Interchangeably Locked Patents (Class 74/325)
  • Publication number: 20130047759
    Abstract: A transmission includes an input member, an output member, a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms that are selectively engageable to establish at least four forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member, and one or more latches associated with one or more of the torque-transmitting mechanisms. The one or more latches engages the respective torque-transmitting mechanisms during or prior to a start event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Casie M. Bockenstette, Robert L. Moses, Carlos E. Marin, Zhen J. Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130036848
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle transmission including a transmission input, a transmission output, and a main shaft and a countershaft, which together form a plurality of transmission ratios for providing different gears, wherein the countershaft can be shifted by means of at least one or at least two parallel gear ratios that are optionally shiftable in drive connection with the transmission input. The vehicle transmission further includes a range change transmission, comprising at least two range-change unit transmissions that are different from one another, by means of which the main shaft can be shifted optionally into a drive connection with the transmission output, wherein a performance interface for connecting an electric motor is provided in direction of the propulsion power flow from the transmission input to the transmission output downstream of the countershaft and upstream of the range change transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: VOITH PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Becke, Werner Klement, Dieter Nobis
  • Patent number: 8365621
    Abstract: An arrangement structure of a shifting actuator of an internal combustion engine mounted on a motorcycle is provided in which while the shifting actuator is provided externally of an engine case of the engine so as not to interfere with auxiliaries, it is protected without external protrusion and external appearance is kept satisfactory. An external wall of an engine case is partially inwardly recessed to form a recessed portion capable of accommodating a shifting actuator. An actuator body of the shifting actuator is disposed in the recessed portion. An attachment bracket attached to an end portion of the actuator body is fitted to a first fitting hole of an engine case outer lateral wall on the side of the recessed portion and is secured to the engine case outer wall. The motorcycle has a multistage transmission that can reduce its axial width to achieve compactness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Matsumoto, Jun Miyazaki, Hideo Senmyo
  • Publication number: 20130017921
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a bearing assembly rotatingly supporting a pinion shaft of a differential for a motor vehicle. The bearing assembly has inner and outer rolling-contact bearings arranged in axially spaced-apart relationship and disposed in O-configuration. A driving gear is arranged on the pinion shaft between the inner and outer rolling-contact bearings and held on the pinion shaft circumferentially in fixed rotative engagement and/or formfitting engagement. Adjacent to the driving gear on the pinion shaft is an intermediate ring and adjacent thereto is an inner ring of the outer rolling-contact bearing. A locking ring is clamped in an annular groove of the pinion shaft. A spring element biases the driving gear against an annular shoulder of the pinion shaft via the intermediate ring and inner ring of the outer rolling-contact bearing, with the spring element being constrained between the inner ring of the outer rolling-contact bearing and the locking ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventor: Christian Meixner
  • Publication number: 20120312109
    Abstract: A method of controlling a double clutch transmission of a vehicle to conduct a series of downshifting operations from a preceding gear to a subsequent gear via a current gear in response to deceleration of the vehicle, may include maintaining a clutch which has been in an engaged state at the preceding gear, in the engaged state until after an order to shift to the subsequent gear may be generated, when shifting from the preceding gear to the current gear, releasing the clutch after the order to shift to the subsequent gear may be generated, and engaging a shift gear of the subsequent gear after the releasing of the clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Joung Chul Kim, Ju Hyun Nam, Hee Yong Lee, Byeong Wook Jeon
  • Publication number: 20120312110
    Abstract: A method of controlling a DCT (double clutch transmission) of a vehicle to conduct a series of downshifting operations from a preceding gear to a subsequent gear via a current gear in response to deceleration of the vehicle may include slip-controlling, continuously, a clutch which has been in an engaged state in the preceding gear, at least until a shift gear of the subsequent gear is engaged, wherein the slip-controlling includes maintaining the engaged state of the clutch with the current gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Joung Chul KIM, Jong Sool PARK, Byeong Wook JEON
  • Patent number: 8327729
    Abstract: A shift drive mechanism for a multi-speed transmission in which a shift rod can be stably maintained at a desired fixed position without the need for an intermittent drive mechanism and which is small in size and low in cost. The shift drive mechanism for a multi-speed transmission includes a shift guide groove G formed in a shift drum so as to guide a shift pin moved in the axial direction together with the shift rod. Each of gear speed groove portions Gs is formed at axial-direction positions determined on a gear speed basis and directing the shift pin only to the circumferential direction or not moving the shift pin in the axial direction attendant on turning of the shift drum is set to be longer than the distance the shift drum travels idly from the moment of stop of driving of a shift actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Matsumoto, Osamu Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20120291575
