8. The transmission according to claim 6 , wherein the second input shaft gearwheel is arranged in meshing engagement with the fourth output shaft gearwheel.

9. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the second input shaft gearwheel is arranged in driving connection with the first intermediate shaft gearwheel.

10. The transmission according to claim 1 , further comprising a first input shaft second gearwheel arranged in driving connection with any one of the output shaft gearwheels other than the first output shaft gearwheel.

11. The transmission according to claim 10 , further comprising a third shifting device for selectively connecting the first input shaft second gearwheel for common rotation with the first input shaft.

12. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the gearwheels are dimensioned so that a speed ratio for torque transfer between the first input shaft and the first output shaft gearwheel is higher than a speed ratio for torque transfer between the second input shaft and the second output shaft gearwheel.

13. A powertrain comprising a first propulsion unit, a second propulsion unit and the transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first input shaft of the transmission is drivingly connected to the first propulsion unit and wherein the second input shaft of the transmission is drivingly connected to the second propulsion unit.

14. A powertrain according to claim 13 , wherein at least one of the first propulsion unit and the second propulsion unit is an electric machine.

15. A vehicle comprising a powertrain according to claim 14 .

16. A vehicle comprising the powertrain according to claim 13 .

Assignees

• Volvo Truck Corp

Inventors

• Hedman Anders
• Folkesson Johan

Classifications

• B60K17/08 Primary

  of mechanical type · CPC title

• B60K1/02

  comprising more than one electric motor · CPC title

• F16H37/065

  with a plurality of driving or driven shafts (F16H37/0806 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16H2003/0803

  with countershafts coaxial with input or output shaft · CPC title

• F16H2003/0826

  wherein at least one gear on the input shaft, or on a countershaft is used for two different forward gear ratios · CPC title