Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle includes a first input shaft installed to receive power from an engine, a second input shaft concentrically disposed with the first input shaft and installed to receive power from a motor, an output shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft and the second input shaft, a first synchronizer provided at the first input shaft to selectively connect the first input shaft and the second input shaft, a first stage driving gear and a second stage driving gear provided at the second input shaft, a first stage driven gear and a second stage driven gear disposed at the output shaft to be freely rotated and meshed with the first stage driving gear and the second stage driving gear, respectively, to form a first stage shift ratio and a second stage shift ratio, and a second synchronizer installed to selectively connect any one of the first stage driven gear and the second stage driven gear with the output shaft.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electric vehicle transmission includes: a torque-securing step of securing a predetermined spare torque to be generated by a motor in accordance with a current motor torque when a controller determines that there is a need for downshift from an upper gear step to a lower gear step; a slip-controlling step of generating a friction force through a servo clutch applying a friction force between an input shaft and a servo driving gear of a pair of servo gears; a shifting-to-neutral step of shifting to a neutral gear by disengaging a synchronizer for the upper gear step; a motor-synchronizing step of synchronizing a rotational speed of the motor with a desired speed of a lower gear step using the spare torque of the motor secured in the torque-securing step; a gear-engaging step of engaging a synchronizer for the lower gear step; and a clutch-disengaging step of finishing shifting by disengaging the servo clutch.

Abstract: A method of controlling a transmission of an electric vehicle of the present disclosure includes: applying a driving force to an actuator of a synchronizer by means of a controller such that the synchronizer is disengaged from a current gear stage, when a power-on shifting instruction to shift from the current gear stage to a desired gear stage is given; engaging a servo-clutch by means of the controller such that torque is transmitted from an input shaft to an output shaft through a servo-gear unit, after the applying of a driving force; and disengaging the synchronizer from the current gear stage using a driving force of the actuator, when torque of the current gear stage is switched to the servo-gear unit, after the engaging of the servo-clutch.

Abstract: A clutch for a vehicle includes a hub disposed on a rotary shaft such that a rotation thereof is restricted, a sleeve spline-coupled to an outer circumference of the hub, a clutch member disposed on the rotary shaft, and a clutch ring disposed between the clutch member and the hub, wherein the clutch ring is pressed against the clutch member by the sleeve and the hub, wherein the clutch ring comprises a pressed part to which an amount of force pressing against the clutch member is applied from the sleeve and the hub, the sleeve comprises pressing protrusions that transfer the axial driving force of the sleeve to the pressed part, and the hub comprises displacement converting portions that convert a relative rotational displacement with respect to the clutch ring into an axial linear displacement of the clutch ring.

Abstract: A powertrain for a hybrid vehicle may include a first planetary gear set including a first rotation element connected to a first motor to be operated as an input element, a second rotation element intermittently connected to the first motor through a first friction member and connected to an output shaft to be operated as a selective input element or a selective output element, and a third rotation element operated as a selective fixing element by a second friction member.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle power train may include a first planetary gear unit including a first rotation element operated as a selective fixed element by a first friction member, a second rotation element connected to a first electric motor by an electric input shaft to be operated as a selective input element, and a third rotation element connected to an output shaft through an external gear to be operated as a selective output element, and a one-way clutch rotating the external gear relative to the electric input shaft or rotating the external gear along with rotation of the electric input shaft, according to rotational speed of the electric input shaft and the external gear.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle powertrain may include input shafts, clutches, output shafts, a transmission path selector, a planetary gear unit, and a gear stage forming mechanism. The transmission path selector may bring engagement of a first input shaft with second or third input shaft. The planetary gear unit may have three rotary elements, with motor power or engine power being input via a first or second rotary element and being output with any one of two transmission gear ratios under the control of first or third rotary element in response to engagement of first and second engaging units. The gear stage forming mechanism may be formed by engagement of gear pairs having different transmission gear ratios with second and third input shafts and a first output shaft, and function to transmit the power from the second or third input shaft to the first output shaft while changing a speed by selecting a gear pair in accordance with a vehicle running speed using a gear pair selector.

Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle may include a first input shaft to which power may be selectively transmitted by a first clutch, a second input shaft to which power may be selectively transmitted by a second clutch, wherein the second input shaft concentrically surrounds the first input shaft, first and second output shafts disposed in parallel with the first and second input shafts, a multiplicity of shifting gears disposed in the first and second output shafts so as to be meshed with gears of the first and second input shafts to respectively form gear steps, a plurality of synchronizing devices configured to selectively couple or decouple the shifting gears to or from the first or second output shafts, and a planetary gear train configured to selectively switch a revolution direction of one of the shifting gears.

Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft connected to a power source, an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft, a synchromesh type shift mechanism including at least two pairs of external gear pairs and a synchronous device which may be installed on the input shaft and the output shaft, and a clutch device provided on a power transfer path connected from the input shaft to the output shaft through the external gear pair and configured to connect the synchronous device in parallel with the power transfer path.

Abstract: A transmission for an electric vehicle includes an input shaft for receiving power, an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft, a plurality of shift gear units each including external gears connecting the input shaft and the output shaft to each other, a synchromesh system for switching any one of the shift gear units into a power-transmissible state or a non-power-transmissible state between the input shaft and the output shaft, a servo gear unit including a pair of external gears engaged with each other on the input shaft and the output shaft, and a servo clutch adjusting a degree of power transmission between the input shaft and the output shaft by the servo gear unit.

