Patents Examined by Ha D. Ho
  • Patent number: 8960032
    Abstract: A multi-clutch transmission for a motor vehicle is provided where a central synchronizing unit includes an axially movable synchronizing member that is arranged on and rotationally locked with a countershaft. In actuated states of the central synchronizing unit, the synchronizing member is displaced axially into engagement with mating portions of two gearwheels that are rotatably arranged on the countershaft. The synchronizing member includes an internal and an external cortical friction surface that axially overlap each other, and the mating portions on the two of the gearwheels are mating conical surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Anders Hedman, Klas Bergström
  • Patent number: 8960034
    Abstract: In a vehicle drive device, a response to a range change request, during which the drive wheels are rotated in a low or high range, can be smoothly and quickly completed without using a synchronous engaging mechanism. When the range change is requested when the drive wheels are rotated in the low range or in the high range, the control devices disengage a clutch sleeve from a currently engaged gear piece so as to establish a neutral range, and control an output rotational speed of the motor generator such that a difference between an input rotational speed and an output rotational speed of the transmission mechanism is set to be zero, or be equal to or less than a predetermined value. After that, the control devices cause a connection processor to slide the clutch sleeve to be connected to a connection target gear piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akinori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8960033
    Abstract: A hybrid drive of a motor vehicle having an automated manual transmission with two coaxial input shafts and a common output shaft. The input shafts are respectively driven by an engine and an electric machine and can couple the output shaft via respective groups of gearwheel sets. Each gearwheel set comprises a gear fixed to the associated input shaft and an idler gear supported by respective countershafts. At least two idler gears disposed on one of the two countershafts of two gearwheel sets, within the transmission, assigned to two different input shafts, can be coupled via a winding-path shift element, and the two output constants are disposed in a common radial plane by using a common output gear disposed on the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Johannes Kaltenbach, Matthias Reisch
  • Patent number: 8955411
    Abstract: A hybrid drive train for a motor vehicle, having an internal combustion engine for making available internal-combustion-engine drive power. A multi-step transmission has a transmission input and a transmission output. The transmission input can be connected to the internal combustion engine. The multi-step transmission is designed to set up a multiplicity of different forward gear ratios. An electric machine makes available electromotive driver power. The multi-step transmission is a range-change transmission having a first transmission group and a downstream second transmission group. The electric machine is connected to the input of the second transmission group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe—und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventor: Stefan Raisch
  • Patent number: 8955412
    Abstract: A hybrid drivetrain for a motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission arrangement for setting at least two different gears. The internal combustion engine and the electric machine are coupled to an input element of the transmission arrangement. A differential is coupled to an output of the transmission arrangement and is adapted to distribute motive power to two drive shafts. The electric machine and the internal combustion engine are coupled to a transmission input shaft of the transmission arrangement by way of a spur gear train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventor: Uli Christian Blessing
  • Patent number: 8950290
    Abstract: A vehicle is described having a transmission driven through a propulsion unit such as an engine, and through a CVT. The transmission is comprised of an input shaft and an output shaft which are coaxially disposed. An idler shaft is driven by the input shaft, and the idler shaft drives the output shaft, through selected gear sets, to provide different gear ratios or drive directions. The CVT also has a fan on the driven side which feeds air through the CVT for cooling. The CVT comprises a drive side clutch and a driven side clutch with the output shaft of the extending through the CVT driven clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Dieter, Alan S. Olson, Daniel Scott Weber, William Burt Rodriguez, John D. Schreier, Stephen L. Nelson, Ron R. Danielson, Roy A. Sunsdahl
  • Patent number: 8943915
