Planetary transmission, in particular for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026078817-A1
Application number	US-202319107156-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 21, 2023
Priority date	Aug 29, 2022
Publication date	Mar 19, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

A planetary transmission has a collecting groove for a lubricant and a planetary gear set having a planetary support rotatable around a planetary gear set axis of rotation in relation to a housing of the planetary transmission, planetary gears rotatably mounted on the planetary support, and a ring gear meshing with the planetary gears. The transmission has a disc coupling having an inner disc support connected to the collecting groove in a rotationally fixed manner, an outer disc support connected to the housing of the planetary transmission in a rotationally fixed manner, and a set of friction discs. The inner disc support is connected to the ring gear in a rotationally fixed manner. The ring gear and/or a cylinder portion connected to the ring gear in a rotationally fixed manner has a first lubricant channel running radially with respect to the planetary gear set axis of rotation.

First claim

1 - 9 . (canceled)

10 . A planetary transmission comprising:
a housing; a first collecting groove configured to collect a lubricant; a planetary gear set comprising
a planetary support rotatable rotated around a planetary gear set axis of rotation relative to the housing;
planetary gears rotatably mounted on the planetary support;
a ring gear meshing with the planetary gears, wherein the ring gear has a first lubricant channel running radially with respect to the planetary gear set axis of rotation or a cylinder portion connected to the ring gear in a rotationally fixed manner has the first lubricant channel; and
a planetary gear pin connected to the planetary support in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein at least one of the planetary gears is rotatably mounted on the planetary gear pin around a planetary gear axis of rotation, wherein the planetary gear pin has a second lubricant channel running perpendicularly to the planetary gear axis of rotation;
a second collecting groove connected to the planetary gear pin in a rotationally fixed manner; and a disc coupling comprising
an inner disc support connected to the first collecting groove in a rotationally fixed manner and connected to the ring gear in a rotationally fixed manner;
an outer disc support connected to the housing in a rotationally fixed manner; and
a set of friction discs,
wherein the planetary gear pin has a blind hole, wherein the second collecting groove is arranged adjacently to the blind hole, and wherein the second collecting groove is arranged radially inside the first collecting groove and axially at least partially overlapping with the first collecting groove.

11 . The planetary transmission of claim 10 , wherein the at least one of the planetary gear is mounted rotatably on the planetary gear pin via a roller bearing, wherein the second lubricant channel is arranged axially overlapping with the roller bearing with respect to the planetary gear set axis of rotation.

12 . The planetary transmission of claim 10 , wherein the second lubricant channel is arranged axially overlapping with the inner disc support.

13 . The planetary transmission of claim 10 , wherein the inner disc support has a third lubricant channel running radially.

14 . The planetary transmission of claim 10 , wherein the first collecting groove has at least one circular section arranged coaxially to the planetary gear set axis of rotation.

15 . The planetary transmission of claim 10 , further comprising:
a lubricant tube arranged in parallel to the planetary gear set axis of rotation, wherein the lubricant tube is arranged axially adjacent to or axially overlapping with the first collecting groove.

16 . The planetary transmission of claim 10 , further comprising:
a plate element connected to the ring gear in a rotationally fixed manner and configured to support the ring gear or the inner disc support relative to a bearing point arranged radially inside the ring gear.

17 . The planetary transmission of claim 10 , wherein the set of friction discs is arranged radially outside of and at least partially axially overlapping with a toothing region of the ring gear.

18 . The planetary transmission of claim 10 , wherein the second collecting groove has a fourth lubricant channel configured to guide a part of the lubricant collected by the second collecting groove past the second lubricant channel and to the first collecting groove.

Assignees

• Mercedes Benz Group Ag

Inventors

• Schilder Tobias
• Kunckel Heiner

Classifications

• F16H57/10

  Braking arrangements · CPC title

• F16H57/0471

  Bearing · CPC title

• F16H57/043

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

• F16H57/0427

  on rotary parts, e.g. using baffles for collecting lubricant by centrifugal force · CPC title

• F16H57/0423

  Lubricant guiding means mounted or supported on the casing, e.g. shields or baffles for collecting lubricant, tubes or pipes · CPC title