Plurality Of Counter Shafts Patents (Class 74/331)
  • Patent number: 11846342
    Abstract: A transmission where a first shaft is rotationally fixable to a third shaft and to a second shaft, the second and third shafts are rotationally connectable to a fourth shaft, the second shaft is rotationally connectable to a fifth shaft, the fourth shaft is rotationally connectable to the fifth shaft, the third shaft is rotationally connectable to the fifth shaft, fixed gears of the fourth and fifth shafts are rotationally connected to a drive output, a first gearwheel of the sixth shaft meshes with a fixed gear of the second shaft, and a second gearwheel of the sixth shaft meshes with a fixed gear of the third shaft. Moreover, a first gearwheel of the sixth shaft is an idler gear and a second gearwheel of the sixth shaft is a fixed gear, or vice versa. Additionally, the idler gear of the sixth shaft is rotationally fixable to the sixth shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Max Bachmann, Thomas Rosemeier, Michael Roske, Matthias Reisch, Johannes Kaltenbach, Stefan Beck, Michael Wechs, Martin Rattay, Juri Pawlakowitsch, Fabian Kutter
  • Patent number: 11834998
    Abstract: An engine system can include an engine having an engine shaft and a transmission that can include an input shaft connected to the engine shaft to rotate with the engine shaft, one or more rotating gears configured to rotate relative to the input shaft, and a synchromesh configured to selectively engage each of the one or more rotating gears to the input shaft. Transmission can include a second shaft comprising a clutch configured to selectively engage the one or more rotating gears to the second shaft to cause the second shaft to rotate with the one or more rotating gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Bortoli, Aaron M. Finke, Mark J. Franklin
  • Patent number: 11821499
    Abstract: A power transmission device is provided to provide a 6 forward and 1 reverse transmission capable of smoothly performing 6 forward and 1 reverse or 4 forward and 1 reverse shifting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Hyeong Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11785875
    Abstract: A gearbox device for an agricultural machine includes: a primary shaft, a secondary shaft, at least one intermediate shaft, and a motion transmission element moveable between at least two operating positions in which it sets up intermeshing drive lines between the primary shaft and the secondary shaft with different gear ratios, at least one of the drive lines incorporating the intermediate shaft, the motion transmission element passing through at least one neutral position during its movement between the at least two aforementioned operating positions. The gearbox device further includes a manually-operated pivoting device that makes it possible to make at least one of the primary, secondary, and intermediate shafts pivot around its rotation axis when the motion transmission element is in the neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KUHN SAS
    Inventor: Didier Demanet
  • Patent number: 11781635
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a first shaft rotatable about a motor axis, a second shaft that extends along the motor axis and is connected to the first shaft on one side in an axial direction of the first shaft to be movable in the axial direction, a first bearing that supports an end at another side in the axial direction of the first shaft, a second bearing that supports an end at one side in the axial direction of the first shaft, a third bearing that supports an end at another side in the axial direction of the second shaft, and a fourth bearing that supports an end at one side in the axial direction of the second shaft. An elastic portion is on a surface opposing another side in the axial direction of the outer ring of the first bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 11781621
    Abstract: A modular design gearbox and a gear implementation method are provided. The gearbox includes a body, a drive shaft, four intermediate shafts, and an output shaft. The gearbox is of a six-shaft layout. The drive shaft S1, the intermediate shaft S4 and the intermediate shaft S5 are each provided with two clutch packs, and the intermediate shaft S2 is provided with one clutch pack. According to such a structure, a transmission path is short, and stability is better. By means of six shafts and seven clutches, the gearbox achieves a mode of up to eight forward gears and four backward gears, a speed ratio range is wide, and the gearbox can be adjusted flexibly, a less-gear mode can be achieved by reducing some of components, modularization is achieved, universality is improved, and the production cost and use cost of the gearbox are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Dongan Zhan, Chang Lv, Weipeng Yan, Guoguo Shi, Gang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11679657
    Abstract: An electric drive unit and a drive axle system having an electric drive unit. The drive axle system also includes a drive shaft and an axle assembly that that is remotely positioned from the electric drive unit. The drive shaft operatively connects the electric drive unit to the axle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Arash Atqiaee, James Derderian, Dan S. Ursu
  • Patent number: 11629777
    Abstract: A powershift transmission for an agricultural machine includes a transmission housing, an input shaft unit and an output shaft, wherein the input shaft unit and the output shaft extend at least in sections within the transmission housing. An auxiliary shaft is arranged parallel to but offset between the input shaft unit and the output shaft. The input shaft unit and the auxiliary shaft are connected to one another via a front-mounted range unit, and the auxiliary shaft and the output shaft are connected to one another via a rear-mounted range unit. The front-mounted and rear mounted range units each includes at least two gear wheel pairs, the at least two gear wheel pairs being individually coupled or decoupled. The auxiliary shaft unit includes a first auxiliary shaft and a second auxiliary shaft, where the first and second auxiliary shafts are coupled to one another via a reduction gear unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: David Müller, Rainer Gugel, Frank Buhrke, Michael Schumann
  • Patent number: 11614166
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gearbox (40) having a park lock (42) which is integrated in a gearbox housing (60) of the gearbox (40). Said park lock comprises a transfer device (48), a detent (50), and a park lock gear (52). Outside the gearbox housing (60) there is an electromechanical actuator (44), which is centred on an interface to the transfer device (48) on the gearbox housing (48) and is sealed off from the gearbox housing (60) there.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Wetzel, Linus Ferlinz
