Multiple Concentric Clutch Shafts Patents (Class 74/330)
  • Patent number: 11897327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission of an agricultural work vehicle, the transmission comprising: a pre-shift part for performing speed shifting on driving transmitted from an engine of an agricultural work vehicle; a clutch part connected to the pre-shift part so as to selectively output driving transmitted from the pre-shift part; an adjusting part connected to the clutch part so as to perform speed shifting on driving transmitted from the clutch part; and a subsequent shift part connected to the adjusting part so as to perform speed shifting on driving transmitted from the adjusting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LS MTRON LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Su Han, Ki Taeg Lee, Won Woo Park, Ji Hun Yu, Taek Seong Kim, Young-Gyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11890936
    Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle. The transmission includes a first input shaft, a second input shaft and a clutch by which the first input shaft and the second input shaft are selectively connectable to an engine, and an electric machine connected to the first input shaft. The transmission further includes an output shaft connected to a final drive. The first input shaft is permanently connected to the output shaft and the second input shaft is connectable to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Johannes Larsson, Branko Micic
  • Patent number: 11873866
    Abstract: A transmission system including a first gear rotatably mounted on an input shaft; a second gear mounted on a lay shaft; a selector that selectively locks first and second gears for rotation with the input shaft and includes a single engagement ring with a first side having a first set of engagement elements each having a drive face that drivingly engages in a first rotational direction a first set of drive formations of the first gear and a non-driving face that slips with respect to the first set of drive formations in a second rotational direction, and a second side having a second set of engagement elements each having a drive face that drivingly engages in the second rotational direction a second set of drive formations of the second gear and a non-driving face that slips with respect to the second set of drive formations in the first rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZEROSHIFT TRANSMISSIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Neil Quinn
  • Patent number: 11746854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seamless gearbox, particularly for motorcycles, which is mechanically operated e.g. by the rider's foot. The input shaft of the seamless gearbox of the present invention is split into two elements, each of them is connected to the “next” or “previous” gear, that are linked via the system to the torque input (e.g. clutch). The system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention allows, via mechanical functionality only, to select only the appropriate of the two elements to transmit torque, based on relative speed between the two elements, and avoiding (for safety reasons) to have simultaneous torque transmission to both elements at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Pierliuigi Zampieri, Dario Carghini, Christian Antoniutti, Tim Gee, Jonathan Philip Hodgson
  • Patent number: 11692626
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a shift assembly for a vehicle transmission. In one example, a shift assembly for a transmission includes a first barrel cam including a first cam track; a second barrel cam arranged coaxially with the first barrel cam and including a second cam track; a first motor configured to drive the first barrel cam independent of the second barrel cam; and a second motor configured to drive the second barrel cam independent of the first barrel cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC
    Inventors: Travis J. Miller, Michael D. Cook, Jordan M. Houser, George A. Willford, Mark A. Davis
  • Patent number: 11649893
    Abstract: A torque convertor and direct drive unit arrangement and operating methods are provided herein. In one example, a prime mover may be configured to be coupled to a transmission via one of a torque convertor and a direct drive unit, the direct drive unit including a higher range clutch and a lower range clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Dana Belgium N.V.
