Power train for hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9797477-B2
Application number	US-201514661516-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2015
Priority date	Sep 29, 2014
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

A power train for a hybrid vehicle may include a first transmission mechanism receiving a selective input of a power of an engine, and gear-shifting and transferring the power provided from the engine to a drive shaft through selection of engine-side gear mates that meet a traveling speed among a plurality of engine-side gear mates through a first control device, and a second transmission mechanism receiving an input of a power of a motor, and gear-shifting and transferring the powers provided from the engine and the motor to the drive shaft through selection of a motor-side gear mates that meet a traveling mode or the traveling speed among a plurality of motor-side gear mates through a second control device, wherein the second control device of the second transmission mechanism maintains one of the motor-side gear mates in a normally connected state to the drive shaft during traveling of the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power train for a hybrid vehicle comprising:
a first transmission mechanism receiving a selective input of a power of an engine, and gear-shifting and transferring the power provided from the engine to a drive shaft through selection of engine-side gear mates that meet a traveling speed among a plurality of engine-side gear mates having different gear ratios through a first control device; and
a second transmission mechanism receiving an input of a power of a motor, and gear-shifting and transferring the powers provided from the engine and the motor to the drive shaft through selection of a motor-side gear mates that meet a traveling mode or the traveling speed among a plurality of motor-side gear mates having different gear ratios through a second control device,
wherein the second control device of the second transmission mechanism maintains at least one of the motor-side gear mates in a normally connected state to the drive shaft to transfer the power of the motor in all gear shift stages during traveling of the hybrid vehicle.

2. The power train of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of shifting rails are arranged to form a gear shift stage through selecting and shifting of corresponding gear mates through shifting movement of the first and second control devices, and a shifting rail for shifting movement of the second control device of the second transmission mechanism is configured to make one of the motor-side gear mates to be normally connected to the drive shaft in a neutral position of the shifting rail.

3. The power train of claim 2 , wherein the second transmission mechanism comprises:
a motor input shaft rotating by the power of the motor input thereto;
a motor output shaft arranged in parallel to the motor input shaft; and
the motor-side gear mates comprising low-stage gear mates and high-stage gear mates provided to be tooth-engaged with the motor input shaft and the motor output shaft with the different gear ratios,
wherein the second control device selectively connects the low-stage gear mates or the high-stage gear mates to the drive shaft to transfer the power of the motor, and
wherein the motor-side gear mates are connected to the drive shaft through the motor output shaft, and the motor-side mates that are connected to the motor output shaft by the second control device in the neutral position of the shifting rail are the low-stage gear mates.

4. The power train of claim 3 , wherein the motor is directly connected to the motor input shaft.

5. The power train of claim 3 , wherein a second final reduction pinion is provided on the motor output shaft, and the second final reduction pinion is provided to be tooth-engaged with a ring gear of the drive shaft.

6. The power train of claim 3 , wherein when the shifting rail connected to the second control device of the second transmission mechanism is moved from the neutral position to a shifting position on a side, the low-stage gear mates are disconnected from the motor output shaft, and the high-stage gear mates are connected to the motor output shaft by the second control device.

7. The power train of claim 6 , wherein the high-stage gear mates are provided to be tooth-engaged with engine-side uppermost-stage gear mates.

8. The power train of claim 7 , wherein an output gear of the high-stage gear mates is provided to be tooth-engaged with an input gear of engine-side uppermost-stage gear mates.

9. The power train of claim 8 , wherein a gear shift ratio provided by the engine-side uppermost-stage gear mates is higher than a gear shift ratio provided by an input gear of the engine-side uppermost-stage gear mates and an output gear of the high-stage gear mates.

10. The power train of claim 6 , wherein the second control device of the second transmission mechanism comprises:
a low-stage control device connecting the low-stage gear mates to the motor output shaft; and
a high-stage control device connecting the high-stage gear mates to the motor output shaft,
wherein as the shifting rail connected to the second control device is moved to the neutral position or the shifting position, the low-stage control device and the high-stage control device mutually interlock with each other to be slid.

11. The power train of claim 3 , wherein a parking gear is provided on the motor output shaft.

12. The power train of claim 3 , wherein a motor generator is connected to the engine output shaft connected to the engine to normally generate electricity using the power provided from the engine.

13. The power train of claim 3 , wherein a reverse gear is provided to be rotatable relative to the motor input shaft,
a reverse control device is provided to selectively fasten the reverse gear to the motor input shaft, and
the reverse gear is provided to be tooth-engaged with an input gear of any one of the engine-side gear mates.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Kum Lim

Classifications

• F16H2003/0931

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

• F16H3/093 Primary

  with two or more countershafts · CPC title

• F16H2200/0056

  the gear ratios comprising seven forward speeds · CPC title

• Y02T10/6286

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60K6/442 Primary

  Series-parallel switching type · CPC title