    Abstract: An output sprocket wheel attachment structure includes a coned disk spring fitted with an output power shaft is abutted with and positioned by a stepped portion. An output sprocket wheel spline-fitted with spline grooves formed at an outer side portion of the output power shaft with respect to the stepped portion is pressed by the coned disk spring. A cap nut which engages with male threads formed at an end portion of the output power shaft is restricted and fixed at a bottom face thereof by and to an axial end of the output power shaft. Movement in an axial direction of the output sprocket wheel pressed by the coned disk spring is restricted by an opening end portion of the cap nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Yamasaki, Shinya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8935966
    Abstract: In a dual clutch transmission, a transmission control unit operates at vehicle start such that a clutch engaged is changed from a second clutch, which is on a high speed gear stage side, to a first clutch, which is on a low speed gear stage side, resulting in a torque transmission path being changed. At this time, torque capacities of the first and second clutches change so that thermal loads on the first and second clutches are equal or approximately equal according to a clutch rotational speed difference that is a rotational speed difference between the driving side and the driven side in the first clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Arai
  • Patent number: 8931373
    Abstract: A drive-force-distribution control device includes an input-side bevel gear and an output-side bevel gear, a center shaft, left and right clutches, a housing, a bearing and a shim member. The output-side bevel gear is supported on the center shaft such that the output-side bevel gear meshes with the input-side bevel gear. The housing can be divided in the radial direction of the output-side bevel gear. The bearing is disposed at one end of the center shaft. The shim member is inserted in an axial-direction gap between the housing and the bearing. The output-side bevel gear and the center shaft can be attached to the housing from the radial direction. The axial end of the center shaft is located towards the other end with respect to the axial end of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Suzuki, Daisuke Hiroi
  • Patent number: 8925410
    Abstract: A synchronizer for a transmission includes a shift rail, a first sleeve, a second sleeve, and a stopper. The shift rail includes a first shift fork and a second shift fork that are provided integrally with each other. The first sleeve is movable in a first direction along an axial direction from a predetermined first standby position to synchronize a first gear with a rotating shaft. The second sleeve is movable in a second direction along the axial direction from a predetermined second standby position to synchronize a second gear with the rotating shaft. A distance between the second sleeve at the predetermined second standby position and the stopper in the axial direction is smaller than a distance between the first sleeve at the predetermined first standby position and the third gear in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisayuki Asada, Yasuyuki Masaoka, Hiromichi Konishi
  • Patent number: 8925421
    Abstract: A gear assembly includes first and second shafts concentric with one another. First and second gears are respectively provided by the first and second shafts and are arranged adjacent to one another. A biasing assembly cooperates with at least one of the first and second shafts to maintain a desired gap between the first and second gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Henry R. Vanderzyden, Jonathan C. Dell
  • Patent number: 8919224
    Abstract: A transmission having an integrated gear and brake mechanism is disposed in a housing, the transmission having a variable drive mechanism, gear train, and an output axle engaged to the gear train. The output axle is driven by a final drive gear having an integrated drum brake within its circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Michael L. Bennett, Nathan W. Bonny
  • Patent number: 8915159
    Abstract: A gear-change device for a motor vehicle includes a first primary shaft and a second primary shaft, A first secondary shaft has an output pinion set within the length between two end bearings that support in rotation the first secondary shaft, while a second secondary shaft has an output pinion set on the outside of a length between two end bearings that support in rotation the second secondary shaft, on a portion of the second secondary shaft that projects in cantilever fashion beyond the bearing adjacent thereto. A parking gear wheel has an axial position substantially displaced with respect to the axial position of a forward gear wheel on the second secondary shaft in such a way that the first secondary shaft is surrounded by a free space in the portion axially aligned with the forward gear wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societá Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Gianluigi Pregnolato, Andrea Piazza
  • Patent number: 8915160
    Abstract: In a group transmission arrangement, in particular a commercial vehicle group transmission arrangement, comprising a main group with a central synchronizing unit for synchronizing at least two main group shifting units for changing a main group transmission ratio, includes at least one auxiliary group with at least one auxiliary group shifting unit for changing an auxiliary group ratio, wherein a control unit is provided to actuate in a shifting operation the auxiliary group shifting unit and a central synchronizing unit in order to change an overall gear ratio, the control unit is adapted to actuate the auxiliary group shifting unit and the central synchronizing unit in parallel at least intermittently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Manfred Guggolz, David Ulmer