    Inventors: Kurt Cattoor, Filip D. Schacht, Joachim Van Dingenen, Tommy Van Acker
  • Patent number: 11624432
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling transmissions having CVTs are disclosed with multiple modes and gearing arrangements for range enhancements, where embodiments include synchronous shifting to allow the transmission to achieve a continuous range of transmission ratios, while minimizing “empty” cycling of the CVT during mode shifts. Embodiments provide for wide ratio range and performance and efficiency flexibility, while maximizing CVT usage through synchronous shifting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC
    Inventor: Brian Schoolcraft
  • Patent number: 11543015
    Abstract: A method for suppressing noises in a dual clutch transmission, which has two partial transmissions and each partial transmission has at least two synchronizers, for a motor vehicle. A respective shaft of the respective partial transmission is to be synchronized by the respective synchronizer with a respective idler, which is arranged on the respective shaft and is associated with the respective synchronizer, of the respective partial transmission. To suppress noises, one of the synchronizers of one of the partial transmissions is actuated, while the one partial transmission is activated, the other partial transmission is deactivated, and the idler which is associated with the other synchronizer of the one partial transmission is connected in a rotationally-fixed manner to the shaft of the one partial transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Fleischmann, Lutz Gundlach
  • Patent number: 11530747
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a shift assembly for a vehicle transmission. In one example, a shift assembly for a transmission includes a first barrel cam including a first cam track; a second barrel cam arranged coaxially with the first barrel cam and including a second cam track; a first motor configured to drive the first barrel cam independent of the second barrel cam; and a second motor configured to drive the second barrel cam independent of the first barrel cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC
    Inventors: Travis J. Miller, Michael D. Cook, Jordan M. Houser, George A. Willford, Mark A. Davis
  • Patent number: 11480232
    Abstract: A dual clutch transmission may include a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a first output shaft and a second output shaft; a first gear constrained to the first input shaft; a second gear and a third gear constrained to the second input shaft; a fourth gear provided to constrain the rotation to the second input shaft; a fifth gear which is engaged with the third gear; a sixth gear which is gear-engaged with the fourth gear; a seventh gear which is engaged with the first gear; an eighth gear which is gear-engaged with the second gear; and a ninth gear which is gear-engaged with the fourth gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Dong Woo Kim, Min Ho Chae, Il Han Yoo, Chon Ok Kim, Marcus Meyer, Mirko Leesch, Erik Schreiterer, Rico Resch, Matthias Hoehne, Joerg Mueller
  • Patent number: 11428313
    Abstract: A detent device for a transmission, having a shifting element, first and second end-position retaining configurations arranged at first and second positions, respectively on the shifting element, the second position is different from the first, and a neutral retaining configuration arranged on the shifting element at a third position different from the first and second positions. A latching first detent element which, depending on the position of the shifting element, latches either at the first or second end positions in the first or second end-position retaining configurations, respectively, and another latching detent element, which latches in the neutral retaining configuration when the shifting element is in its neutral position. The neutral retaining configuration has a retaining contour which is designed and/or orientated differently on the shifting element from the first end-position retaining configuration and from the second end-position retaining configuration. A transmission with a detent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Martin Miller, Bernd Lutz
  • Patent number: 11371587
    Abstract: A gearbox comprising: an outer intermediate shaft carrying a first set of shaft gears; an inner intermediate shaft carrying a second set of shaft gears, the inner intermediate shaft running concentrically within the outer intermediate shaft; a first lay shaft carrying a first set of drive gears and an output gear positioned along the first lay shaft between two of the first set of drive gears, a second lay shaft carrying a second set of drive gears and an output gear positioned along the second lay shaft between two of the second set of drive gears, each drive gear being coupled to a respective shaft gear to together provide a plurality of gear ratios between the intermediate shafts and the output shaft; and an output shaft, each lay shaft being coupled to the output shaft by the respective output gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: McLaren Automotive Limited
    Inventors: John Henry Sutton, Michael Kerr