    Abstract: A magnetic gear arrangement comprises: a first gear system having a plurality of first gear members, each first gear member generating a respective first magnetic field for that gear member; a second gear system having a second gear member generating a second magnetic field; and a coupling device which provides arrangements of interpoles between the first gear system and the second gear system. The first gear members are changeably selectable by the coupling device such that the interpoles couple the first magnetic field of a selected first gear member to the second magnetic field to produce a gear ratio between the first gear system and the second gear system, the gear ratio being changeable by changing the selected first gear member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Huw L. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20120285279
    Abstract: A dual torque limiter on a utility vehicle having a gear train connected to a main shaft through a first slip clutch assembly that releases the gear train from the main shaft if torque exceeds a predetermined limit. The main shaft is connected to a rear drive train. The front drive train is connected to the main shaft through a second slip clutch assembly that releases the front drive train from the main shaft if torque exceeds a predetermined limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Jeremie Alan Wade, Nicholas Thomas Biersdorf
  • Patent number: 8307728
    Abstract: A rear end gear box for a racing car has the swivel coupler and the bearing rotatably supporting the swivel coupler mounted within the rear end housing so that oil within the rear end housing will lubricate the swivel coupler and its bearing. The input shaft delivering rotational power from the engine is offset to the right of the driven shaft mounted within the rear end housing so that the center of gravity of the rear end is shifted to the left of the car centerline to increase stability of the car in turns. The recessed swivel coupler has an extended operating life due to increase stability and rigidity provided by the support from the housing structure. The cover for the back end of the rear end structure where the transfer gears are located is provided with an O-ring to facilitate a quick change of the transfer gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Diversified Machine, Inc.
    Inventor: James S. Haines
  • Publication number: 20120279334
    Abstract: A device for changing a transmission ratio between a turbine shaft and a shaft of a starter-generator of an aeroengine, the device including: first and second fixed gear wheels carried by the shaft of the starter-generator; first and second idler gearwheels carried by the turbine shaft, and meshing respectively with the first and second fixed gearwheels to define different gear ratios; a changeover sleeve interposed between the idler gearwheels and mechanically coupled to the turbine shaft, the changeover sleeve being movable in translation on the turbine shaft between two coupling positions; and a mechanism causing the changeover sleeve to move in translation automatically from either one of its coupling positions to the other one when the sum of torques between the turbine shaft and the starter-generator shaft changes sign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventor: Bruno Robert Gaully
  • Publication number: 20120266705
    Abstract: A fixed spool fishing reel having a handle shaft connected to a handle to be rotated thereby and coupled to a bail arm drive of the wheel so that rotation of the handle shaft causes rotation of the bail arm. The handle shaft is coupled to the bail arm drive via a gear mechanism that enables the gear ratio between rotation of the handle shaft and rotation of the bail arm drive to be selectively altered. Also, a fixed spool fishing reel having a spool shaft and two gear wheels respectively on opposite sides of the spool shaft, both gear wheels being coupled to be driven by a rotary handle of the reel and both being selectable to be the one which drives a spool shaft oscillatory mechanism of the reel, the coupling between each of the said two gear wheels and the mechanism being via respective gearing arrangements to impart different respective ratios of handle rotary speed to oscillatory speed of the spool shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: FOX INTERNATIONAL GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew John Little, Adam Richard Ellis Taylor
  • Publication number: 20120255381
    Abstract: A fan biasing transmission mechanism includes a housing having first, second and third mounting chambers, a control rod mounted in the first mounting chamber, a driving gear wheel and a driven gear mounted on the control rod, a worm coupled to a motor and meshed with the driving gear wheel, a follower gear wheel pivotally mounted in the second mounting chamber, a link coupled with the follower gear wheel, a cap covering the housing, and two speed-changing transmission gears pivotally mounted in the third mounting chamber in a stepped manner and respectively meshed with the driven gear and the follower gear wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventor: Ching-Lang TSAI
  • Publication number: 20120240697
    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: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Yamasaki, Shinya Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20120240698
