Drive power transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9458909-B2
Application number	US-201314764995-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 25, 2013
Priority date	Mar 11, 2013
Publication date	Oct 4, 2016
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016

Abstract

A drive power transmission device is provided that either disengages a first friction engagement element or a second friction engagement element when the other is engaged. The drive power transmission device detects the temperature of lubricating oil flowing in each friction engagement element using a temperature sensor. The drive power transmission device selectively disengages either a forward clutch or a reverse brake disengages when the other is engaged. The forward clutch and the reverse brake overlap axially, and are layered radially in an inner/outer arrangement. The temperature sensor is positioned at the periphery of the forward clutch and the reverse brake. A lubricating oil pathway is formed such that lubricating oil for cooling the forward clutch and the reverse brake passes through the forward clutch and the reverse brake in the radial direction from the inside of the forward clutch and the reverse brake to the temperature sensor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drive power transmission device comprising:
a plurality of frictional engagement elements between an input shaft and an output shaft that are capable of forming a first drive power transmission state, in which a first frictional engagement element is engaged while a second frictional engagement element is disengaged, and a second drive power transmission state, in which the first frictional engagement element is disengaged while the second frictional engagement element is engaged, the first frictional engagement element and the second frictional engagement element overlapping axially, and being layered radially in an inner/outer arrangement,
a temperature sensor positioned at a periphery of the radially outermost frictional engagement element; and
a lubricating oil pathway formed such that a lubricating oil for cooling both of the first and second frictional engagement elements passes through both of the first and second frictional engagement elements in a radial direction from inside of both of the first and second frictional engagement elements to the temperature sensor.

2. The drive power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein
the temperature sensor is disposed in a position that axially overlaps with both of the first and second frictional engagement elements.

3. The drive power transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a fail determination section of a continuously variable transmission control unit configured to determine safety regarding temperature of both of the first and second frictional engagement elements,
the fail determination section being configured to simultaneously execute a first determination, based on a detected temperature of the temperature sensor, and a second determination, based on a detected temperature of a second temperature sensor, to detect a lubricating oil temperature at a position different from the lubricating oil pathway.

4. The drive power transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a combined hub/clutch drum supporting a clutch plate that is positioned on an inner periphery of the combined hub/clutch drum, while supporting a clutch plate that is positioned on an outer periphery of the combined hub/clutch drum, and
a drum oil hole provided to form the lubricating oil pathway by being radially penetrated in the combined hub/clutch drum in a position in which the clutch plates are provided in an axial direction.

5. The drive power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein
the input shaft is connected so as to be capable of receiving a driving force from a motor source side of a vehicle, while the output shaft is connected so as to be capable of transmitting the driving force to a driving wheel side of the vehicle, and a planetary gear is provided between the input shaft and the output shaft, and
the first frictional engagement element and the second frictional engagement element are provided as a forward/reverse switching device to set rotational directions of the input shaft and the output shaft to be in the same direction while in a first drive power transmission state and to reverse the rotational directions of the input shaft and the output shaft while in a second drive power transmission state.

6. The drive power transmission device according to claim 5 , wherein
the planetary gear comprises a sun gear that is coupled to the input shaft, a ring gear that is coupled to the combined hub/clutch drum, and a carrier that is coupled with the output shaft,
the first frictional engagement element fixes the carrier to the ring gear between the combined hub/clutch drum and the carrier during engagement,
the second frictional engagement element fixes the ring gear to a case between the combined hub/clutch drum and a housing that is provided to an outer periphery of the second frictional engagement element and that is fixed to the case during engagement, and
the housing has a housing oil hole, which forms the lubricating oil pathway by being radially penetrated in a position that axially overlaps with the drum oil hole.

7. The drive power transmission device according to claim 2 , further comprising
a fail determination section of a continuously variable transmission control unit configured to determine safety regarding temperature of both of the first and second frictional engagement elements,
the fail determination section being configured to simultaneously execute a first determination, based on a detected temperature of the temperature sensor, and a second determination, based on a detected temperature of a second temperature sensor, to detect a lubricating oil temperature at a position different from the lubricating oil pathway.

8. The drive power transmission device according to claim 2 , further comprising
a combined hub/clutch drum supporting a clutch plate that is positioned on an inner periphery of the combined hub/clutch drum, while supporting a clutch plate that is positioned on an outer periphery of the combined hub/clutch drum, and
a drum oil hole provided to form the lubricating oil pathway by being radially penetrated in the combined hub/clutch drum in a position in which the clutch plates are provided in an axial direction.

9. The drive power transmission device according to claim 2 , wherein
the input shaft is connected so as to be capable of receiving a driving force from a motor source side of a vehicle, while the output shaft is connected so as to be capable of transmitting the driving force to a driving wheel side of the vehicle, and a planetary gear is provided between the input shaft and the output shaft, and
the first frictional engagement element and the second frictional engagement element are provided as a forward/reverse switching device to set rotational directions of the input shaft and the output shaft to be in the same direction while in a first drive power transmission state and to reverse the rotational directions of the input shaft and the output shaft while in a second drive power transmission state.

10. The drive power transmission device according to claim 9 , wherein
the planetary gear comprises a sun gear that is coupled to the input shaft, a ring gear that is coupled to the combined hub/clutch drum, and a carrier that is coupled with the output shaft,
the first frictional engagement element fixes the carrier to the ring gear between the combined hub/clutch drum and the carrier during engagement,
the second frictional engagement element fixes the ring gear to a case between the combined hub/clutch drum and a housing that is provided to an outer periphery of the second frictional engagement element and that is fixed to the case during engagement, and
the housing has a housing oil hole, which forms the lubricating oil pathway by being radially penetrated in a position that axially overlaps with the drum oil hole.

11. The drive power transmission device according to claim 3 , further comprising
a combined hub/clutch drum supporting a clutch plate that is positioned on an inner periphery of the combined hub/clutch drum, while supporting a clutch plate that is positioned on an outer periphery of the combined hub/clutch drum, and
a drum oil hole provided to form the lubricating oil pathway by being radially penetrated in the combined hub/clutch drum in a position in which the clutch plates are provided in an axial direction.

12. The drive power transmission device according to claim 3 , wherein
the input shaft is connected so as to be capable of receiving a driving force from a motor source side of a vehicle, while the output shaft is connected so as to be capable of transmitting the driving fo

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Sugimoto Takuhiro
• Ishii Shigeru
• Miyachi Kazuhiro
• Kuwahara Takashi

Classifications

• F16H3/48 Primary

  with single orbital gears or pairs of rigidly-connected orbital gears · CPC title

• F16H2061/1276

  the failing part is a friction device, e.g. clutches or brakes · CPC title

• F16D2066/001

  Temperature · CPC title

• F16H61/12

  Detecting malfunction or potential malfunction, e.g. fail safe (in control of hydrostatic gearing F16H61/4192) {; Circumventing or fixing failures} · CPC title

• F16H57/0473

  Friction devices, e.g. clutches or brakes · CPC title