Vehicle power transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9488258-B2
Application number	US-201314442602-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2013
Priority date	Dec 4, 2012
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle power transmission device including a crank type continuously variable transmission mechanism is provided with a forward/reverse switching mechanism disposed between an output shaft and a driven wheel, a transmission shaft relatively rotatably fitted around an outer periphery of the output shaft, an auxiliary power transmission device configured to provide a connection between an input shaft and the transmission shaft, a first outer peripheral spline provided on the transmission shaft, second and third outer peripheral splines provided on the output shaft, an inner peripheral spline that can switch between a first state, a second state, and a third state, and a second one-way clutch provided between the output shaft and the second outer peripheral spline and that is engaged when a rotational speed of the output shaft exceeds a rotational speed of the second outer peripheral spline.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle power transmission device comprising:
an input shaft connected to an engine,
an output shaft connected to a driven wheel,
an input side fulcrum having a variable amount of eccentricity from an axis of the input shaft and rotating together with the input shaft,
a first one-way clutch connected to the output shaft,
an output side fulcrum provided on an input member of the first one-way clutch,
a connecting rod having opposite ends thereof connected to the input side fulcrum and the output side fulcrum and moving back and forth, and
a shift actuator for changing the amount of eccentricity of the input side fulcrum,
wherein the vehicle power transmission device comprises:
a forward/reverse switching mechanism disposed between the output shaft and the driven wheel,
a transmission shaft relatively rotatably fitted around an outer periphery of the output shaft,
an auxiliary power transmission device configured to provide a connection between the input shaft and the transmission shaft,
a first outer peripheral spline provided on the transmission shaft,
a second outer peripheral spline and a third outer peripheral spline provided on the output shaft,
an inner peripheral spline that can switch between a first state in which the inner peripheral spline meshes with the first and second outer peripheral splines, a second state in which the inner peripheral spline meshes with the second and third outer peripheral splines, and a third state in which the inner peripheral spline meshes with the first to third outer peripheral splines, and
a second one-way clutch that is provided between the output shaft and the second outer peripheral spline and that is engaged when a rotational speed of the output shaft exceeds a rotational speed of the second outer peripheral spline.

2. The vehicle power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the input shaft side of the auxiliary power transmission device is disposed further on the engine side than the input side fulcrum and the transmission shaft side is disposed further on the forward/reverse switching mechanism side than the output side fulcrum.

3. A vehicle power transmission device comprising:
an input shaft connected to an engine,
an output shaft connected to a driven wheel,
an input side fulcrum having a variable amount of eccentricity from an axis of the input shaft and rotating together with the input shaft,
a first one-way clutch connected to the output shaft,
an output side fulcrum provided on an input member of the first one-way clutch,
a connecting rod having opposite ends thereof connected to the input side fulcrum and the output side fulcrum and moving back and forth, and
a shift actuator for changing the amount of eccentricity of the input side fulcrum, wherein
the vehicle power transmission device comprises:
a forward/reverse switching mechanism disposed between the output shaft and the driven wheel,
a transmission shaft relatively rotatably fitted around an outer periphery of the input shaft,
an auxiliary power transmission device configured to provide a connection between the transmission shaft and the output shaft,
a first outer peripheral spline provided on the input shaft,
a second outer peripheral spline and a third outer peripheral spline provided on the transmission shaft,
an inner peripheral spline that can switch between a first state in which the inner peripheral spline meshes with the first and second outer peripheral splines, a second state in which the inner peripheral spline meshes with the second and third outer peripheral splines, and a third state in which the inner peripheral spline meshes with the first to third outer peripheral splines, and
a second one-way clutch that is provided between the transmission shaft and the second outer peripheral spline and that is engaged when a rotational speed of the transmission shaft exceeds a rotational speed of the second outer peripheral spline.

4. The vehicle power transmission device according to claim 3 , wherein the transmission shaft side of the auxiliary power transmission device is disposed further on the engine side than the input side fulcrum and the output shaft side is disposed further on the forward/reverse switching mechanism side than the output side fulcrum.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ichikawa Kazuki

Classifications

• B60K17/26

  characterised by arrangement, location, or type of freewheel device · CPC title

• B60K17/28

  characterised by arrangement, location, or type of power take-off · CPC title

• F16H29/04 Primary

  in which the transmission ratio is changed by adjustment of a crank, an eccentric, a wobble-plate, or a cam, on one of the shafts · CPC title

• B60K17/165

  provided between independent half axles (B60K17/18, B60K17/20 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60K17/08

  of mechanical type · CPC title