Structure for lubricating transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9528593-B2
Application number	US-201414781215-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2014
Priority date	Mar 29, 2013
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

An oil feeding member ( 100 ), catching oil picked up by a gear, includes a gutter guiding the oil from one end to the other end of a transmission in its axial direction. The gutter is comprised of a first gutter ( 131 ) and a second gutter ( 132 ). A portion of the oil feeding member closer to the one end includes a catching wall ( 124 ) standing between the first and second gutters, catching the oil picked up by a speed change gear ( 21, 22 ) serving as the gear, and guiding the oil into the first gutter. A transmission case ( 2 ) includes a guiding portion ( 150 ) guiding, into the second gutter, the oil picked up by the speed change gear and deposited on a ceiling surface ( 2 c ) of the transmission case.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A structure for lubricating a transmission having an one end and an opposite end along an axial direction thereof, the structure comprising
an oil-feeding member arranged in a transmission case, and configured to catch oil picked up by a gear, wherein
the oil feeding member is provided with a gutter and is configured to guide the oil through the gutter from said one end to the opposite end of the transmission in the axial direction and to feed the oil to a part to be lubricated located closer to the opposite end in the transmission case,
the gutter of the oil feeding member is comprised of a first gutter and a second gutter,
a portion of the oil feeding member closer to the one end is provided with a catching wall standing between the first and second gutters, the catching wall being configured to catch the oil picked up by a speed change gear and guide the oil into the first gutter, and the speed change gear being arranged beside the oil feeding member closer to the first gutter and serving as the gear,
the transmission case includes a guiding portion configured to guide, into the second gutter, the oil that the speed change gear has picked up which has been deposited on a ceiling surface of the transmission case and,
the ceiling surface of the transmission case is sloped downward from close to the first gutter towards the second gutter, and is provided with the guiding portion, the ceiling surface having the oil deposited thereon,
wherein said guiding portion includes a rib formed on the ceiling surface of the transmission case.

2. The structure of claim 1 , wherein
the part to be lubricated includes a portion located on a primary shaft serving as an input shaft for the transmission, and a portion located on a secondary shaft extending parallel to the primary shaft,
the first gutter is configured to feed the oil to said portion located on the primary shaft, and
the second gutter is configured to feed the oil to said portion located on the secondary shaft.

3. The structure of claim 1 , wherein
the speed change gear includes first and second speed gears on a secondary shaft extending parallel to a primary shaft serving as the input shaft of the transmission, and
the rib extends in the axial direction of the transmission in a range covering the first and second speed gears on the secondary shaft.

4. The structure of claim 1 , wherein
a portion of the second gutter closer to the one end is provided with an oil introducing portion, into which introduced is the oil picked up by a differential ring gear located beside the oil feeding member and closer to the second gutter, and
the oil feeding member includes a communicating passage configured to guide a part of the oil into the first gutter, the oil having been introduced into the oil introducing portion of the second gutter.

5. The structure of claim 2 , wherein
the speed change gear includes first and second speed gears on the secondary shaft extending parallel to the primary shaft serving as the input shaft of the transmission, and
the rib extends in the axial direction of the transmission in a range covering the first and second speed gears on the secondary shaft.

6. The structure of claim 2 , wherein
a portion of the second gutter closer to the one end of the transmission is provided with an oil introducing portion, into which introduced is the oil picked up by a differential ring gear located beside the oil feeding member and closer to the second gutter, and
the oil feeding member includes a communicating passage configured to guide a part of the oil into the first gutter, the oil having been introduced into the oil introducing portion of the second gutter.

7. The structure of claim 3 , wherein
a portion of the second gutter closer to the one end of the transmission is provided with an oil introducing portion, into which introduced is the oil picked up by a differential ring gear located beside the oil feeding member and closer to the second gutter, and
the oil feeding member includes a communicating passage configured to guide a part of the oil into the first gutter, the oil having been introduced into the oil introducing portion of the second gutter.

8. A structure for lubricating a transmission having an one end and an opposite end along an axial direction thereof, the structure comprising
an oil-feeding member arranged in a transmission case, and configured to catch oil picked up by a gear, wherein
the oil feeding member is provided with a gutter and is configured to guide the oil through the gutter from said one end to said opposite end of the transmission in the axial direction and to feed the oil to a part to be lubricated located closer to said opposite end in the transmission case,
the gutter of the oil feeding member is comprised of a first gutter and a second gutter,
a portion of the oil feeding member closer to the one end is provided with a catching wall standing between the first and second gutters, the catching wall being configured to catch the oil picked up by a speed change gear and guide the oil into the first gutter, and the speed change gear being arranged beside the oil feeding member closer to the first gutter and serving as the gear,
the transmission case includes a guiding portion configured to guide, into the second gutter, the oil that the speed change gear has picked up which has been deposited on a ceiling surface of the transmission case,
a portion of the second gutter closer to the one end is provided with an oil introducing portion, into which introduced is the oil picked up by a differential ring gear located beside the oil feeding member and closer to the second gutter, and
the oil feeding member includes a communicating passage configured to guide a part of the oil into the first gutter, the oil having been introduced into the oil introducing portion of the second gutter.

9. The structure of claim 8 , wherein
the part to be lubricated includes a portion located on a primary shaft serving as an input shaft for the transmission, and a portion located on a secondary shaft extending parallel to the primary shaft,
the first gutter is configured to feed the oil to said portion located on the primary shaft, and
the second gutter is configured to feed the oil to said portion located on the secondary shaft.

10. The structure of claim 8 , wherein
the speed change gear includes first and second speed gears on a secondary shaft extending parallel to a primary shaft serving as an input shaft of the transmission,
the guiding portion includes a rib provided on the ceiling surface of the transmission case, and
the rib extends in the axial direction of the transmission in a range covering the first and second speed gears on the secondary shaft.

11. The structure of claim 9 , wherein
the speed change gear includes first and second speed gears on the secondary shaft extending parallel to the primary shaft serving as the input shaft of the transmission,
the guiding portion includes a rib provided on the ceiling surface of the transmission case, and
the rib extends in the axial direction of the transmission in a range covering the first and second speed gears on the secondary shaft.

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Tage Shinya
• Wada Noriyuki
• Okadome Yasuki

Classifications

• F16H3/089

  all of the meshing gears being supported by a pair of parallel shafts, one being the input shaft and the other the output shaft, there being no countershaft involved · CPC title

• F16H57/0482

  Gearings with gears having orbital motion · CPC title

• F16H57/0423 Primary

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

• F16H57/0494

  with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion · CPC title

• F16H57/0457

  Splash lubrication · CPC title