Transmission for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9915327-B2
Application number	US-201314654855-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2013
Priority date	Jan 9, 2013
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

A motor vehicle transmission having at least two sub-transmissions, each with at least one input shaft. The input shafts are arranged on an input side on an input axis. The two sub-transmissions have a single output shaft. A countershaft assembly having two countershafts aligned on a countershaft axis. A main shaft arranged on the input axis can be connected, via range groups, to the output shaft. At least one of the input shafts can connect to the output shaft via at least one of a gear plane, a shift element and the main shaft. At least three shift devices are arranged with at most one of the shift devices is arranged on the countershaft axis. The first three shift devices are arranged, relative to torque flow, downstream of the input side of the transmission on the input axis.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission ( 1 ) for a motor vehicle, the transmission comprising:
at least two partial transmissions ( 2 , 3 ), each of the at least two partial transmissions ( 2 , 3 ) comprises at least one input shaft (EW 1 or EW 2 ), and the at least two input shafts (EW 1 , EW 2 ) being arranged on a drive input side (AN) of the transmission on an input shaft axis ( 4 ),
a drive output shaft on a drive output side (AB) of the transmission being the drive output shaft of both of the two partial transmissions ( 2 , 3 ),
a countershaft assembly ( 6 ) comprising at least one countershaft axis ( 5 a , 5 b ) with at least two countershafts (VW 1 a , VW 1 b , VW 2 a , VW 2 b , VW 3 a , VW 3 b , VW 4 a , VW 4 b , VW 5 a ),
at least one main shaft (HW 1 , HW 2 ) arranged on the input shaft axis ( 4 ),
at least one range group (RG 1 , RG 2 ) by way of which the at least one main shaft (HW 1 , HW 2 ) is connectable to the drive output shaft,
at least one of the input shafts (EW 1 , EW 2 ) being connectable to the drive output shaft by way of at least one of:
at least one wheel plane (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI),
at least one shifting element (S 11 , S 12 , S 21 , S 22 , S 31 , S 41 , S 42 , S 51 , S 52 , S 61 ), and
the at least one main shaft (HW 1 , HW 2 ),

at least four shifting devices (SE 1 , SE 2 , SE 3 , SE 4 , SE 5 , S 6 ) are provided, all of the at least four shifting devices (SE 1 , SE 2 , SE 3 , SE 4 , SE 5 , S 6 ) are arranged, with respect to torque flow, downstream from the drive input side (AN) of the transmission ( 1 ) on the input shaft axis ( 4 ), and
at least one of:
at least two of the input shafts (EW 1 , EW 2 ) are arranged coaxially with one another,
at least two main shafts (HW 1 , HW 2 ) are arranged coaxially with one another, and
at least two of the countershafts (VW 1 a , VW 1 b , VW 2 a , VW 2 b , VW 3 a , VW 3 b , VW 4 a , VW 4 b , VW 5 a ) are arranged coaxially with one another.

2. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the countershaft assembly ( 6 ) has two countershaft axes ( 5 a , 5 b ), and each of the two countershaft axes has at least two countershafts (VW 1 a , VW 1 b , VW 2 a , VW 2 b , VW 3 a , VW 3 b , VW 4 a , VW 4 b , VW 5 a ).

3. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of:
at least one of the input shafts (EW 1 , EW 2 ),
at least one of the countershafts (VW 1 a , VW 1 b , VW 2 a , VW 2 b , VW 3 a , VW 3 b , VW 4 a , VW 4 b , VW 5 a ), and
at least one of two main shafts (HW 1 , HW 2 ),
is a hollow shaft (H 1 , H 2 , H 3 , H 4 , H 5 , H 6 , H 7 , H 8 , H 9 , H 10 , H 11 ) and the respective other shaft is a solid shaft.

4. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the shifting devices (SE 1 , SE 2 , SE 3 , SE 4 , SE 5 , SE 6 ) comprise at least one of:
one shifting element (S 11 , S 12 , S 21 , S 22 , S 31 , S 41 , S 42 , S 51 , S 52 , S 61 ), and
two shifting elements (S 11 , S 12 , S 21 , S 22 , S 31 , S 41 , S 42 , S 51 , S 52 , S 61 ).

5. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein at least one gear, that is obtainable via the transmission ( 1 ), is bypassed by way of the countershaft assembly ( 6 ) to at least a first two of the at least four shifting devices (SE 1 , SE 2 , SE 3 , SE 4 , SE 5 , SE 6 ) arranged, with respect to the torque flow, downstream from the drive input side (AN).

6. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission is provided with at least one reverse gear (R 1 , R 2 ).