    Abstract: A transmission includes first and second rotating shafts arranged in parallel and multiple gear sets including gears fixed to the first rotating shaft and rotatable gears rotatably supported on the second rotating shaft. Each gear set includes first and second engagement units engaged with first and second engagement-target portions formed on end surfaces of each rotatable gear and transmitting torque in first and second rotational directions; and a shift mechanism axially and independently moving the first and second engagement units. Each one of the first and second engagement units has a slanted portion allowing the engagement unit to withdraw from the rotatable gear when the other one of the engagement units is disengaged and torque transmitted in a corresponding direction is input. Each one of the first and second engagement unit of each gear set moves integrally with the other one of the engagement units of an adjacent gear set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi OGAWA, Yasuyuki UKON, Ryota TAKAYANAGI, Masaya MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20120234118
    Abstract: A clutch-type electrical driving device for a bicycle includes a first one-way bearing provided between a transmission sprocket assembly and an electrical driving assembly, and a second one-way bearing provided between the transmission sprocket assembly and a pedal driving assembly. When a user selects to drive sprockets via the electrical driving assembly for moving the bicycle forward, the sprockets would not feed back to bring two pedal assemblies to rotate at the same time. On the other hand, when the user selects to drive the bicycle forward via the pedal driving assemblies, the sprockets would not feed back to rotate the electrical driving assembly. Therefore, the user can ride the bicycle safely because the pedal assemblies would not rotate along with the sprockets when the latter are driven by the electrical driving device to rotate at high speed. A clutch-type drive for the electrical driving device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventor: Yung-Sung Huang
  • Publication number: 20120212948
    Abstract: Gravity powered electrical energy generators, particularly for producing lighting is disclosed. The apparatus has a support frame (1, 30) in which a series of gears and a gear-driven generator (20) are mounted. The power to drive the most upstream gear (2) is provided by a weight suspended from a point to one side of the axis of rotation of gear (2). The drive gear of the furthest downstream gear has no teeth so that the final contact between the drive gear and the shaft of the generator (20) is frictional. The gear ratio of the final downstream gear is at least 25. When used for lighting, the apparatus may include one or more high brightness LEDs (40) mounted on the housing (30). By suitable choice of gear ratios, the device may produce thirty minutes of illumination while allowing a 10 kilogram weight to fall through a distance of 1.8 metres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Therefore Limited
    Inventor: Martin Philip Riddiford
  • Publication number: 20120204676
    Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle has an output shaft, a main shaft and a countershaft. The main shaft is arranged to receive rotary power and the countershaft is arranged in parallel to the main shaft. A plurality of meshed gear pairs are formed main gears and counter gears on the two shafts. A plurality of clutch devices are arranged to select a gear pair that will transmit torque to the output shaft. A reverse drive is created by a main reverse gear on the main shaft, a counter reverse gear on the counter shaft and a chain wrapping the main reverse gear and the counter reverse gear. A reverse clutch device is arranged to selectively fix one of the main and counter reverse gears to its respective main or counter shaft for rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Richard L. Walters, Richard L. Walters, II
  • Publication number: 20120193116
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gearbox device, in particular, for a hammer drill or chisel, with a torque transmission mechanism, which has a first torque transmitting region for transmission of a torque to a first component and at least one second torque transmitting region for transmitting a torque to a second component. According to the invention, the first torque transmitting region and the second torque transmitting region at least partly have a corresponding partial contour for transmitting the torques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Andre Ullrich, Tobias Herr
  • Publication number: 20120192664
    Abstract: Disclosed is a powertrain comprising a three speed transmission and an electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventor: Jonathan D. Bridges
  • Publication number: 20120192665
    Abstract: A shifting sleeve for selectively engaging a transmission gear in a vehicle transmission is provided. The transmission gear has at least one opening defined therein. The shifting sleeve comprises at least one tooth for selectively engaging the at least one opening defined in the transmission gear. The at least one tooth extends from the shifting sleeve body and has a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The first portion has a top surface disposed at a first height and the second portion has a top surface disposed at a second height, the first height being greater than the second height. The third portion is disposed between the first and second portions, and has a top surface disposed at an angle and extending between the top surfaces of the first and second portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: BRP-POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Michael GUMPESBERGER, Thomas GAERTNER, Gerhard WIESINGER, Friedrich NEUWIRTH
  • Publication number: 20120137828
    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: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20120132021
