Transmission for hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9809103-B2
Application number	US-201514701986-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2015
Priority date	Nov 26, 2014
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A transmission for a hybrid vehicle includes an input shaft connected to an engine, an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft, a first hollow shaft installed on an outer peripheral surface of one side of the input shaft, a second hollow shaft installed on an outer peripheral surface of the other side of the input shaft, a first motor connected to the first hollow shaft, a second motor connected to the second hollow shaft, a first speed-shifting output part provided between the first hollow shaft and the output shaft, a second speed-shifting output part provided between the second hollow shaft and the output shaft, a first synchronizer synchronously connecting the first hollow shaft to the first speed-shifting output part, and a second synchronizer synchronously connecting the second hollow shaft to the second speed-shifting output part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transmission for a vehicle, comprising:
an input shaft connected to an engine;
an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft;
a first hollow shaft installed on an outer peripheral surface of a first side of the input shaft;
a second hollow shaft installed on an outer peripheral surface of a second side of the input shaft;
a first motor connected to the first hollow shaft;
a second motor connected to the second hollow shaft;
a first speed-shifting output part provided between the first hollow shaft and the output shaft;
a second speed-shifting output part provided between the second hollow shaft and the output shaft;
a first synchronizer synchronously connecting the first hollow shaft to the first speed-shifting output part; and
a second synchronizer synchronously connecting the second hollow shaft to the second speed-shifting output part.

2. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first hollow shaft has two or more first input gears formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof, and the first synchronizer is installed between the two or more first input gears of the first hollow shaft to synchronously connect selectively the first input gears to the two or more first speed-shifting output part, and
the second hollow shaft has two or more second input gears formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof, and the second synchronizer is installed between the two or more second input gears of the second hollow shaft to synchronously connect selectively the two or more second input gears to the second speed-shifting output part.

3. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the first speed-shifting output part has a first speed-shifting shaft and a plurality of first speed-shifting gears formed on an outer peripheral surface of the first speed-shifting shaft, and
the second speed-shifting output part has a second speed-shifting shaft and a plurality of second speed-shifting gears formed on an outer peripheral surface of the second speed-shifting shaft.

4. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the first synchronizer is configured to synchronously connect selectively the two or more first input gears to the first speed-shifting gears of the first speed-shifting shaft, and
the second synchronizer is configured to synchronously connect selectively the second input gears to the two or more second speed-shifting gears of the second speed-shifting shaft.

5. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a connection mechanism is installed at a portion at which the first and second hollow shafts are adjacent to each other and synchronously connects selectively the first and second hollow shafts to the input shaft.

6. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the connection mechanism is a synchronizer.

7. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first hollow shaft, the first motor, the first synchronizer, and the first speed-shifting output part are disposed at a portion adjacent to a front wheel of the vehicle, and
the second hollow shaft, the second motor, the second synchronizer, and the second speed-shifting output part are disposed at a portion adjacent to a rear wheel of the vehicle.

8. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the input shaft is extended between the front and rear wheels of the vehicle, a first connection mechanism is installed between a first side of the input shaft and the first hollow shaft, such that the input shaft and the first hollow shaft are synchronously connected selectively to each other, and a second connection mechanism is installed between a second side of the input shaft and the second hollow shaft, such that the input shaft and the second hollow shaft are synchronously connected selectively to each other.

9. A transmission for a vehicle, comprising:
an input shaft connected to an engine;
an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft;
a hollow shaft installed on an outer peripheral surface of the input shaft;
a motor connected to the hollow shaft;
a speed-shifting output part provided between the hollow shaft and the output shaft; and
a synchronizer synchronously connecting selectively input gears of the hollow shaft to the speed-shifting output part,
wherein the speed-shifting output part includes a speed-shifting shaft disposed in parallel with the output shaft, the speed-shifting shaft having a plurality of speed-shifting gears having different dimensions.

10. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 9 , further comprising a connection mechanism synchronously connecting selectively the hollow shaft to the input shaft.

11. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the connection mechanism is a synchronizer.

12. The transmission for the vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the hollow shaft has two or more input gears formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof, and the synchronizer is installed between the two or more input gears of the hollow shaft to synchronously connect selectively the input gears to the speed-shifting output part.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Byun Sung Gon

Classifications

• B60K6/442

  Series-parallel switching type · CPC title

• Y10S903/919

  Stepped shift · CPC title

• Y02T10/6265

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F16H3/006

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

• Y02T10/6234

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic