Transmission, a powertrain and a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023175578-A1
Application number	US-202217982605-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 8, 2022
Priority date	Dec 2, 2021
Publication date	Jun 8, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle transmission includes:
a first and second input shaft (IS), a countershaft, a main shaft, and an output shaft, a first gear plane (GP) comprising a first IS gearwheel (ISG), a first main gearwheel (MG), and a first countershaft gearwheel (CG), a second GP comprising a second ISG, a second MG, and a second CG, the first

CG connectable to the second CG,
a range gear comprising at least a first, second, and third range gear component (RGC), the first RGC connected to the output shaft, a first gear engaging device (GED) settable to:
a state connecting the first MG to the first RGC, a neutral state, and a state connecting the first MG to the second RGC,
a second GED settable to at least:
a state connecting the second MG to the second RGC, a neutral state.

First claim

1 . A transmission for a vehicle, comprising:
a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a countershaft, a main shaft, and an output shaft, a first gear plane comprising a first input shaft gearwheel arranged on the first input shaft, a first main gearwheel rotatably arranged on the main shaft, and a first countershaft gearwheel arranged on the countershaft, the gearwheels of the first gearwheel plane being arranged in mutual driving connection, a second gear plane comprising a second input shaft gearwheel arranged on the second input shaft, a second main gearwheel rotatably arranged on the main shaft or on the output shaft, and a second countershaft gearwheel arranged on the countershaft, the first countershaft gearwheel being selectively drivingly connectable to the second countershaft gearwheel, the gearwheels of the second gearwheel plane being arranged in mutual driving connection, a range gear selectively settable to a high range gear or a low range gear, the range gear comprising at least a first, a second and a third range gear component, the first range gear component being rotationally connected to the output shaft, a first gear engaging device selectively settable to:
a first gear engaging device first state in which it drivingly connects the first main gearwheel to the first range gear component,
a first gear engaging device neutral state, and
a first gear engaging device second state in which it drivingly connects the first main gearwheel to the second range gear component,
a second gear engaging device selectively settable to at least:
a second gear engaging device first state in which it drivingly connects the second main gearwheel to the second range gear component, and
a second gear engaging device neutral state.

2 . The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the second main gearwheel is rotatably arranged on the output shaft, and wherein the second gear engaging device is further selectively settable to a second gear engaging device second state in which it rotationally connects the second main gearwheel to the output shaft.

3 . The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the main shaft is a hollow shaft being rotatably arranged on and coaxial with the output shaft.

4 . The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the second main gearwheel is rotatably arranged on the main shaft, the main shaft and the output shaft being arranged in a row along a common longitudinal axis.

5 . The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the range gear comprises a planetary gear set.

6 . The transmission according to claim 1 , further comprising a range gear selector configured to set the range gear to the low range gear by locking the third range gear component to a transmission housing, and to set the range gear to the high range gear by rotationally connecting at least two of the first, second and third range gear components.

7 . The transmission according to claim 6 wherein the range gear comprises a planetary gear set and, wherein the third range gear component is a ring gearwheel of the planetary gear set.

8 . The transmission according to claim 1 , further comprising a countershaft gear engaging device for selectively rotationally connecting the second countershaft gearwheel to the countershaft, thereby selectively drivingly connecting the first countershaft gearwheel to the second countershaft gearwheel.

9 . The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first input shaft gearwheel and the first main gearwheel of the first gear plane provide a larger gear ratio than the second input shaft gearwheel and the second main gearwheel of the second gear plane.

10 . The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first main gearwheel is arranged in meshing engagement with each one of the first input shaft gearwheel and the first countershaft gearwheel, and wherein the second main gearwheel is arranged in meshing engagement with each one of the second input shaft gearwheel and the first countershaft gearwheel.

11 . The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the main shaft is rotationally fixed to the second range gear component.

12 . The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the second gear engaging device is configured to drivingly connect the second main gearwheel to the main shaft in the second gear engaging device first state.

13 . The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first gear engaging device is configured to drivingly connect the first main gearwheel to the main shaft in the first gear engaging device second state.

14 . The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the second gear plane further comprises a first input shaft second gearwheel rotatably arranged on the first input shaft and wherein the transmission further comprises a third gear engaging device for selectively rotationally connecting the first input shaft second gearwheel to the first input shaft.

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

16 . A powertrain according to claim 15 , wherein at least one of the first power unit and the second power unit is an electric machine.

17 . The powertrain according to claim 15 , further comprising a power take-off device drivingly connected or connectable to the countershaft.

18 . A vehicle comprising the powertrain according to claim 15 .

Assignees

• Volvo Truck Corp

Inventors

• Folkesson Johan
• Hedman Anders
• Norberg Sven

Classifications

• B60Y2200/142

  Heavy duty trucks · CPC title

• F16H37/065 Primary

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

• B60K17/02

  characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of clutch · CPC title

• B60K17/08

  of mechanical type · CPC title

• B60K25/06

  from the transmission power take-off · CPC title