Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a cylindrical member including an opening formed at a first end in an axial direction, and a wall portion formed at a second end in the axial direction; and a planetary gear set received within the cylindrical member; a carrier of the planetary gear set which includes a protruding portion protruding toward an outer circumference side, and the protruding portion being positioned between the wall portion and a ring gear of the planetary gear set, wherein the carrier is integrally formed with a hub portion of a clutch; the hub portion is positioned on a wall portion side of the carrier; and an outermost circumference portion of the protruding portion is positioned radially outside of an outermost circumference portion of the hub portion.

Abstract: A parking lock mechanism of the drum-type transmission device comprises a parking gear that is provided on the transmission shaft, a parking operation arm which is selectively operated between a lock position engaging with the parking gear and an unlock position away from the parking gear, a parking release spring for urging the operation arm toward the unlock position, and a parking pushing member which is positioned at a lock position by pushing the operation arm according to the rotation of the drum member from the shift position or the neutral position to the parking position. One end of the transmission operation shaft is located near the operation arm. At one end of the shift operation shaft, there is provided an arm restraining portion that can urge the operation arm toward the unlock position when the drum member is moved from the parking position to the shift position or the neutral position.

Abstract: A torque converter comprising a cover arranged to receive torque, an impeller having an impeller shell non-rotatably connected to the cover, and a turbine in fluid communication with the impeller and including a turbine shell is provided. In embodiments, the torque converter includes a piston plate; and a seal plate disposed axially between the piston plate and the turbine, wherein the piston plate is sealed to the seal plate at an outer diameter thereof. A pilot flow plate is disposed axially between the cover and the seal plate, wherein the pilot flow plate is fixed to the cover on a first axial side and fixed to the seal plate on a second, opposite axial side.

Abstract: A torque converter comprising a front cover, an impeller having an impeller shell connected to the front cover, a turbine having a turbine shell and at least one blade attached thereto, and a lock-up clutch configured to selectively couple the turbine shell to the impeller shell for torque transmission therebetween is provided. In embodiments, the lock-up clutch comprises a clutch plate connected to the turbine shell and extending radially outward therefrom. The clutch plate may include a first end, a second end, and a slot defined between the first and the second ends. The lock-up clutch further may include a piston connected to the front cover, and a piston actuation plate connected to the piston, wherein the piston is configured to actuate the piston actuation plate to close the lock-up clutch to connect the turbine shell to the impeller shell.

Abstract: An axle assembly that includes a first gear mechanism, a second gear mechanism, and a differential assembly. The first gear mechanism and the differential assembly may be rotatable about a first axis. The second gear mechanism may be rotatable about a second axis. Torque may be transmitted between the first gear mechanism and the differential via the second gear mechanism.

Abstract: A controllable one-way clutch having a clutch module and a power-operated actuator module. The clutch module includes a first clutch component rotatably driven by an input member, a second clutch component rotatably driving an output member, struts disposed on the first clutch component for movement between a deployed position engaging ratchet teeth on the second clutch component and a non-deployed position disengaged from the ratchet teeth, and strut springs for biasing the struts toward their deployed position. The power-operated actuator module includes a coil unit, an armature moveable between an engaged position whereat the armature holds the struts in their non-deployed positions when the coil unit is powered-off and a released position where the armature releases the struts when the coil unit is powered-on, and a ballramp mechanism configured to move the armature along a helical path between its engaged and released positions.

Abstract: A bi-directional drive assembly for a work vehicle has a reaction member fixed with respect to or a part of a drive housing. A driveshaft is rotatable about a drive axis relative to the reaction member in a first rotation direction and alternatively in a second rotation direction. A planetary set is coupled to the drive shaft and configured to rotate an output hub in the first or second rotation direction. A clutch assembly is coupled to the reaction member and includes a first clutch and a second clutch. The first clutch is configured to interface the planetary set with the reaction member to effect a first rotation speed of the output hub in the first rotation direction and alternatively the second rotation direction. The second clutch is configured to interface the planetary set with the reaction member to effect a second rotation speed of the output hub in the first rotation direction and alternatively the second rotation direction.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling operation of a vehicle includes a controller having a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory. The vehicle includes a park assembly with a park actuator motor having an actuator shaft. The vehicle has a park mode and an out-of-park mode. The controller is configured to determine if the park actuator motor has reached an out-of-park position when a shift command to the out-of-park mode is received. The controller is configured to obtain and store at least one dynamic parameter associated with the park actuator motor prior to the detent member reaching the out-of-park position. The method includes determining a load factor based on the dynamic parameter over time when at least one of a predefined time threshold and a predefined motor position threshold is reached. Operation of the vehicle is controlled based at least partially on the load factor.

Abstract: A stator assembly for a hybrid module includes a stator carrier, a stator segment, and a water jacket. The stator carrier has an inner cylindrical surface and the stator segment is installed in the inner cylindrical surface. The water jacket is fixed to the stator carrier to enclose a sealed chamber therebetween. The water jacket may be fixed to the stator carrier by a pair of circumferential welds at opposite ends of the sealed chamber. The stator assembly may include a fluid port fixed to the water jacket and arranged to guide a fluid into or out of the sealed chamber to cool the stator assembly.