7. The transmission according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one reverse gear (R 1 , R 2 ) and a first forward gear (V 1 , V 2 , V 3 , V 4 , V 5 , V 6 , V 7 , V 8 , V 9 , V 10 , V 11 , V 12 , V 13 , V 14 , V 15 ) are engaged by way of a common powershift element (K 1 , K 2 ).

8. The transmission according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one reverse gear (R 1 , R 2 ) is actuatable by at least one of the at least four shifting devices (SE 1 , SE 2 , SE 3 , SE 4 , SE 5 , SE 6 ), and the at least one of the at least four shifting devices (SE 1 , SE 2 , SE 3 , SE 4 , SE 5 , SE 6 ) being a second shifting device (SE 1 , SE 2 , SE 3 , SE 4 , SE 5 , SE 6 ) arranged, with respect to the torque flow, downstream from the drive input side (AN).

9. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one range group (RG 1 , RG 2 ) is either a planetary gear assembly (GP 1 , GP 2 ) or a countershaft assembly.

10. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission is provided with first and second range groups (RG 1 , RG 2 ), and at least one of the first and the second range groups (RG 1 , RG 2 ) is either a planetary gear assembly (GP 1 , GP 2 ) or a countershaft assembly.

11. The transmission according to claim 9 , wherein the transmission ( 1 ) has a sun shaft (SW 1 , SW 2 ) on the input shaft axis ( 4 ), which is connectable to one of the input shafts (EW 1 , EW 2 ) and to a sun gear ( 40 , 40 ′) of the planetary gear assembly (GP 1 , GP 2 ).

12. The transmission according to claim 9 , wherein one of the at least four shifting devices (SE 1 , SE 2 , SE 3 , SE 4 , SE 5 , SE 6 ) actuates the planetary gear assembly (GP 1 , GP 2 ) and comprises at least one shifting element (S 11 , S 12 , S 21 , S 22 , S 31 , S 41 , S 42 , S 51 , S 52 , S 61 ) such that, by way of the at least one shifting element (S 11 , S 12 , S 21 , S 22 , S 31 , S 41 , S 42 , S 51 , S 52 , S 61 ), a ring gear ( 43 , 43 ′) of the planetary gear assembly (GP 1 , GP 2 ) is connectable to a housing (G) of the transmission ( 1 ).

13. The transmission according to claim 12 , wherein the one of the at least four shifting devices (SE 1 , SE 2 , SE 3 , SE 4 , SE 5 , SE 6 ), for actuating the planetary gear assembly (GP 1 , GP 2 ), comprises two shifting elements (S 11 , S 12 , S 21 , S 22 , S 31 , S 41 , S 42 , S 51 , S 52 , S 61 ), and by way of one of the two shifting elements (S 11 , S 12 , S 21 , S 22 , S 31 , S 41 , S 42 , S 51 , S 52 , S 61 ), the ring gear ( 43 , 43 ′) is connectable to a planetary carrier ( 42 , 42 ′) of the planetary gear assembly (GP 1 , GP 2 ).

14. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission is a hybrid transmission ( 1 ), and an electric machine (EM) is arranged on at least one of:
at least one transmission element of a wheel plane (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI),
at least one countershaft of the at least two countershafts (VW 1 a , VW 1 b , VW 2 a , VW 2 b , VW 3 a , VW 3 b , VW 4 a , VW 4 b , VW 5 a ),
at least one of the at least two input shafts (EW 1 , EW 2 ) on the input shaft axis ( 4 ),
by way of at least one of an additional shifting device (SE 1 , SE 2 , SE 3 , SE 4 , SE 5 , SE 6 ) and another transmission element connected thereto.

15. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the at least four shifting devices (SE 1 , SE 2 , SE 3 , SE 4 , SE 5 , SE 6 ), at least six wheel planes (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI), and the at least one range group (RG 1 , RG 2 ) are arranged in such manner that at least seven forward gears (V 1 , V 2 , V 3 , V 4 , V 5 , V 6 , V 7 , V 8 , V 9 , V 10 , V 11 , V 12 , V 13 , V 14 , V 15 ) and at least two reverse gears (R 1 , R 2 ) can be fully powershifted with the transmission ( 1 ).

16. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission is provided with at least one drive input constant.

17. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least four shifting devices (SE 1 , SE 2 , SE 3 , SE

Assignees

• Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen

Inventors

• Kaltenbach Johannes
• Lübke Eckhardt

Classifications

• F16H2200/0078

  the gear ratio comprising twelve or more forward speeds · CPC title

• Y10T74/19014

  Plural prime movers selectively coupled to common output · CPC title

• Y10S903/909

  Gearing · CPC title

• F16H3/097

  the input and output shafts being aligned on the same axis · CPC title

• B60K6/48

  Parallel type · CPC title