    Abstract: A manual transmission for vehicles includes an input shaft on which a first synchronizer mechanism including first and second input gears, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth input gears are disposed, an output shaft on which a first output gear, first and second speed gears engaged respectively to the first and second input gears, a second synchronizer mechanism including third and fourth speed gears engaged respectively to the third and fourth input gears, and a third synchronizer mechanism including fifth and sixth speed gears engaged respectively to the fifth and sixth input gears, a reverse speed output shaft on which a second output gear and a fourth synchronizer mechanism including a reverse speed gear engaged to the third speed gear, and a driven gear engaged to the first and second output gears so as to receive torque, and delivering the torque to a differential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Wan Soo Oh, Jae Woong Hwang, Haeng Woo Park
  • Publication number: 20120122623
    Abstract: A multi-speed countershaft transmission for a vehicle is provided. The transmission includes a main shaft and countershaft gears that receive input directly from an input member. A plurality of torque transmitting mechanisms may be selectively applied to synchronize a range gear to a countershaft. The countershaft transfers torque to an output gear set, which may transfer torque to a planetary gear set. The available range gears include a plurality of forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio. One or more power take-off sections may also be provided. One or more other torque transmitting mechanisms may be selectively applied to bypass the countershaft and/or to couple the planet carrier of the planetary gear set to another component of the planetary gear set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Dane L. Rodgers, II
  • Publication number: 20120118091
    Abstract: A motorcycle having a transmission which includes a counter shaft to which a rotation of a crankshaft disposed in an engine is transmitted and a drive shaft to which a rotation of the counter shaft is transmitted. A pair of drive gears mounted on the counter shaft so as to be rotated integrally with the counter shaft, and a pair of driven gears mounted on the drive shaft so as to be meshed with the pair of drive gears, respectively, to be rotatable therewith, and a friction ring is interposed between the pair of driven gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20120103116
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a motor vehicle with a transmission that can be powershifted and comprises splitter and main transmissions, input and output shafts, loose and fixed gearwheels which form transmission gears, and shifting devices for coupling the loose gearwheels to at least one of the transmission shafts. The splitter transmission has first and second gear constants, and the inputs of the first and second gear constants can be driven by the outputs of two clutches whose inputs can be driven by a motor. One of the clutches is a frictional starting and shifting clutch and the other is a claw clutch, the inputs of the first and second gear constants can be driven alternatively by the output of the starting and shifting clutch, and that by way of the output of the claw clutch the input of only one of the gear constants can be driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Bernard Hunold, Eckhardt Lubke
  • Publication number: 20120091255
    Abstract: A shift lock assembly includes a drive member carried by a drive shaft and configured to rotatably couple to a drive motor and a shift mechanism disposed between the drive member and a ground plate, the shift mechanism configured to move between a first position and a second position relative to the drive member and the ground plate. When disposed in the first position, the shift mechanism is configured to couple the drive shaft to the ground plate and decouple the drive shaft from the drive member to allow rotation of the drive member relative to the drive shaft. When disposed in the second position, the shift mechanism is configured to couple the drive shaft to the drive member and decouple the drive shaft from the ground plate to allow rotation of the drive shaft in response to rotation of the drive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: WOODWARD HRT, INC.
    Inventor: Grant Sweer
  • Publication number: 20120090940
    Abstract: A dry dual clutch transmission includes at least one hydraulic component and a pilot valve operably connected to the hydraulic component to actuate the hydraulic component. The pilot valve includes a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) based pressure differential actuator valve. The hydraulic component may include but is not limited to a first clutch and a second clutch of the dry dual clutch transmission, an on/off solenoid, a line pressure control valve or a synchronizing shift fork.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Kumaraswamy V. Hebbale, Farzad Samie, Chunhao J. Lee, Dongxu Li, Andrew L. Bartos, Chi-Kuan Kao, Kevin B. Rober
  • Publication number: 20120073394
    Abstract: A drive system of an electric vehicle includes a drive motor, a transmission and a hydraulic system. The transmission has an input shaft, a countershaft, an output shaft, a first transmission unit placed between the countershaft and the output shaft, a first clutch, a second transmission unit placed between the countershaft and the input shaft, and a second clutch. The drive motor is attached to the input shaft, which is attached to the countershaft to provide power of the drive motor to the countershaft; the first clutch is configured for linking or cutting off the power transmission between the countershaft and the first transmission unit; and the second clutch is configured for linking or cutting off the power transmission between the countershaft and the second transmission unit. The first transmission unit has a first transmission ratio greater than a second transmission ratio of the second transmission unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Yi REN, Ruru Niu, Zhengguang Han, Zhouping Tang, Wei Li, Feng Ke, Shenglin Yang, Shibo Dong