  • Patent number: 11274732
    Abstract: A dual clutch transmission arrangement (4) includes a first clutch (K1) and a second clutch (K2) for connecting a drive unit (2) to a first sub-transmission and to a second sub-transmission. The first clutch (K1) is connected to both transmission input shafts. A motor vehicle with the dual clutch transmission arrangement (4) is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Michael Roske, Johannes Kaltenbach, Thomas Rosemeier, Juri Pawlakowitsch, Raffael Kuberczyk
  • Patent number: 11226026
    Abstract: A multispeed turbomachine transmission can include an input shaft and a plurality of input shaft gears disposed on the input shaft. The transmission can include one or more clutch shafts, one or more clutch shaft input gears disposed on the one or more clutch shafts, each meshed with at least one of the plurality of input shaft gears, at least one clutch shaft output gear mounted to each clutch shaft, a clutch connected to each clutch shaft and configured to selectively connect the one or more clutch shaft input gears to the at least one clutch shaft output gear. The transmission can include an output shaft and at least one output shaft gear connected to the output shaft and meshed with the at least one clutch shaft output gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Bortoli, Aaron M. Finke, Mark J. Franklin, Glenn C. Lemmers, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11204069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for carrying out a starting operation of a motor vehicle having a gear train that includes a dual clutch transmission with a first clutch that carries the odd-numbered gears, and a second clutch that carries the even-numbered gears, wherein the second clutch of the dual clutch transmission is used, at least in part, for preloading the gear train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Marko Marchlewski, Danny Grosser
  • Patent number: 11180022
    Abstract: A transmission includes a transmission main housing, an intermediate plate secured to the transmission main housing; and a rear housing attached to the intermediate plate and/or attached with fasteners through the intermediate plate to the main housing. An input shaft is connected to an extension shaft including a plurality of splitter gears selectively couple-able to the extension shaft. A main shaft is rotatably supported by the range shaft and range shaft bearing and includes a plurality of main box gears selectively couple-able to the main shaft. A range shaft is drivingly connected to the main shaft and provides input to a planetary gear assembly. The extension shaft is supported at a first end by a bearing assembly within a partition wall of the main transmission housing and a second end is supported by a bearing assembly disposed within the bore in the range shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Peterson, Graeme Andrew Jackson, Paul Wilson
  • Patent number: 11117462
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle includes a first input shaft mounted along an axis of an engine shaft and selectively connectable to the engine shaft, a second input shaft formed as a hollow shaft, coaxially mounted with the first input shaft, and fixedly connected to a rotor of the first motor-generator, a third input shaft formed as a hollow shaft, coaxially mounted with the first input shaft, and selectively connectable to the first input shaft, an intermediate shaft mounted in parallel with the first input shaft, an output shaft mounted in parallel to the first input shaft and outputting a shifted toque, a planetary gear set mounted on the output shaft, having an element fixed to the output shaft and forming a shifted torque, and a plurality of gear sets mounted over the first, second, and third input shafts, the intermediate shaft, and the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Wook Hwang, Soonki Eo, Ilhan Yoo, Dongwoo Kim, Yong Sug Choi, Jong Hyo Park
  • Patent number: 11105399
    Abstract: A dual-clutch transmission may include: a first input shaft and a second input shaft mounted concentrically to the first input shaft; a first clutch mounted to the first input shaft to selectively transmit power to the first input shaft; a second clutch mounted to the second input shaft to selectively transmit power to the second input shaft; a first output shaft and a second output shaft mounted in parallel with the first input shaft and the second input shaft; an input shaft connection device provided to switch a power transmitting and a blocking state between the first input shaft and the second input shaft by use of a selection output shaft; a plurality of drive gears mounted on the first input shaft and the second input shaft; and a plurality of driven gears mounted on the first output shaft and the second output shaft engaged with the plurality of drive gears to form each shifting stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Seong Wook Hwang, Ma Ru Kang, Min Ho Chae, Sun Sung Kwon, Chon Ok Kim
  • Patent number: 11067168