  • Patent number: 11607950
    Abstract: A powershift transmission for a work vehicle includes a speed section. Within the speed section, a speed C clutch is engageable to transfer rotational power from a speed input shaft to a speed countershaft via first and second speed gears, a speed A clutch is engageable to transfer rotational power from the speed input shaft to the speed countershaft via third and fourth speed gears, and a speed B clutch is engageable to transfer rotational power from the speed input shaft to the speed countershaft via fifth and sixth speed gears. A first gear ratio between the first and second speed gears is greater than a second gear ratio between the third and fourth speed gears and a third gear ratio between the fifth and sixth speed gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Alek Nicholas Czernobil, Richard A. Miller
  • Patent number: 11572938
    Abstract: Transmission system for a vehicle having an input arranged for connection to a drive source, and an output arranged for connection to a load. The transmission includes a transmission. The transmission includes first input shaft, a first output shaft connected to the output, and a first speed transforming gear connecting the first input shaft and the first output shaft, and a second input shaft, a second output shaft connected to the output, and a second speed transforming gear connecting the second input shaft and the second output shaft. The transmission includes a first coupling member, arranged for coupling the input to the first input shaft at a first speed ratio and a second coupling member, arranged for coupling the input to the second input shaft at a second speed ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Punch Powertrain PSA E-Transmissions N.V.
    Inventor: Roell Marie Van Druten
  • Patent number: 11560937
    Abstract: The transmission includes a first shaft, a second shaft, a third shaft, and a fourth shaft. These shafts are parallel to each other. A first gear couples to the first shaft. A second gear couples to or idles around the first shaft when a first clutch is switched. A third gear meshes with the first gear and couples to the second shaft. A fourth gear couples to or idles around the second shaft when a second clutch is switched. A sixth gear meshes with the first gear and couples to the third shaft. A seventh gear couples to or idles around the third shaft when a fourth clutch is switched. A ninth gear meshes with the second gear, the fourth gear, and the seventh gear, and couples to the fourth shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVANCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Enomoto, Hajime Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11493123
    Abstract: Provided is an oil path structure for powertrain for a hybrid vehicle, the oil path structure including: a P1 motor mounted in a housing and including a first stator and a first rotor; a P2 motor mounted in the housing so as to be spaced apart from the P1 motor at an interval and including a second stator and a second rotor; an input shaft having therein an oil passageway and having an outer circumference on which the P2 motor is mounted; and a first oil hole penetratively formed from the oil passageway of the input shaft toward a first bearing connected to a second rotor shaft of the second rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Kim, Yeon Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11460093
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a vehicle transmission are provided. A transmission system includes, in one example, an intermediate shaft rotationally coupled to an input shaft and an output shaft, wherein the input shaft is configured to receive rotational input from an electric machine. The system further includes a first gear coupled to the intermediate shaft, and a plurality of clutches coupled to the input shaft and the output shaft and configured to in a first mode, transfer power directly between a second gear coupled to the input shaft, the first gear, and a third gear coupled to the output shaft, and in a second mode, transfer power indirectly between the second gear, the first gear, and/or the third gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC
    Inventor: Eric M. Engerman
  • Patent number: 11427079
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a first shaft coupled to second and third shafts; a fourth shaft coupled to fifth and sixth shafts; a first differential coupled to the second and fifth shafts; a second differential coupled to the third and sixth shafts; a seventh shaft coupled to the first differential; an eighth shaft coupled to the second differential; a first torque and/or speed converter coupled to the seventh shaft; a second torque and/or speed converter coupled to the eighth shaft; a ninth shaft coupled to the first torque and/or speed converter; a tenth shaft coupled to the second torque and/or speed converter; an eleventh shaft coupled to the ninth and tenth shafts; a one-way bearing/coupling-uncoupling device coupled to at least one of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and ninth shafts; and an other one-way bearing/coupling-uncoupling device coupled to at least one of the fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: CVET Patent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Ervin Weisz
  • Patent number: 11346441
    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: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    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: 11313456
    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: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    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: 11313445
    Abstract: A transmission includes a first and a second shaft, a shift group arranged between the first and the second shafts, and a first and second power path. The shift group has at least two individually shiftable transmission units which differ from one another relative to the gear ratio thereof. A planetary stage is arranged between the shift group and the first shaft, and the planetary stage is configured such that a mechanical power introduced via the first shaft is transmittable to the second shaft via the second power path. At least one transmission unit of the shift group is assigned to each power path, and in at least one shifting state of the shift group, the flow of power runs via at least one respective transmission unit of the first and the second power path. The planetary stage includes at least three planetary units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Stefan Raisch
  • Patent number: 11305632