  • Patent number: 8136419
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle featured with an internal combustion engine has a helical reversing gear wheel, which is mounted on a dual-row cylinder roller bearing with left-hand cylinder rollers and with right-hand cylinder rollers, which are supported on the inside, in each case, on a circular centre rim in the reversing gear wheel. The left-hand cylinder rollers and the right-hand cylinder rollers are held in a bearing cage. The bearing cage is configured in such a way that the force flow for axial forces between the reversing gear wheel and its transmission shaft, omitting the bearing cage, is introduced through the centre rim and by way of end faces of the cylinder rollers directly adjacent thereto, through the opposing end faces of the cylinder rollers and through adjacent components into the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Nico Detleffsen
  • Patent number: 8096202
    Abstract: A transmission and a gear changing method capable of changing a reduction ratio while a load is supported without stopping rotation, and transmitting a rotation angle accurately and power efficiently. First and second gear element pairs (16, 17) are arranged between an input member (12) and an output member (14) via first and second clutches (40, 42), and a non-circular gear pair (18) is arranged via a non-circular gear element pair-use clutch (44). The non-circular gear pair (18) includes between the input member (12) and the output member (14) a first meshing section where it has a ratio equal to a first reduction ratio when the first gear element pair (16) is coupled, and a second meshing section where it has a ratio equal to a second reduction ratio when the second gear element pair (17) is coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kyoto University
    Inventor: Masaharu Komori
  • Publication number: 20110314939
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission includes a pinion secured to an input shaft, a gear meshing with the pinion, an idler secured to the gear, a reverse gear meshing with the idler and secured to a second idler, a low gear supported on a layshaft and meshing with the second idler, and a coupler connecting the low gear to the layshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Steven G. Thomas, Steven A. Frait, Jeffrey E. Maurer
  • Publication number: 20110303505
    Abstract: A transmission system (14) comprising an input shaft (112); a first clutch (114) configured to selectively couple a first gear (116) to the input shaft (112); an output shaft (126); a second gear (138) engaging with the first gear (116), —and a second clutch (136) configured to couple the second gear (138) to the output shaft (126) when the first gear (116) rotates the second gear (138) faster than the output shaft (126).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert David Clark, Chenyao Chen, Robert Lee Chess
  • Publication number: 20110296937
    Abstract: A method of operating a group transmission of a motor vehicle, the group transmission being arranged in a drive-train between a drive aggregate and an axle drive and including at least a multi-stage main transmission (HG), a splitter group (GV) connected one of upstream and downstream of the main transmission and/or a range group (GP) connected one of upstream and downstream from the main transmission. The main transmission (HG) is of countershaft design with at least one countershaft (WVG1, WVG2), an input shaft (WGE) of the group transmission is connected to the drive aggregate via a controllable separator clutch (K) and an output shaft (WGA) of the group transmission is connected to the axle drive. For starting the drive aggregate, the splitter group (GV), connected upstream of the main transmission (HG) and/or the range group (GP), connected upstream of the same, is/are shifted to a neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Martin Miller
  • Publication number: 20110259132
    Abstract: A transmission (12) for a vehicle (10) includes a gear arrangement having a gear shaft (44) and a gear (48,66) mounted to the gear shaft (44). The gear (48,66) is axially movable and rotationally fixed relative to the gear shaft (44). A housing (28) includes an access opening (56) and an access cover (54) over the access opening (56). The access cover (54) rotatably carries one end of the gear shaft (44). The access opening (56) is sized and shaped to allow the gear (48,66) to be moved through and out of the housing (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Herbert A. Larsen, Raymond Donald Meek, Roman Cisek
  • Publication number: 20110259133
    Abstract: A speed change gear includes: a housing that has internal gears having different inside diameters; and a plurality of change gear units that are respectively in mesh with the plurality of internal gears and that change the speed of rotation from an input shaft to an output shaft. Each of the change gear units includes a rotating member that has one of a pin protruding in a direction along an input/output axis and an insertion hole; an eccentric member that centers on an eccentric axis that is eccentric with respect to the input/output axis; and an oscillating member that oscillatingly rotates as the eccentric member rotates about the input/output axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Tsune KOBAYASHI, Hideki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20110259134