Abstract: A hybrid module for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle includes a separating clutch for coupling an input-side drive shaft with an output-side intermediate shaft, and an actuating device for actuating the separating clutch, co-rotatable with the drive shaft or with the intermediate shaft. The actuating device includes a pressure chamber connectable to a pressure source arranged to provide a hydraulic actuating pressure through a hydraulic medium, and a compensation device for at least partially compensating a change in pressure in the pressure chamber from a first centrifugal force acting on the hydraulic medium. The drive shaft may be a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged for mechanically driving the motor vehicle and the intermediate shaft may be a rotor shaft for an electric machine arranged for electrically driving the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A forward/reverse switching mechanism is provided with a planetary gear set, a reverse brake and a forward clutch. The planetary gear set includes a sun gear which serves as an input part, a carrier which serves as an output part, and a ring gear. The reverse brake is adapted to fix the ring gear. The forward clutch is adapted to connect the ring gear and the sun gear to each other. The ring gear, a drive plate provided on a ring gear side of the reverse brake and a driven plate provided on a ring gear side of the forward clutch are spline-fitted to a clutch drum.

Abstract: A differential device is provided with a casing rotatable about an axis, a differential gear set coupled therewith including a pinion gear with a pressure angle (a4) and side gears in mesh therewith, output members respectively mediating torque transmission from the side gears to axles, each of which includes a friction face as a friction clutch for limiting the differential motion, dog teeth, and an oblique face forming an angle (a1) and constituting a cam for operating the friction clutch, a clutch member axially movable for functioning as a clutch to lock the differential motion and including a leg having a side face forming an angle (a2) to function as a cam and movable dog teeth each forming an angle (a3) satisfying an inequality a2?a3; and an actuator capable of driving the clutch member toward a position where the movable dog teeth mesh with the dog teeth.

Abstract: Provided are a wet friction plate configured so that drag torque can be reduced while a manufacturing burden is reduced with a simple configuration, a wet multiplate clutch device including the wet friction plates, and a wet friction plate manufacturing method. A wet friction plate (200) includes friction members (210) provided on a flat plate annular core metal (201), having oil grooves (203), and made of a paper material. The friction members (210) include higher friction members (211) and lower friction members (212). The higher friction member (211) is formed such that the height thereof from a surface of the core metal (201) is higher than that of the lower friction member (212). In addition, the higher friction member (211) is formed with a less-elastically-deformable structure than that of the lower friction member (212). The lower friction member (212) is formed such that the height thereof from the surface of the core metal (201) is lower than that of the higher friction member (211).

Abstract: A parking lock arrangement for an electromotively driven motor vehicle, including a parking lock wheel which is rotationally conjoint with respect to a shaft in the drive train and which has multiple cutouts, a lock element which is movable between a locking position and a release position along a movement path and which, in the locking position, engages in a form-fitting manner into a cutout of the parking lock wheel and, in the release position, is out of engagement with the cutouts of the parking lock wheel, a parking lock actuator which is operatively connected to the lock element and wherein the lock element is adjustable between the locking position and the release position along its movement path. The movement path of the lock element can be rectilinear.

Abstract: A transmission (G) for a motor vehicle includes an electric machine (EM1), a first input shaft (GW1), a second input shaft (GW2), an output shaft (GWA), two planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), and at least six shift elements (A, B, C, D, E, F). Different gears are implementable by selectively actuating the at least six shift elements (A, B, C, D, E, F) and, in addition, in interaction with the electric machine (EM1), different operating modes are implementable. A drive train for a motor vehicle with such transmission (G) and a method for operating such transmission (G) are also provided.

Abstract: A position detection device configured for use with a locking differential is configured to determine a position of an armature in relation to a stator. The stator has a primary coil. The armature moves relative to the stator between engaged and disengaged positions corresponding to the locking differential being in a locked and unlocked state. The position detection device includes a secondary coil disposed proximate to the primary coil. The secondary coil is configured to determine a change in inductance based on movement of the armature. The change in inductance is indicative of a change in position of the armature relative to the stator.

Abstract: A powertrain for a pedal vehicle includes a crank axle and an output sprocket rotating around a first rotation axis. The coupling between the crank axle and the output sprocket goes through an epicyclic gear system that includes a ring gear, a planet carrier, and a sun gear (13) which rotate around a second rotation axis that is spatially offset from the first rotation axis.

Abstract: A power transmission device has a clutch member, a pressure member 5, a weight member 8, an interlocking member 9 and a bearing holding member C coupled to an activation member 10. The bearing holder member C holds a bearing B1 interposed between the activation member 10 and the pressure member 5. The bearing holding member C has a cylindrical member with one open end. An open end portion Ca is fit into and attached to a recessed portion 4d formed in a first clutch member 4a.

Abstract: A lock-up device includes a clutch part, a piston, a sleeve, and an oil chamber plate. The clutch part is disposed between a front cover and a turbine. The piston is axially movable, and brings the clutch part into a torque-transmission state. The sleeve is fixed to the inner peripheral part of the front cover. The sleeve has a piston support part and a first butt part. The piston support part supports an inner peripheral surface of the piston to be axially movable. The first butt part is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the piston support part. The oil chamber plate is provided between the piston and the turbine. The oil chamber plate has a second butt part. The second butt part is butt-welded with the first butt part. The oil chamber plate forms an oil chamber. Hydraulic fluid is supplied between the oil chamber and the piston.

Abstract: A lock plate for an electronically actuated locking differential is provided. In one example embodiment, the lock plate includes a base portion having a first side and an opposite second side, a plurality of radially spaced teeth extending outwardly from the first side, and a plurality of standoffs extending outwardly from the second side.