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus configured for a vehicle, may include a first input shaft selectively connectable to an engine output shaft, a second input shaft mounted coaxial with the first input shaft and selectively connectable to the engine output shaft, a third input shaft external to the second input shaft and selectively connectable to the engine output shaft, a torque mediating shaft mounted coaxial with the first input shaft, first and second intermediate shafts, an idle shaft, a first shifting section including five gear sets, the first and second intermediate shafts, the torque mediating shaft and the idle shaft, a second shifting section including a planetary gear set having a sun gear fixedly connected to the torque mediating shaft, and an output shaft mounted coaxial with and selectively connectable to the first intermediate shaft and outputting a torque from the first and second shifting sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Juhyeon Park, Seong Wook Hwang, Seongwook Ji, Ki Tae Kim, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Ilhan Yoo, Sun Sung Kwon, Chon Ok Kim
  • Patent number: 11060585
    Abstract: A double clutch transmission (DCT) may include a first input shaft and a second input shaft disposed to or not to receive power from the same power source, respectively; a first output shaft and a second output shaft each disposed in parallel with the first input shaft; a first drive gear disposed on and rotated with the first input shaft; a second drive gear disposed on and rotated with the second input shaft; a first driven gear engaged with the first drive gear and rotatably disposed on a selection output shaft which is one of the first output shaft and the second output shaft; a second driven gear engaged with the second drive gear and rotatably disposed on the selection output shaft; and a sleeve synchronizer selectively connecting between the first driven gear and the second driven gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Seong Wook Hwang, Won Min Cho, Min Ho Chae, Sun Sung Kwon, Chon Ok Kim
  • Patent number: 11035449
    Abstract: A torque converter device for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle includes a converter cover having a cover shell and a hub rigidly connected to the cover shell. The torque converter device also includes at least one multidisk clutch, which includes at least one inner disk-centering member. The hub integrally forms the inner disk-centering member of the multidisk clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Jan Velthaus, Bernhard Ziegler, Tobias Schuster, Lukas Rube, Kai Heukelbach, Bernd Koppitz, Felix Zehren
  • Patent number: 11002339
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle may include a first input shaft directly connected to a motor/generator, a second and third input shafts coaxial and selectively connectable to the first input shaft, a torque mediating shaft coaxial with the first input shaft, an intermediate shaft and output shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft, a first shifting section receiving torque from the third input shaft and outputting a modified torque to the torque mediating shaft, a second shifting section including first planetary gear set, shifting torque of the first input shaft to output the shifted torque to the torque mediating shaft, and selectively stopping the torque mediating shaft, and a third shifting section including second planetary gear set, forming an output torque in combination of torques from the first and second shifting sections and the second input shaft, and outputting the output torque to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Jang, Woochurl Son, Sun Sung Kwon, Seong Wook Hwang, Kijong Park, Yong Uk Shin, Seongwook Ji, Ki Tae Kim, Chon Ok Kim, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Ilhan Yoo, Juhyeon Park, Minho Chae, Dongwoo Kim, Hye Jin Lim, Soonki Eo, Ki Dong Kim, Woo Jin Chang, Yong Sug Choi, Young Chan Gweon
  • Patent number: 10989298
    Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift control circuit operates a shift actuator using a first opposing pulse command and a first actuating pulse command, and releases pressure with shift actuating and opposing volumes of the shift actuator upon determining a shift completion event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Peterson, Graeme Andrew Jackson, Timothy Scott Smith, Paul Wilson, Christian Chimner, Thomas Connolly, Christopher DeBoer
  • Patent number: 10975935
    Abstract: A dual clutch-type transmission includes a first clutch, a second clutch, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, an output shaft, a first countershaft, a second countershaft, a first input gear train, a second input gear train, a first output gear train, a second output gear train, a third output gear train, a first synchronization mechanism, a second synchronization mechanism, and a third synchronization mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouhei Akashi, Takefumi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10871203