    Abstract: A method for gear shifting a dual clutch transmission from an initial gear into a target gear and a respective dual clutch transmission are described. The dual clutch transmission comprises a first partial transmission and a second partial transmission. When shifting from an initial gear into a target gear which are both allocated to the first partial transmission, gears are shifted at least for a short time period into the support gear prior to gear shifting from the support gear into the target gear. A process of an uninterrupted reduction of the transmitted clutch torque down to zero at a first clutch allocated to the initial gear is started prior to starting a process of closing the second clutch allocated to the support gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: GETRAG FORD TRANSMISSIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Marco Siebigteroth, Klaus Luig, Axel Prenger-Berninghoff
  • Publication number: 20110252906
    Abstract: A vehicle oil pump that is driven by a drive gear provided on a rotating shaft that rotates in one direction when a vehicle travels forward and rotates in the opposite direction when the vehicle travel backward includes a first driven gear that is in mesh with the drive gear and provided on a drive shaft of the vehicle oil pump via a first one-way clutch, an idler gear that is in mesh with the drive gear, and a second driven gear that is in mesh with the idler gear and provided on the drive shaft of the vehicle oil pump via a second one-way clutch. The first one-way clutch is configured to transmit rotation of the first driven gear to the drive shaft when the vehicle travels in one direction, from among forward and backward, and the second one-way clutch is configured to transmit rotation of the second driven gear to the drive shaft when the vehicle travels in the other direction, from among forward and backward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Terasu HARASHIMA, Atsushi Teshima, Yoshihiko Sasaki, Hiroshi Hamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110232400
    Abstract: A transmission for an internal combustion engine that allows a fit length between a dog and a dog hole to be made longer and gear splines to be made longer, without having to increase an axial length of the transmission. A transmission selectively performs gearshifting by using a shift fork to slidingly move a shift gear of the transmission axially and by using a dog clutch to engage the shift gear with, or disengage the shift gear from, an adjacent gear. When the shift gear slidingly moves, a gear-side spline portion of the shift gear slidingly moves over a shaft-side spline portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka TANAKA, Masahiko TSUCHIYA, Yasuhiro HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20110207571
    Abstract: A switchable gear in a handheld power tool has at least two gear stages which are to be engaged via an adjustable switching member, the switching member being in a latched position via a retaining element fixedly held against a housing in a first gear stage. Furthermore, a spindle for receiving a tool may be driven via an axially spring-loaded gear wheel, the gear wheel being axially supported on the retaining element on the side opposite the switching member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Joachim Hecht, Heiko Roehm, Martin Kraus, Dietmar Saur
  • Publication number: 20110207577
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a fan clutch system for use in a vehicle can provide efficient access to one or more components for inspection and service even after the fan clutch system is installed in the vehicle. In particular embodiments, the fan clutch system can include a fan clutch device and a coil retainer assembly that are removably mounted to a right-angle gear box assembly in a manner that permits a technician to accessing at least one component for inspection, repair, or replacement. The coil retainer assembly may at least partially house an electromagnetic coil for selective activation. The system may further include a fan clutch device removably mounted to the drive member of the gear box assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Kit Masters Inc.
    Inventors: Craig M. Swanson, Thomas M. Jagger
  • Publication number: 20110185832
    Abstract: A wind power plant transmission with at least one transmission stage which comprises at least a first and a second gearwheel, wherein a third gearwheel is provided which is connected axially to and is centered on the first or second gearwheels. At least the first, second and third gearwheels are encompassed by a transmission housing. Flange-mounted on the transmission housing is an auxiliary drive, where the torque of the auxiliary drive can be transmitted to the third gearwheel by a fourth gearwheel which is movable axially along, and can rotate with, a driveshaft which is driven by a motor. In an activated state of the auxiliary drive, the third gearwheel is in engagement with the fourth gearwheel. By omitting a front-mounted gearing and thereby reducing the number of individual parts, it is possible for a wind power plant transmission to be obtained in a more cost-effective and more compact manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Winergy AG
    Inventors: Horst Dammer, Marc Semelka, Johannes Vriesen
  • Publication number: 20110174103
    Abstract: There is provided a double clutch for connecting a crankshaft of an engine to one of two input shafts of a gearbox for engine torque transmission. The double clutch includes, but is not limited to a first clutch for selectively connecting a first input shaft of the gearbox to the crankshaft, a second clutch for selectively connecting a second input shaft of the gearbox to the crankshaft, and an actuator coupled to both the first clutch and the second clutch. The actuator is operable to move the first clutch and the second clutch between a default position and an activated position. In the default position, the first clutch connects the first input shaft to the crankshaft while the second clutch disconnects the second input shaft from the crankshaft. In the activated position, the first clutch disconnects the first input shaft from the crankshaft while the second clutch connects the second input shaft to the crankshaft. The crankshaft is always connected to one of the input shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Eckhard Kirchner, Mikael Westerberg
