Motor vehicle transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9297441-B2
Application number	US-201214236916-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2012
Priority date	Aug 8, 2011
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

A motor vehicle transmission having two partial transmissions with coaxial input shafts which can connect to an output shaft. The inputs of the first and second partial transmissions are a central shaft and a hollow shaft, respectively, that are coaxial with the output shaft. A countershaft assembly is parallel to the input and output shafts, to transmit rotation from the drive input to the output via a variety of gears. Gear stages ( 10 - 15 ) and shift elements (S 1 to S 7 ) selectively engage to change gears in the partial transmissions The hollow shaft couples stage ( 10 ) to a solid shaft of the countershaft assembly which has hollow shaft ( 9 ) that can couple the solid shaft via shifting element (S 1 ) and can couple, via stage ( 11 ). Actuating shifting element (S 2 ) to the central shaft of the first partial transmission which directly couples the output shaft via shifting element (S 3 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle transmission comprising:
first and second partial transmissions, and each partial transmission having an input shaft arranged coaxially with one another,
each of the input shafts being alternately connectable to a drive input ( 3 ) and, in a flow of force, to a drive output ( 4 ),
the input shaft of the first partial transmission is a central transmission shaft ( 1 ) and the input shaft of the second partial transmission is a hollow transmission shaft ( 2 ),
the drive output ( 4 ) of both the first and the second partial transmissions being an output shaft ( 6 ) positioned coaxially with both of the input shafts,
a countershaft assembly ( 7 ) being arranged parallel to the input shafts and the output shaft ( 6 ),
rotational movement being transmittable from the drive input ( 3 ) to the drive output ( 4 ) via one of several discrete gear ratios,
each of the gear ratios being obtained by directing the flow of force, via the countershaft assembly ( 7 ), by at least two spur gear stages ( 10 to 15 ) and by actuating at least one associated shifting element (S 1 , S 2 , S 4 to S 7 ), and changing between the first and the second partial transmissions such that gearshifts being powershifts,
the hollow transmission shaft ( 2 ) of the second partial transmission being connected to a solid shaft ( 8 ) of the countershaft assembly ( 7 ) by a first spur gear stage ( 10 ) on which a coaxial hollow shaft ( 9 ) being additionally mounted,
the hollow shaft ( 9 ) being connectable, in a rotationally fixed manner, by a first shifting element (S 1 ) to the solid shaft ( 8 ), and the hollow shaft ( 9 ) being connectable, via a second spur gear stage ( 11 ) and by actuating a second shifting element (S 2 ), to the input shaft ( 1 ) of the first partial transmission, the input shaft of the first partial transmission being directly connectable, by only a third shifting element (S 3 ), with the output shaft ( 6 ), and further spur gear stages ( 12 to 15 ) being provided between either the solid shaft ( 8 ) or the hollow shaft ( 9 ) and the output shaft ( 6 ).

2. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the second and the third shifting elements (S 2 , S 3 ) are combined with one another in a first shifting packet (SP 1 ) which is arranged on the input shaft ( 1 ) of the first partial transmission,
the hollow shaft ( 9 ) of the countershaft assembly ( 7 ) is couplable, by actuating a fourth shifting element (S 4 ), to the output shaft ( 6 ) via a third spur gear stage ( 12 ), and
the solid shaft ( 8 ) of the countershaft assembly ( 7 ) is connectable to the output shaft ( 6 ), by actuating a fifth shifting element (S 5 ), via a fourth spur gear stage ( 13 ),
the solid shaft ( 8 ) of the countershaft assembly ( 7 ) is connectable to the output shaft ( 6 ), by actuating a sixth shifting element (S 6 ), via a fifth spur gear stage ( 14 ), and
the solid shaft ( 8 ) of the countershaft assembly ( 7 ) is connectable to the output shaft ( 6 ), by actuating a seventh shifting element (S 7 ), via a reverse gear ( 15 ).

3. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 2 , wherein the fourth shifting element (S 4 ) and the fifth shifting element (S 5 ) are combined with one another in a second shifting packet (SP 2 ), and the sixth shifting element (S 6 ) and the seventh shifting element (S 7 ) are combined with one another in a third shifting packet (SP 3 ).

4. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 3 , wherein the fifth spur gear stage ( 14 ) is positioned on a drive input side of the third shifting packet (SP 3 ) and the reversing gear ( 15 ) is positioned on a drive output side of the third shifting packet (SP 3 ).

5. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 3 , wherein the fifth spur gear stage ( 14 ) is positioned on a drive output side of the third shifting packet (SP 3 ) and the reversing gear ( 15 ) is positioned on a drive input side of the third shifting packet (SP 3 ).

6. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 2 , wherein the fourth shifting element (S 4 ) and the seventh shifting element (S 7 ) are combined with one another in a second shifting packet (SP 2 ′) and the fifth shifting element (S 5 ) and the sixth shifting element (S 6 ) are combined with one another in a third shifting packet (SP 3 ′).

7. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 6 , wherein the fourth spur gear stage ( 13 ) is positioned on the drive input side of the third shifting packet (SP 3 ′), and the fifth spur gear stage ( 14 ) on the drive output side thereof.

8. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 6 , wherein the fourth spur gear stage ( 13 ) is positioned on a drive output side of the third shifting packet (SP 3 ′), and the fifth spur gear stage ( 14 ) is positioned on a drive input side of the third shifting packet (SP 3 ′).

9. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 3 , wherein the second shifting packet (SP 2 ; SP 2 ′) and the third shifting packet (SP 3 ; SP 3 ′) are each arranged on the output shaft ( 6 ).

10. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 3 , wherein the second shifting packet (SP 2 ; SP 2 ′) is located on the output shaft ( 6 ), and the third shifting packet (SP 3 ; SP 3 ′) is arranged on the solid shaft ( 8 ) of the countershaft assembly ( 7 ).

11. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first shifting element (S 1 ) is arranged on a drive input side of the hollow shaft ( 9 ) of the countershaft assembly ( 7 ).

12. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first shifting element (S 1 ) is arranged on a drive output side of the hollow shaft ( 9 ) of the countershaft assembly ( 7 ).

13. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 1 , wherein a gearwheel of either the second or the third spur gear stage ( 11 , 12 ) meshes with a gearwheel ( 17 ) of a shaft ( 18 ) which is connected with an electric machine ( 19 ).

14. A motor vehicle transmission comprising:
first and second partial transmissions each having an input shaft, the input shaft of the second partial transmission being a hollow transmission shaft ( 2 ), the input shaft of the first partial transmission being a central transmission shaft ( 1 ) and coaxially extending through the input shaft of the second partial transmission, and the input shafts of the first and the second partial transmissions being alternately connectable to a drive input ( 3 ) to transmit drive to a drive output ( 4 );
the drive output ( 4 ) of the first and the second partial transmissions is an output shaft ( 6 ) being coaxially aligned with the input shafts of the first and the second partial transmissions;
a countershaft assembly ( 7 ) comprising a hollow shaft ( 9 ) and a solid shaft ( 8 ) coaxially supported within the hollow shaft ( 9 ) of the countershaft assembly ( 7 ), the solid and the hollow shafts ( 8 , 9 ) of the countershaft assembly ( 7 ) being arranged parallel to the input shafts of the first and the second partial transmissions and the output shaft ( 6 );
at least first and second spur gear stages ( 10 - 15 ) and at least first, second, and third shifting elements (S 1 -S 7 ) being selectively engageable to implement a plurality of discrete gear ratios and transmit drive from the drive input ( 3 ) to the drive output ( 4 ), each of the plurality of discrete gear ratios being implemented by directing drive, by at least the first and the second spur gear stages ( 10 - 15 ), via the countershaft assembly ( 7 ), and by actuating at least one of the first, the second, and the third shifting elements (S 1 -S 7 ), and b

Assignees

• Wechs Michael
• Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen

Inventors

• Wechs Michael

Classifications

• Y02T10/6221

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F16H2200/0086

  the gear ratios comprising two reverse speeds · CPC title

• B60K2006/4816

  Electric machine connected or connectable to gearbox internal shaft · CPC title

• Y10T74/19228

  Multiple concentric clutch shafts · CPC title

• F16H2003/0933

  with coaxial countershafts · CPC title