Transmission assembly comprising a transmission housing and a receiving space for receiving an electronic and/or electrical functional unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12145244-B2
Application number	US-202218045668-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2022
Priority date	Oct 11, 2021
Publication date	Nov 19, 2024
Grant date	Nov 19, 2024

Abstract

A transmission assembly may include a transmission housing; and a receiving space for receiving an electrical functional unit. The receiving space may be formed by at least one wall in the transmission housing and a lid unit, the receiving space may be sealable from an exterior environment via a seal in a contact region on the transmission housing and the lid unit. The lid unit may be connectable to the transmission housing by a screw, where the lid unit includes a channel through which at least part of the screw passes, and where the channel has an inner thread section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission assembly, comprising:
a transmission housing; and
a receiving space for receiving an electrical functional unit,
wherein the receiving space is formed by at least one wall in the transmission housing and a lid unit,
wherein the receiving space is sealable from an exterior environment via a seal in a contact region on the transmission housing and the lid unit,
wherein the lid unit is connectable to the transmission housing by a screw,
wherein the lid unit includes a channel through which at least part of the screw passes,
wherein the channel has an inner thread section, and
wherein the inner thread section in the channel in the lid unit has an inner diameter that is greater than an outer diameter of an outer threading on the screw in a region of the inner thread section in an assembled state.

2. The transmission assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the inner thread section in the channel in the lid unit has an inner diameter that is greater than an inner diameter of an inner thread region in the transmission housing for receiving the screw.

3. The transmission assembly according to claim 1 , wherein an inner threading in the inner thread section in the lid unit and an inner threading in an inner thread region in the transmission housing for the screw are different, and the inner threading in the inner thread section and the inner threading in the inner thread region differ in at least one of the following characteristics: a shape of a thread flank, a flank angle, a turning direction of the thread, a length, a slope of the thread, and a division of at least one thread in a form of a multiple thread.

4. The transmission assembly according to claim 1 , wherein an axial length of the inner thread section in the lid unit is half, or less, of an axial length of a hole in the transmission housing that has an inner thread region for the screw.

5. The transmission assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the seal contains silicon and/or polyurethane.

6. A removal tool for disassembling a transmission assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the removal tool comprises:
an outer thread region that can be temporarily screwed into the inner thread section in the lid unit, and
a separating device for generating a separating pressure between the transmission housing and the lid unit by applying pressure to the transmission housing with the separating device.

7. A lid unit, which forms part of a receiving space of a transmission assembly comprising a transmission housing according to claim 1 .

8. A transmission assembly, comprising:
a transmission housing; and
a receiving space for receiving an electrical functional unit,
wherein the receiving space is formed by at least one wall in the transmission housing and a lid unit,
wherein the receiving space is sealable from an exterior environment via a seal in a contact region on the transmission housing and the lid unit,
wherein the lid unit is connectable to the transmission housing by a screw,
wherein the lid unit includes a channel through which at least part of the screw passes,
wherein the channel has an inner thread section, and
wherein the inner thread section in the channel in the lid unit has an inner diameter that is greater than an inner diameter of an inner thread region in the transmission housing for receiving the screw.

9. The transmission assembly according to claim 8 , wherein an inner threading in the inner thread section in the lid unit and an inner threading in an inner thread region in the transmission housing for the screw are different, and the inner threading in the inner thread section and the inner threading in the inner thread region differ in at least one of the following characteristics: a shape of a thread flank, a flank angle, a turning direction of the thread, a length, a slope of the thread, and a division of at least one thread in a form of a multiple thread.

10. The transmission assembly according to claim 8 , wherein an axial length of the inner thread section in the lid unit is half, or less, of an axial length of a hole in the transmission housing that has an inner thread region for the screw.

11. The transmission assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the seal contains silicon and/or polyurethane.

12. A removal tool for disassembling a transmission assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the removal tool comprises:
an outer thread region that can be temporarily screwed into the inner thread section in the lid unit, and
a separating device for generating a separating pressure between the transmission housing and the lid unit by applying pressure to the transmission housing with the separating device.

13. A lid unit, which forms part of a receiving space of a transmission assembly comprising a transmission housing according to claim 8 .

14. A method for removing a lid unit from a transmission housing, wherein the lid unit and the transmission housing form a receiving space for receiving an electronic functional unit, wherein the lid unit is secured in place on the transmission housing by a screw inserted at least in part through a channel in the lid unit and screwed into an inner thread region in the transmission housing, the method comprising:
unscrewing the screw from the transmission housing and lid unit;
screwing a removal tool with an outer threading into an inner thread section in the lid unit, wherein the inner thread section in the lid unit has a greater diameter than the inner thread region in the transmission housing; and
applying a pressure with the removal tool to separate the lid unit from the transmission housing,
wherein the pressure is applied to the transmission housing with a separating structure in the removal tool.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the separating structure is screwed into a base element in the removal tool while the pressure is being applied to the transmission housing.

16. The method according to claim 14 ,
wherein a portion of the separating structure extends into a hole in the transmission housing that includes the inner thread region while the pressure is being applied, and
wherein a contact surface on the separating structure contacts a base of the hole in the transmission housing, the hole being a blind hole, and the hole comprising the inner thread region.

17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the separating structure is actuated pneumatically or electrically or hydraulically to apply the pressure.

Assignees

• Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen

Inventors

• Eschenbeck Linus
• Pöhnlein Florian
• Haase Daniel
• Mueller Michael
• Röck Christof
• Taschner Nikolaus
• Hereth Jens
• Kister Paul

Classifications

• F16H57/032

  characterised by the materials used · CPC title

• B25B27/0042

  Tools for removing or replacing filters or for draining oil; Tools for setting or loosening closure means for radiators, batteries, or the like · CPC title

• F16H2057/0062

  Tools specially adapted for assembly of transmissions · CPC title

• F16H57/029

  characterised by means for sealing the gearboxes, e.g. to improve airtightness · CPC title

• F16H57/031

  characterised by covers or lids for gearboxes · CPC title