  • Patent number: 8910535
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission has at least three transmission gears. The at least three transmission gears are selectively engaged by at least three shifting sleeves. The shifting sleeves are actuated by two shift forks. Each shift fork is moved by a corresponding shift drum. The shift drums are disposed on a shift drum shaft. By rotating the shift drum shaft, each of the at least three transmission gears can be engaged in sequence. The two shift drums are spring biased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Hochmayr, Erik Hoser, Gerhard Wiesinger
  • Patent number: 8899131
    Abstract: A driveline product including first and second inputs having input rotational axes, first and second outputs having output rotational axes, a transfer coupling between at least one of the input rotational axes and at least one of the output rotational axes, and at least two selective couplings operatively coupled between the inputs and the outputs for operation selective between at least two drives powered by at least one of two prime movers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Francis Keller
  • Patent number: 8899132
    Abstract: A spindle unit having a tilt shaft for rotating and tilting a spindle head so that a posture of a spindle changes including: the spindle head rotatably supporting the spindle, a tool being attached to a front end of the spindle; a spindle head support having a mutually separated pair of side walls, the spindle head support supporting the spindle head between the pair of side walls in a rotatable and tiltable manner; two power transmission mechanisms provided along the pair of side walls of the spindle head support for transmitting rotational drive power to the tilt shaft; and two drive source devices of the tilt shaft provided between the pair of side walls, the output shafts of the drive source devices being arranged to face the side walls and being connected to the power transmission mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ikuma Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8893583
    Abstract: A method is described for modifying a transfer case for a plurality of outputs, which are connected to a common drivetrain via intermediate gear wheels (3, 4), whose bearing housing (7) receives the axially removable wheel axles (6), the individual outputs being decoupled from the common drivetrain and being connected to individual drives. To provide simple modification conditions, it is proposed that the wheel axle (6) of at least one intermediate gear wheel (3, 4) in the drive connection between the respective output and the common drivetrain be replaced by an adjusting axle (8), which is preferably eccentrically mounted in bearing covers (11) via eccentric frontal journals (10), before the intermediate gear wheel (3, 4) is pivoted out of engagement by rotating the adjusting axle (8) around the frontal journals (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventor: Johann Neustifter
  • Patent number: 8893584
    Abstract: In a motor vehicle drive train device with a transmission output shaft, a main drive train driven by the transmission output shaft, which has an axle drive for driving a main drive axle, an auxiliary drive train driven by the transmission output shaft, which has an axle drive for driving an auxiliary drive axle, a clutch unit for the switchable connection of the axle drive to the transmission output shaft, the axle drive of the main drive train and the axle drive of the auxiliary drive train have different transmission ratios and a transmission gearing for adapting a drive transmission ratio of the auxiliary drive train to a drive transmission ratio of the main drive train is adapted to compensate for the different transmission ratios of the main and the auxiliary drive axles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Christian Krajewski
  • Patent number: 8887589
    Abstract: A twin clutch transmission for a large horsepower vehicle having a compact size and a high transmission efficiency is obtained. In a twin clutch transmission, there are provided an input shaft, an odd-numbered level speed change mechanism 30, an even-numbered level speed change mechanism 60, a synchronizing speed change mechanism 100, and an output mechanism 90. The speed change mechanisms 30 and 60 include transmission gear trains 32 and 62, main clutches 34 and 64 for selectively transmitting the powers of the transmission gear trains 32 and 62 to the transmission shafts 40 and 70. The synchronizing speed change mechanism 100 includes synchronizing gear trains 110 and 120 for coupling the rotation of the odd-numbered level transmission shaft 32 with the rotation of the even-numbered level transmission shaft 62, and synchronizing clutches 112 and 122 for selecting coupling by this synchronizing gear train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Nico Transmission, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Ibamoto, Hideki Nakamura, Daisuke Hagihara