Power transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9809107-B2
Application number	US-201415029105-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2014
Priority date	Oct 15, 2013
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A power transmission device comprises an engine arranged on a shaft and a first motor. A second motor is arranged on a different shaft from the shaft on which the engine is arranged. A first differential mechanism has a sun gear to which the first motor is connected, a carrier to which the engine is connected, and a ring gear to which the second motor and a drive wheel are connected. A second differential mechanism has a first rotational element to which the first motor is connected, a second rotational element, and a third rotational element to which the engine is connected, and is arranged such that the first motor is located between the first differential mechanism and the second differential mechanism. A case houses the second differential mechanism. A brake mechanism is configured to restrict rotation of the second rotational element and is arranged in the case.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power transmission device comprising:
an engine arranged on a shaft;
a first motor;
a second motor arranged on a different shaft from the shaft on which the engine is arranged;
a first differential mechanism having a sun gear to which the first motor is connected, a carrier to which the engine is connected, and a ring gear to which the second motor and a drive wheel are connected;
a second differential mechanism having a first rotational element to which the first motor is connected, a second rotational element, and a third rotational element to which the engine is connected, the second differential mechanism being arranged such that the first motor is located between the first differential mechanism and the second differential mechanism in an axial direction of the engine;
a case that houses the second differential mechanism; and
a brake mechanism configured to restrict rotation of the second motor and the brake mechanism being configured such that an engine speed is increased by restricting rotation of the second rotational element and the engine speed is output from the ring gear, the brake mechanism being arranged in the case.

2. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an oil pump arranged on a first shaft and the second differential mechanism is arranged on a second shaft; wherein
a pump drive gear that rotationally drives the oil pump is connected to the third rotational element and the pump drive gear integrally rotates with the third rotational element.

3. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein
the brake mechanism is a selectable one-way clutch that switches between a restriction state in which unidirectional rotation of the second rotational element is restricted and a permission state in which bidirectional rotation of the second rotational element is permitted.

4. The power transmission device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
an electronic control unit configured to switch the selectable one-way clutch from the restriction state to the permission state in a state that the second rotational element is rotated in an opposite direction from the unidirectional rotation by the first motor.

5. The power transmission device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
an electronic control unit configured to switch the selectable one-way clutch from the permission state to the restriction state in a state that the second rotational element is rotated in an opposite direction from the unidirectional rotation by the first motor.

6. The power transmission device according to claim 2 , wherein
the second differential mechanism and the oil pump are arranged to overlap each other in a radial direction of the second differential mechanism.

7. The power transmission device according to claim 3 , wherein
the second differential mechanism and the oil pump are arranged to overlap each other in a radial direction of the second differential mechanism.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shibata Hiroyuki
• Shioiri Hiroyuki
• Komada Hideaki
• KUROSAKI Yuki
• Dang Hong Nam

Classifications

• F16H2200/2082

  one freewheel mechanisms · CPC title

• Y10S903/951

  Assembly or relative location of components · CPC title

• B60K6/383

  One-way clutches or freewheel devices · CPC title

• F16H3/728

  with means to change ratio in the mechanical gearing · CPC title

• F16D48/06

  Control by electric or electronic means, e.g. of fluid pressure · CPC title