Power transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12241535-B2
Application number	US-202318205616-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2023
Priority date	Jul 11, 2022
Publication date	Mar 4, 2025
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

A power transmission device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first drive unit having a first drive source, a first transmission connected to the first drive source and the driving force to be transmitted, a second drive source, and a second transmission connected to the second drive source and the driving force to be transmitted, and includes a second drive unit arranged in parallel with the first drive unit, and a frictional differential limiting element disposed between the first transmission and the second transmission and limiting a differential between the rotational drive of the first transmission and the rotational drive of the second transmission.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power transmission device comprising:
a first drive unit that includes a first drive source and a first transmission connected to the first drive source such that a drive force is transmitted;
a second drive unit that includes a second drive source and a second transmission connected to the second drive source such that a drive force is transmitted, and that is arranged in parallel with the first drive unit;
a first frictional differential limiting element that is disposed between the first transmission and the second transmission and that limits a differential between a rotational drive of the first transmission and a rotational drive of the second transmission;
a first protruding portion provided on a gear of the first transmission; and
a second protruding portion that is provided on a first connecting shaft, and that comes into contact with the first protruding portion and transmits a drive force of the gear to the first connecting shaft when the gear rotates, wherein
the first frictional differential limiting element includes,
a first clutch plate connected to the first connecting shaft such that a drive force is transmitted, the first connecting shaft being connected such that a drive force is transmitted between the first transmission and the first frictional differential limiting element, and
a second clutch plate connected to a second connecting shaft such that a drive force is transmitted, the second connecting shaft being connected such that a drive force is transmitted between the second transmission and the first frictional differential limiting element,

the first frictional differential limiting element changes a contact force between the first clutch plate and the second clutch plate, based on an axial force acting on the first connecting shaft, and
a contact surface between the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion when the gear rotates to one side includes an inclined surface inclined to a side of a rotation direction of the gear to the one side as the inclined surface extends toward a side of the first drive unit in an axial direction of the first connecting shaft.

2. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the first frictional differential limiting element includes a viscous coupling.

3. A power transmission device comprising: a first drive unit that includes a first drive source and a first transmission connected to the first drive source such that a drive force is transmitted;
a second drive unit that includes a second drive source and a second transmission connected to the second drive source such that a drive force is transmitted, and that is arranged in parallel with the first drive unit;
a first frictional differential limiting element that is disposed between the first transmission and the second transmission and that limits a differential between a rotational drive of the first transmission and a rotational drive of the second transmission;
a first protruding portion provided on a gear of the first transmission; and
a second protruding portion that is provided on a first connecting shaft, and that comes into contact with the first protruding portion and transmits a drive force of the gear to the first connecting shaft when the gear rotates, wherein
the first frictional differential limiting element includes,
a first clutch plate connected to the first connecting shaft such that a drive force is transmitted, the first connecting shaft being connected such that a drive force is transmitted between the first transmission and the first frictional differential limiting element, and
a second clutch plate connected to a second connecting shaft such that a drive force is transmitted, the second connecting shaft being connected such that a drive force is transmitted between the second transmission and the first frictional differential limiting element,

the first frictional differential limiting element changes a contact force between the first clutch plate and the second clutch plate, based on an axial force acting on the first connecting shaft,
a contact surface between the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion when the gear rotates to one side includes an inclined surface inclined to a side of a rotation direction of the gear to the one side as the inclined surface extends toward a side of the first drive unit in an axial direction of the first connecting shaft, and
a contact surface between the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion when the gear rotates to another side includes a surface parallel to the axial direction of the first connecting shaft.

4. A power transmission device comprising:
a first drive unit that includes a first drive source and a first transmission connected to the first drive source such that a drive force is transmitted;
a second drive unit that includes a second drive source and a second transmission connected to the second drive source such that a drive force is transmitted, and that is arranged in parallel with the first drive unit;
a first frictional differential limiting element that is disposed between the first transmission and the second transmission and that limits a differential between a rotational drive of the first transmission and a rotational drive of the second transmission; and
a second frictional differential limiting element disposed at a place that is between the first transmission and the second transmission and that is different from a place of the first frictional differential limiting element, in which the second frictional differential limiting element limits the differential between the rotational drive of the first transmission and the rotational drive of the second transmission.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Okuda Koichi
• Itazu Naoki
• Ishikawa Shinichiro
• Michishita Masaya

Classifications

• B60K1/02 Primary

  comprising more than one electric motor · CPC title

• F16D35/00

  Fluid clutches in which the clutching is predominantly obtained by fluid adhesion (F16D37/00 takes precedence {; arrangements of viscous clutches in four-wheel drives - B60K17/3465 and B60K17/351}) · CPC title

• F16D1/06

  for attachment of a member on a shaft or on a shaft-end (attachment of marine propellers on shafts B63H23/34) · CPC title

• F16H48/32

  using fluid pressure actuators · CPC title

• F16H48/22

  using friction clutches or brakes · CPC title