    Abstract: A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle including two sub-transmissions, each having at least one input shaft. An output shaft outputs drive from both sub-transmissions. The input shafts are arranged on an input shaft axis and the output shaft is arranged on the input shaft axis or a parallel countershaft axis. An intermediate gear system includes at least one countershaft which is arranged on the countershaft axis. At least four shifting elements are arranged such that, in each case, at least two shifting elements are arranged on the input shaft axis and on the countershaft axis. At least one input shaft can be connected to the output shaft by way of two wheel planes and/or at least one shifting element. Preferably half of the shifting elements are unsynchronized and at least one-third of the shifting elements are synchronized. Also a method for operating a dual clutch transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Bernd Schepperle, Michael Preuβ
  • Patent number: 10843548
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle may include a first input shaft mounted along an axis of an engine shaft and selectively connectable to the engine shaft, a second input shaft formed as a hollow shaft, coaxially mounted with the first input shaft, and fixedly connected to a rotor of the first motor-generator, a third input shaft formed as a hollow shaft, coaxially mounted with the first input shaft, and selectively connectable to the first input shaft, an intermediate shaft mounted in parallel with the first input shaft, an output shaft mounted in parallel to the first input shaft and outputting a shifted torque, a planetary gear set mounted on the output shaft, having an element fixed to the output shaft and forming a shifted torque, and a plurality of gear sets mounted on the first, second, and third input shafts, the intermediate shaft, and the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Wook Hwang, Soonki Eo, Ilhan Yoo, Dongwoo Kim, Yong Sug Choi, Jong Hyo Park
  • Patent number: 10830313
    Abstract: A dual-clutch transmission assembly where engine torque is split between first and second shafts. Torque is supplied to the first shaft by a first clutch and torque is supplied to the second shaft by a second clutch. A first gearset is carried on the first shaft and a second gearset is carried on the second shaft. The first gearset includes a primary first gear and the second gearset includes a duplicate first gear. The first and second shafts receive torque from a transmission input shaft in response to contemporaneous engagement of the primary first gear, the duplicate first gear, and the first and second clutches, which can be used during vehicle launch to split the torque applied to the first and second clutches. Both the primary first gear and duplicate first gear meshingly engage first and second counter shaft gearsets, which are rotatably coupled to a transmission output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: AVL POWERTRAIN ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Mordukhovich, Michael Kozan
  • Patent number: 10816061
    Abstract: The invention proposes a dual-clutch transmission with two clutches (K1, K2), the input sides of which are connected with an input shaft (w_an) and the output sides of which are respectively connected with one of two coaxially disposed transmission input shafts (w_K1, w_K2). Further provided are at least two countershafts (w_v1, w_v2) on which idlers (i2, i3, i4, i5, iR) are rotatably mounted. The dual-clutch transmission comprises fixed gears (F1, F2, F3), which are disposed on the two transmission input shafts (w_K1, w_K2) in a rotationally fixed manner and in engagement with the idlers, and output gears (iab1, iab2) respectively provided on the two countershafts (w_v1, w_v2), each of which is coupled to a gearing of an output shaft (w_ab), wherein the output shaft (w_ab) is not coaxially disposed to the input shaft (w_an).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Wafzig
  • Patent number: 10753429
    Abstract: A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle, with switchable gearwheel sets which form in particular exactly eight wheel planes (RE-1 through RE-8), which are assigned to a first and to a second sub-transmission. The sub-transmissions are provided with at least one input shaft and with a common output shaft and the input shafts can be alternately activated via a load-switchable clutch. Furthermore, the odd forward gears are assigned to the sub-transmission and even forward gears are assigned to the other sub-transmission, which are switchable by corresponding switching elements. At least one gearwheel set of one sub-transmission can be coupled with a switching element to the other sub-transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Steffen Hummel
  • Patent number: 10746258
    Abstract: A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle, including gearwheel sets that can be shifted via shift elements, which form exactly eight gear stages which are assigned to a first sub-transmission and to a second sub-transmission. Each sub-transmission is provided with a joint drive shaft. The mutually coaxial input shafts can be alternately activated via a respective power-shiftable clutch, and the even forward gears are assigned to the first sub-transmission and the odd forward shifts are assigned to second transmission which can be switched over during gear shifting by the shift elements. The dual clutch transmission is provided with an intermediate gear stage which can be switched either to the first sub-transmission, or to the second sub-transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Steffen Hummel
