Transmission for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9581227-B2
Application number	US-201414285041-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2014
Priority date	Dec 13, 2013
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

A transmission for a vehicle may include a first input shaft to which power may be selectively transmitted by a first clutch, a second input shaft to which power may be selectively transmitted by a second clutch, wherein the second input shaft concentrically surrounds the first input shaft, first and second output shafts disposed in parallel with the first and second input shafts, a multiplicity of shifting gears disposed in the first and second output shafts so as to be meshed with gears of the first and second input shafts to respectively form gear steps, a plurality of synchronizing devices configured to selectively couple or decouple the shifting gears to or from the first or second output shafts, and a planetary gear train configured to selectively switch a revolution direction of one of the shifting gears.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transmission for a vehicle comprising:
a first input shaft to which power is selectively transmitted by a first clutch;
a second input shaft to which power is selectively transmitted by a second clutch, wherein the second input shaft concentrically surrounds the first input shaft;
first and second output shafts disposed in parallel with the first and second input shafts;
a multiplicity of shifting gears disposed in the first and second output shafts so as to be meshed with gears of the first and second input shafts to respectively form gear steps;
a plurality of synchronizing devices configured to selectively couple or decouple the shifting gears to or from the first or second output shafts; and
a planetary gear train configured to selectively switch a revolution direction of one of the shifting gears,
wherein the planetary gear train includes:
a sun gear directly coupled to the first or second output shaft;
a carrier selectively fixed; and
a ring gear directly coupled to a shifting gear which is rotatably mounted on a shaft to which the sun gear is directly coupled.

2. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier is configured to be switchable between fixation to and release from a transmission casing by a dog clutch.

3. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein around the first output shaft, first-step to fourth-step shifting gears are arranged such that the first-step and third-step shifting gears adjoin each other and are meshed with first and third gears of the first input shaft, and the second-step and fourth-step shifting gears adjoin each other and are meshed with fourth and fifth gears of the second input shaft.

4. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein around the second output shaft, fifth-step and sixth-step shifting gears and 5 & 6-step synchronizing device are arranged such that the fifth-step and sixth-step shifting gears adjoin each other and are meshed with second and fifth gears of the first and second input shafts, respectively, and 5 & 6-step synchronizing device is arranged so as to couple or decouple any one of the fifth-step and sixth-step shifting gears to or from the second output shaft.

5. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the planetary gear train is configured such that the sun gear is directly connected with the second output shaft, the ring gear is connected with the sixth-step shifting gear, and the carrier is selectively fixed to a transmission casing by a dog clutch.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jong Yun
• Kim Kyung Ha
• Kim Ki Nam

Classifications

• F16H2003/0931

  each countershaft having an output gear meshing with a single common gear on the output shaft · CPC title

• F16H3/006

  power being selectively transmitted by parallel flow paths, e.g. dual clutch transmissions · CPC title

• Y10T74/19228

  Multiple concentric clutch shafts · CPC title

• F16H37/046 Primary

  with an additional planetary gear train, e.g. creep gear, overdrive · CPC title

• F16H3/76 Primary

  with an orbital gear having teeth formed or arranged for obtaining multiple gear ratios, e.g. nearly infinitely variable · CPC title