Working vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12533941-B2
Application number	US-202418982391-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2024
Priority date	Jul 8, 2022
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

A working vehicle includes an engine, a first flywheel to rotate upon receipt of rotational power of the engine, a transmission to selectively receive rotational power of the engine or rotational power of the engine and the first flywheel, speed-change the received rotational power, and output the speed-changed rotational power, a first power transmission path to transmit the rotational power of the engine to the first flywheel, and a second power transmission path to transmit the rotational power of the first flywheel to the transmission. The first and second power transmission paths are independent of each other. The first power transmission path includes a first clutch to selectively allow or interrupt transmission of rotational power from the engine to the first flywheel. The second power transmission path includes a second clutch to selectively allow or interrupt transmission of rotational power from the first flywheel to the transmission.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A working vehicle comprising:
an engine; a first flywheel to rotate upon receipt of rotational power of the engine; a transmission to selectively receive the rotational power of the engine or rotational power of the engine and the first flywheel, speed-change the received rotational power, and output the speed-changed rotational power; a first power transmission path to transmit the rotational power of the engine to the first flywheel; a second power transmission path to transmit the rotational power of the first flywheel to the transmission; a third power transmission path to transmit the rotational power of the engine to the transmission without passing through the first flywheel; and an intermediate shaft interposed between an output shaft of the engine and the transmission to define the third power transmission path; wherein the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path are independent of each other; the first power transmission path includes a first clutch to selectively allow or interrupt transmission of rotational power from the engine to the first flywheel; the second power transmission path includes a second clutch to selectively allow or interrupt transmission of rotational power from the first flywheel to the transmission; the third power transmission path constantly connects the output shaft of the engine and an input shaft of the transmission; the intermediate shaft extends through the first flywheel; and the first clutch and the second clutch are arranged in a radial direction of the intermediate shaft.

2 . The working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the first power transmission path includes a speed increasing mechanism to speed-increase the rotational power of the engine and transmit the speed-increased rotational power to the first flywheel; and the second power transmission path is configured to transmit the rotational power of the first flywheel to the transmission without passing through a speed reduction mechanism because the second power transmission path is not provided with a speed reduction mechanism.

3 . The working vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
the speed increasing mechanism includes a planetary gear mechanism including a sun gear, a planetary gear, and a ring gear; the ring gear is fixed non-rotatably; the rotational power of the engine is input to the planetary gear and transmitted to the first flywheel via the sun gear; and the rotational power of the first flywheel is transmitted to the transmission without passing through the planetary gear mechanism.

4 . The working vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second flywheel connected to the output shaft of the engine; wherein the first flywheel is rotatable independently of the second flywheel.

5 . The working vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein
the first flywheel is located between the second flywheel and the transmission in an axial direction of the output shaft.

6 . The working vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a housing to store the first flywheel, the first clutch, and the second clutch; wherein the housing includes a first wall disposed close to the engine and a second wall disposed close to the transmission; the housing includes a partition wall to partition an inside of the housing into a space in which the first flywheel is stored and a space in which the first clutch and the second clutch are stored; the partition wall is provided between the first wall and the second wall; and the first clutch and the second clutch are disposed in a vicinity of the partition wall between the partition wall and the second wall.

7 . The working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first clutch and the second clutch are multiplate clutches each including a plurality of friction plates and are located radially inward of the first flywheel.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Kobayashi Atsushi
• Fukunaga Tomofumi
• Mukai Hisao
• Kawabata Kazuhiro
• Matsumoto Kota

Classifications

• F16F15/31 Primary

  characterised by means for varying the moment of inertia · CPC title

• F16F15/1478

  with a planetary gear system · CPC title

• B60K6/105 Primary

  the accumulator being a flywheel · CPC title

• Y02T10/62

  Hybrid vehicles · CPC title

• F16H33/02

  Rotary transmissions with mechanical accumulators, e.g. weights, springs, intermittently-connected flywheels · CPC title