  • Patent number: 10746259
    Abstract: A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle provided with gearwheels sets that are shiftable via switching elements, which form in particular exactly eight wheel planes, which are respectively assigned to a first sub-transmission and to a second sub-transmission, among which each sub-transmission is provided with an input shaft and both sub-transmissions are provided with a common output shaft. The input shafts, which are coaxial to each other, can be alternately activated via a load-shiftable clutch, and the odd forward gears are assigned to the first sub-transmission and the even forward gears are assigned to the second sub-transmission, which can be shifted during a gear shift by means of the switching elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Steffen Hummel
  • Patent number: 10677323
    Abstract: A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle, with gear wheel sets, which can be engaged via shift elements and which form exactly eight wheel planes, which are associated, respectively, with a first sub-transmission and a second sub-transmission, of which each sub-transmission has a respective input shaft and the two sub-transmissions have a common output shaft, which is axis-parallel to the input shafts. The mutually coaxial input shafts can each be activated in alternation via a power-shift clutch, and the even forward gears are associated with the first sub-transmission and the odd forward gears are associated with the second sub-transmission, which can be engaged when a gear shift occurs via the shift elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Steffen Hummel
  • Patent number: 10677322
    Abstract: A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle, with gear wheel sets, which can be engaged via shift elements and which, in particular, form eight wheel planes, which are associated with, respectively, a first sub-transmission and a second sub-transmission, each sub-transmission has a respective input shaft and both sub-transmissions have a common output shaft, wherein the mutually coaxial input shafts can each be activated in alternation via a power-shift clutch and the even forward gears are associated with the first sub-transmission and the odd forward gears are associated with the second sub-transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Steffen Hummel
  • Patent number: 10670123
    Abstract: A power transmission system for a vehicle and a vehicle including the same are provided. The power transmission system includes an engine unit configured to generate power, a transmission unit adapted to selectively be coupled with the engine unit, and configured to transmit the power generated by the engine unit, a first motor generator coupled with the transmission unit, an output unit configured to transmit the power output by the transmission unit to at least one of front and rear wheels of the vehicle, and a second motor generator configured to drive the at least one of the front and rear wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dongsheng Yang, Yubo Lian, Jintao Zhang, Hongbin Luo
  • Patent number: 10648540
    Abstract: A dual-clutch transmission assembly and method for controlling the same is provided where the torque generated by an engine is split between first and second shafts. Torque is supplied to the first shaft by a first clutch and torque is supplied to the second shaft by a second clutch. A first gearset is carried on the first shaft and a second gearset is carried on the second shaft. The first gearset includes a primary first gear and the second gearset includes a duplicate first gear. The first and second shafts receive torque from a transmission input shaft in response to contemporaneous engagement of the primary first gear, the duplicate first gear, and the first and second clutches, which can be used during vehicle launch to split the torque applied to the first and second clutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: AVL Powertrain Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Mordukhovich, Michael Kozan
  • Patent number: 10605336
    Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle is provided to reduce a full length and a weight of the transmission. The transmission includes: first and second input shafts, output and transfer shafts disposed in parallel with the first and second input shafts; a transfer idler shaft to reduce rotational power transmitted to the transfer shaft and transfer the reduced rotational power to the output shaft via a gear structure; and a shaft gear apparatus. The shift gear apparatus selects a gear pair suitable for a traveling speed by a synchronizer by meshing gear pairs with: the first input shaft and the output shaft, the second input shaft and the output shaft, and the first input shaft and the transfer shaft. In particular, the gear pairs include a gear pair to form a lowermost stage, a gear pair forming an upper most stage, and a gear pair for forming a reverse stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Woo Churl Son, Chae Hong Lim
