Driving system for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016146332-A1
Application number	US-201514947518-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 20, 2015
Priority date	Nov 26, 2014
Publication date	May 26, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A driving system includes a first oil receiver and a power split mechanism. The power split mechanism includes an input shaft and a hollow shaft portion. The input shaft has a lubricating oil passage and a first oil hole. The first oil hole communicates the lubricating oil passage with an outer face of the input shaft. The hollow shaft portion is fitted to a radially outer side of the input shaft so as to be relatively rotatable, and has a through portion extending through from an inner face to an outer face of the hollow shaft portion. The first oil receiver is arranged on an outer side of the through portion in a radial direction of the hollow shaft portion, and configured to trap oil spattered outward from the through portion in the radial direction of the hollow shaft portion and guide trapped oil to the pinion gears.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A driving system for a vehicle, the driving system comprising:
an engine; a motor; an output member; and a power split mechanism configured to distribute power, output from the engine, to the motor and the output member, the power split mechanism including:
a sun gear that is an external gear;
a ring gear that is an internal gear, the ring gear being arranged concentrically with the sun gear, the motor being coupled to one of the sun gear and the ring gear, the output member being coupled to the other one of the sun gear and the ring gear;
a carrier that supports a plurality of pinion gears so as to be rotatable and revolvable, the plurality of pinion gears being in mesh with the sun gear and the ring gear;
an input shaft that couples the carrier to the engine, the input shaft having a lubricating oil passage and a first oil hole, the first oil hole communicating the lubricating oil passage with an outer face of the input shaft;
a hollow shaft portion that rotates integrally with the sun gear and the hollow shaft portion is fitted to a radially outer side of the input shaft so as to be relatively rotatable, the hollow shaft portion having a through portion, the through portion extending through from an inner face of the hollow shaft portion to an outer face of the hollow shaft portion; and
a first oil receiver that is arranged on an outer side of the through portion in a radial direction of the hollow shaft portion, the first oil receiver being configured to trap oil spattered outward from the through portion in the radial direction of the hollow shaft portion and guide trapped oil to the pinion gears.

2 . The driving system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first oil receiver has a hollow conical shape, a first end of the first oil receiver is fixed to the outer face of the hollow shaft portion, and a second end of the first oil receiver extends toward the pinion gears, and a diameter of the first end is smaller than a diameter of the second end.

3 . The driving system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first oil receiver is provided at each of positions corresponding to the plurality of pinion gears, and each first oil receiver has an opening that is open toward the through portion.

4 . The driving system according to claim 2 , wherein
the first oil receiver includes an annular portion extending inward from the second end in the radial direction of the hollow shaft portion, and the annular portion has hole portions extending through the annular portion at positions corresponding to the pinion gears.

5 . The driving system according to claim 1 , wherein
the motor is coupled to the sun gear, and the output member is coupled to the ring gear.

6 . The driving system according to claim 1 , further comprising a brake mechanism configured to stop rotation of the carrier.

7 . The driving system according to claim 1 , further comprising a second oil receiver, wherein
the input shaft has a second oil hole, the second oil hole communicates the lubricating oil passage with the outer face of the input shaft, and an axial position of the second oil hole is different from an axial position of the sun gear or an axial position of the hollow shaft portion, and the second oil receiver is configured to trap oil spattered outward from the second oil hole in the radial direction of the input shaft and guide trapped oil to the pinion gears.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Taniguchi Makoto
• Tsuchida Michitaka
• WATANABE Mitsuki
• Sakaguchi Masashi

Classifications

• F16H3/54

  one of the central gears being internally toothed and the other externally toothed · CPC title

• F16H57/043

  within rotary parts, e.g. axial channels or radial openings in shafts · CPC title

• F16H2200/2033

  with one engaging means · CPC title

• Y10S903/91

  Orbital, e.g. planetary gears · CPC title

• B60K6/365

  with the gears having orbital motion · CPC title