Abstract: A powertrain apparatus may include a planetary gear set including a first rotary member connected to a first motor and selectively operating as an input element or a fixing element, a second rotary member supplied with power from an engine and selectively operating as an input element, and a third rotary member connected to an output shaft and selectively operating as an output element, a second motor supplying power to a motor input shaft, and a transmission including a plurality of pairs of engaged gears forming different transmission gear ratios, the pairs of engaged gears being provided on the motor input shaft and the output shaft, respectively, with an engaging unit provided on the motor input shaft at a location between the pairs of engaged gears and selecting one of the pairs of engaged gears corresponding to a driving speed.

Abstract: A gear shifting control method for an electric vehicle includes an operation range determination step of determining, by a controller, whether a current revolutions per minute (RPM) of a motor falls within a constant torque range or a constant power range when gear shifting is initiated between a first shift gear and a second shift gear. A variable control step controls an operating power of a cone clutch by adjusting an operating tilt if it is determined that the RPM of the motor falls within the constant torque range in the operation range determination step. A constant control step controls the operating power of the cone clutch to be constant if it is determined that the RPM of the motor falls within the constant power range in the operation range determination step.

Abstract: A hybrid transmission for a vehicle. A first input shaft receives power from an engine through an engine clutch. A second input shaft is coaxial with the first input shaft and connected to a motor. A shaft-coupling unit connects or disconnects the first input shaft and the second input shaft. A first output shaft and a second output shaft are respectively disposed parallel to the first input shaft and the second input shaft. A plurality of shifting units or constantly-engaging shifting mechanisms are provided on the first input shaft and the first output shaft, on the first input shaft and the second output shaft, and on the second input shaft and the second output shaft, thereby forming a series of shifting stages, wherein shifting ratios of the series of shifting stages decrease with increasing numerical values of the series of shifting stages.

Abstract: A powertrain for a hybrid vehicle may include a first input shaft connected to a motor generator and coupled to a dog clutch apparatus, and a second input shaft connected to an engine and coupled to a planetary gear set, in which when the vehicle is overdriven, the dog clutch apparatus is engaged and restricts one component of the planetary gear set.

Abstract: A neutral controlling method of a synchronizer includes: a primary moving step of moving a sleeve in one direction by a shift mechanism until the sleeve contacts a first stopper of a first clutch gear; a secondary moving step of moving the sleeve in the other direction by the shift mechanism until the sleeve contacts a second stopper of a second clutch gear; and a neutral position moving step of moving the sleeve to a neutral position between the two clutch gears. In particular, in the neutral position moving step, the sleeve moves in one direction as much as a half of a stroke and the stroke of the sleeve is a summed value of a straight distance between the first stopper and the second stopper with an invalid stroke formed due to a clearance between parts of the shift mechanism and the synchronizer.

Abstract: An automated manual transmission apparatus for a vehicle, may include a shifting unit equipped with a plurality of shifting mechanisms that implement different gear ratios between an input shaft and an output shaft, and a continuous transmission mechanism that may be disposed between the output shaft and a power supply, wherein the continuous transmission mechanism selectively supplies power to the input shaft of the shifting unit and selectively transmits power from the power supply to the output shaft with a continuous transmission gear ratio.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle power train may include a first planetary gear unit including a first rotation element operated as a selective fixed element by a first friction member, a second rotation element connected to a first electric motor by an electric input shaft to be operated as a selective input element, and a third rotation element connected to an output shaft through an external gear to be operated as a selective output element, and a one-way clutch rotating the external gear relative to the electric input shaft or rotating the external gear along with rotation of the electric input shaft, according to rotational speed of the electric input shaft and the external gear.

Abstract: A powertrain for a hybrid vehicle may include a first planetary gear including a first rotation element connected to a first motor to be operated as an input element, a second rotation element intermittently connected to the first motor through a first friction member and connected to an output shaft to be operated as a selective input element or a selective output element, and a third rotation element operated as a selective fixing element by a second friction member.

Abstract: A powertrain apparatus may include a planetary gear set including a first rotary member connected to a first motor and selectively operating as an input element or a fixing element, a second rotary member supplied with power from an engine and selectively operating as an input element, and a third rotary member connected to an output shaft and selectively operating as an output element, a second motor supplying power to a motor input shaft, and a transmission including a plurality of pairs of engaged gears forming different transmission gear ratios, the pairs of engaged gears being provided on the motor input shaft and the output shaft, respectively, with an engaging unit provided on the motor input shaft at a location between the pairs of engaged gears and selecting one of the pairs of engaged gears corresponding to a driving speed.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle powertrain may include input shafts, clutches, output shafts, a transmission path selector, a planetary gear unit, and a gear stage forming mechanism. The transmission path selector may bring engagement of a first input shaft with second or third input shaft. The planetary gear unit may have three rotary elements, with motor power or engine power being input via a second rotary element, and being output with two transmission gear ratios under the control of a first rotary element in response to engagement of an engaging unit. The gear stage forming mechanism may be formed by engagement of gear pairs having different transmission gear ratios with second and third input shafts and a first output shaft, and function to transmit the power from the second or third input shaft to the first output shaft while changing a speed by selecting a gear pair in accordance with a vehicle running speed using a gear pair selector.