  • Patent number: 10598256
    Abstract: A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle. A gearwheel set switchable via switching elements, which form eight wheel planes and which are respectively assigned to a first sub-transmission and to a second sub-transmission, among which each sub-transmission is provided with an input shaft and both sub-transmissions are provided with a common output shaft. The input shafts, which are coaxial to each other, can be alternately activated via a load-shiftable clutch, and the even forward gears are assigned to the first sub-transmission, while the odd forward gears are assigned to the second sub-transmission, which are shiftable during a gear switch via the switching elements. The input shafts are free of the rotationally fixed gearwheels of the wheel planes arranged thereupon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Steffen Hummel
  • Patent number: 10591024
    Abstract: A dual-clutch transmission for a motor vehicle, with gear wheel sets engageable via shift elements, with the gear wheel sets forming particularly precisely eight wheel planes, each of which is allocated to a first sub-transmission and a second sub-transmission, of which each sub-transmission has an input shaft and both sub-transmissions have a common output shaft. The input shafts, which are coaxial with respect to one another, can each be activated in an alternating manner via a power-shift clutch, and the even forward gears are allocated to the first sub-transmission and the odd forward gears are allocated to the second sub-transmission, which can be engaged upon a gear change by way of the shift elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Steffen Hummel
  • Patent number: 10569639
    Abstract: A power transmission system of hybrid electric vehicle may include an engine, a motor/generator, an input unit including a first input shaft, a second input shaft separately disposed on a same shaft as the first input shaft and an end portion of the second input shaft selectively connectable with the first input shaft in a state of being directly connected with the output side of the motor/generator, a first middle shaft disposed surrounding the first input shaft without rotational interference with the first input shaft to be selectively connectable with the first input shaft, and a second middle shaft including a hollow shaft and disposed surrounding the second input shaft without rotational interference with the second input shaft to be selectively connectable with the second input shaft, and an output shifter shifting torque of the input unit and outputting the shifted torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Kum Lim Choi
  • Patent number: 10571017
    Abstract: A gear-shifting control system of an automatic transmission includes a main pump, four gear-shifting cylinders, a gear-shifting control valve, a first gear switching valve, a second gear switching valve, a first gear on-off valve, and a second gear on-off valve. The gear-shifting control valve has an inlet and two outlets, the first gear switching valve has two inlets and four outlets, the second gear switching valve has two inlets and four outlets. The first gear on-off valve is connected between the first gear switching valve and the gear-shifting control valve, to disconnect or connect the gear-shifting control valve and the first gear switching valve. The second gear on-off valve is connected between the second gear switching valve and the gear-shifting control valve, to disconnect or connect the gear-shifting control valve and the second gear switching valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Wu, Fan Mo, Xinzhi Huang, Xuewu Liu, Anwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10547229
    Abstract: Electric motors are disclosed. The motors are preferably for use in an automated vehicle, although any one or more of a variety of motor uses are suitable. The motors include lift, turntable, and locomotion motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua M. Biro, William D. Moore
  • Patent number: 10533638
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle, with gear wheel sets, which can be engaged via shift elements and which, form exactly eight wheel planes, which are associated with, respectively, a first sub-transmission and a second sub-transmission, of which each sub-transmission has a respective input shaft and the two sub-transmissions have a common output shaft. The mutually coaxial input shafts can each be activated in alternation via a power-shift clutch, and the even forward gears are associated with the first sub-transmission, and the odd forward gears are associated with the second sub-transmission, which can be engaged, when a gear shift occurs, via the shift elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Steffen Hummel
  • Patent number: 10476342
    Abstract: Electric motors are disclosed. The motors are preferably for use in an automated vehicle, although any one or more of a variety of motor uses are suitable. The motors include lift, turntable, and locomotion motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua M. Biro, Philip S. Johnson, Masatoshi Onishi, Barry M. Newberg