  • Publication number: 20110174104
    Abstract: In a shiftable twin gear for a twin-clutch transmission and a twin-clutch transmission, to reduce the effort and costs involved in bearing-mounted idler gears, and in order to provide a simplified twin-clutch transmission a bearing sleeve which is non-rotatable with respect to a first gear body and which has a first bearing region for the bearing support of a second gear body is in the form of a separate component which is press-fitted to the first gear body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Ingo Pfannkuchen, Harald Rüdle
  • Patent number: 7979988
    Abstract: By finding a range of an allowable error of maximum meshing position of a worm shaft in an axial direction relative to a worm wheel, that is higher than that of a worm shaft of a conventional worm gear unit, a worm gear unit of the present invention is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohtaro Shiino, Yusuke Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20110167942
    Abstract: A transmission is disclosed for a wheeled vehicle. The transmission has a rotary input (14) to be driven by a rotary power source, e.g. an internal combustion engine. It has a rotary output (16) for driving a vehicle wheel. A transmission unit is coupled between the rotary input and the rotary output to transfer drive between them at a speed ratio which is continuously variable through a range which includes both negative ratios (providing a reversal of rotational direction between the rotary input and the rotary output), positive ratios (in which the rotary input and the rotary output rotate in the same direction), and a geared neutral ratio, in which the rotary output is stationary. In accordance with the invention, the transmission further comprises a brake (20) for braking the rotary output. The brake is provided with a control arrangement adapted to apply it when the speed ratio is set to the geared neutral ratio and to release the brake as the speed ratio is adjusted away from the geared neutral ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Leslie Kendrick Robinson, David Ian Cox
  • Publication number: 20110154670
    Abstract: A power tool includes a power source, a speed change mechanism and a tip tool wherein the speed change mechanism has first and second rotating shafts arranged in parallel, a first power transmission passage equipped with a first gear train and a first clutch, and a second power transmission passage equipped with a second gear train and a second clutch. The speed change mechanism is constituted to switch the transmission passage between the first power transmission passage and the second power transmission passage while keeping the first and second gear trains in meshed state by switching the first and second clutches between power transmission state and power interruption state depending on a load applied to the tip tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Tokunaga, Ryu Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20110146432
    Abstract: A change-speed gearbox of a motor vehicle having a drive input and a drive output shaft which are mounted in a main chamber of a gearbox housing and by which a power flow can be transmitted by the selective actuation of clutches such that, parallel to the drive input and output shafts, an intermediate shaft with an intermediate gearwheel is arranged in an auxiliary chamber of the gearbox housing which communicates with the main chamber, so that when the shifting device is appropriately actuated, a power flow is directed from the drive input shaft, via the intermediate gearwheel of the intermediate shaft, to the drive output shaft to produce a reverse rotation direction of the drive output shaft. The auxiliary chamber, accommodating the intermediate shaft, has a bell-shaped longitudinal section with an oval cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Hermann Lanz
  • Patent number: 7958798
    Abstract: A speed change system for a working vehicle comprises a main transmission, a sub transmission and a preliminary transmission. The main transmission receives a prime mover power outputted from a prime mover, and has plural main speed stages, one of which is selected to transmit the prime mover power. The sub transmission is disposed on the downstream of the main transmission, and has plural sub speed stages, one of which is selected to transmit a power from the main transmission. The preliminary transmission is disposed on the upstream of the main transmission, and has plural preliminary speed stages, one of which is selected to transmit the prime mover power to the main transmission. An operation for selecting one of the preliminary speed stages can be performed during traveling of the working vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20110113908
    Abstract: RPM Multiplier consists of a succession of gears of two different toothed radii each, the smallest ones engage with the biggest and let the successive biggest gears turn in relation to the previous biggest as the smallest. Magnets and electromagnets are placed in the gear teeth and support rails with the purpose of reducing friction. Torque Increaser model B consists of at least a pair of gear rotors, which incorporate electromagnets or magnets; the electromagnetic or magnetic force is used to move the generator together with the main rotor of the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Martin CORRADINI