  • Patent number: 10428906
    Abstract: A transmission mechanism includes a plurality of drive gears disposed on a counter shaft and a plurality of driven gears disposed on a drive shaft. Each of the plurality of drive gears is engaged with each of the plurality of driven gears to form a plurality of shift-gear pairs. An eight-speed drive gear, which forms an eight-speed shift-gear pair having the smallest reduction gear ratio, and a seven-speed drive gear, which forms a seven-speed shift-gear pair having the second smallest reduction gear ratio, are disposed adjacent one another at a center portion of an arrangement of the drive gears. An eight-speed driven gear, which forms the eight-speed shift-gear pair, and a seven-speed driven gear, which forms the seven-speed shift-gear pair, are disposed adjacent one another at a center portion of an arrangement of the driven gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10428904
    Abstract: A dual clutch automatic transmission includes a one-way clutch provided in a driving force transmission path that establishes a first certain gear ratio in a first set of gear ratios. A driving transmission direction of the one-way clutch is set such that a rotation inputted from a wheel side to an output member in a predetermined rotational direction is transmitted to the input shaft. The predetermined rotational direction corresponds to a backward movement of a vehicle. If an off-gear operation cannot be performed for a transmission gear with interlock, the driving force of the driving source is input to the input shaft to enable the off-gear operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Taka, Mitsuhiro Araki, Takashi Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 10428940
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hydraulic pressure supply system of a dual clutch transmission for a vehicle in which by independently configuring a low pressure supply route and a high pressure supply route, the hydraulic pressure supply system can enable a low hydraulic pressure that is generated in a hydraulic pump for a low pressure to be supplied to a gear lubrication device and a clutch cooling/lubrication device and enable a low hydraulic pressure that is generated in a hydraulic pump for a high pressure to be supplied to a gear control device and a clutch control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Yong Uk Shin, Hyun Chul Kim, Woochurl Son, Chang Yeon Cho, Woo Jin Chang, Wonmin Cho, Hyu Tae Shim
  • Patent number: 10393230
    Abstract: A transmission system for a work vehicle includes a transmission. The transmission includes a first shaft, a second shaft, an input shaft, an output shaft, and an input gear pair comprising a first input gear and a second input gear. The transmission includes a first input clutch configured to selectively couple the input shaft to the first shaft, and a second input clutch configured to selectively couple the input shaft to the second shaft via the input gear pair. The transmission includes an output gear pair comprising a first output gear and a second output gear, wherein the first output gear is coupled to the first shaft, or the second output gear is coupled to the output shaft. The transmission also includes a first output clutch configured to selectively couple the second output gear to the output shaft, and a second output clutch configured to selectively couple the second shaft to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Garth Harvey Bulgrien
  • Patent number: 10330176
    Abstract: Ten forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by a power transmission apparatus for a vehicle including a double clutch, a plurality of input, output, and idle shafts, a plurality of gears fixed to or rotatable on the shafts, a plurality of synchronizers selectively synchronizing gears to the shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sueng Ho Lee, Dongwon Kim, Seongwook Ji, Ki Dong Kim, Jihun Lee, Ma Ru Kang, Hyun Sik Kwon, Sun Sung Kwon, Ki Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 10330175
    Abstract: Nine forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by a power transmission apparatus for a vehicle including a double clutch, a plurality of input, output, and idle shafts, a plurality of gears fixed to or rotatable on the shafts, a plurality of synchronizers selectively synchronizing gears to the shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sueng Ho Lee, Seongwook Ji, Woochurl Son, Jihun Lee, Ma Ru Kang, Ki Dong Kim, Dongwon Kim, Chon Ok Kim
  • Patent number: 10309489
    Abstract: A transmission is connectable to an input member and includes an output transfer gear, first and second transmission input shaft members, first, second and third countershaft members, a plurality of co-planar gear sets, and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. The torque transmitting devices include a plurality of synchronizer assemblies and a dual clutch assembly. The transmission is operable to provide at least one reverse speed ratio and a plurality of forward speed ratios between the input member and the output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Tejinder Singh