    Abstract: A hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid powered vehicle, having an electric machine and a combustion engine, whose power output shaft acts in alternating manner either on a first input shaft or on a coaxial second input shaft of a dual clutch transmission across two separating clutches of a dual clutch, wherein a respective first and second subtransmission can be activated using the input shafts, and wherein fixed and idler gearwheels are arranged in wheel planes on the two input shafts and a common axially parallel driven shaft, said fixed and idler gears being combined into gear sets which form gear stages, in which the idler gearwheels can be coupled to the shafts by means of gear-shifting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Steffen Hummel
  • Patent number: 11293526
    Abstract: A hybrid dual-clutch transmission includes a first sub-transmission and a second sub-transmission, a first countershaft, a first output gear non-rotatably connected to the first countershaft, a second countershaft, a dual clutch, which has a first clutch assigned to the first sub-transmission and a second clutch assigned to the second sub-transmission, a separating clutch and an electric motor. The electric motor is or can be coupled to the separating clutch and to the dual clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Carsten Gitt, Tobias Haerter, Peter Hahn, Andreas Kolb, Jakub Romaniak, Juergen Schweitzer, Stefan Sperrfechter, Jonathan Zeibig
  • Patent number: 11293525
    Abstract: Provided are a seven-speed double clutch transmission and a vehicle. The seven-speed double clutch transmission includes: an outer input shaft and an inner input shaft, a 4/6-speed driving gear and a 2-speed driving gear are sequentially fixed on the outer input shaft, and a 1-speed driving gear, a 3-speed driving gear and a 5/7-speed driving gear are sequentially fixed on the inner input shaft; a first output shaft and a second output shaft, a 4-speed driven gear, a 2-speed driven gear, a 1-speed driven gear and a 5-speed driven gear, are sequentially fixed on the first output shaft, and a 6-speed driven gear, a reverse gear, a reverse gear synchronizer, a 3-speed driven gear and a 7-speed driven gear are sequentially fixed on the second output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yushi Long, Bo Huang, Xiaoming Ling, You Zhou, Xuewu Liu
  • Patent number: 11287016
    Abstract: Described is a transmission including an input direction assembly, a first clutching assembly, a second clutching assembly, a first range clutching assembly, a second range clutching assembly and a housing. The input and direction selection assembly includes an input shaft, a first direction selection clutch assembly, a second direction selection clutch assembly and a reversing gear in driving engagement with the second direction selection clutch assembly and the input shaft. The first clutching assembly is selectively drivingly engaged with the input and direction selection assembly and the first range clutching assembly. The second clutching assembly is selectively drivingly engaged with the input and direction selection assembly. The first range clutching assembly is selectively drivingly engaged with the second clutching assembly and the second range clutching assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Dana Belgium N.V.
    Inventors: Kurt D. M. Cattoor, Filip D. Schacht
  • Patent number: 11255430
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a gearing assembly including a rotary input member, a rotary output member and a gearing arrangement between the input member and the output member selectively engageable to effect a driving engagement between the input member and the output member through at least a first torque connection having a first gear ratio and a second torque connection having a second gear ratio. One of the rotary input member and the rotary output member includes a first shaft and the first torque connection includes a first dog clutch including a dog hub having a hub set of teeth and a surrounding dog ring including a ring set of teeth. The hub and ring sets of teeth are radially projecting and mutually engageable. The dog hub is mounted on the first shaft so as to allow axial movement of the dog hub relative to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert William Thompson, Robert John Bonner Flaxman
  • Patent number: 11231090
    Abstract: A transmission includes a main shaft having two or more main shaft clutches that couple gears to at least one countershaft, and an automated manual transmission coupled to the main shaft via the at least one countershaft. The automated manual transmission includes a front input shaft coupled directly to a main clutch and having a first clutch coupleable to the at least one countershaft, and a rear input shaft coupled to the front input shaft and having a second clutch coupleable to the at least one countershaft. The automated manual transmission is operable to selectively engage the first clutch and the second clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul R. Peterson, Joseph D. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11149822
    Abstract: A transmission selectively coupled to an engine crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged on a vehicle includes an input shaft, a mainshaft, an output shaft, a first countershaft and a second countershaft. A first gear set includes a first mainshaft gear arranged on the mainshaft, a first countershaft gear arranged on the first countershaft and a first countershaft gear arranged on the second countershaft. A second gear set includes a second mainshaft gear arranged on the mainshaft, a first countershaft gear arranged on the second countershaft and a second countershaft gear arranged on the second countershaft. The gears of the first gear set all have a first helix angle. The gears of the second gear set all have a second helix angle. The first and second helix angles are selected to provide gear constant leading whereby thrust forces directed onto the first and second countershafts are balanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Christian Chimner, Thomas J. Stoltz
  • Patent number: 11118672
    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: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 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: 11052749
    Abstract: A drive assembly is provided with an automatic transmission, comprising a first input shaft, a first power source is connected to the first input shaft, an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft; a first stage of deceleration gear train is mounted through the first input shaft and the intermediate shaft, an Nth stage of deceleration gear train is mounted through the intermediate shaft and the output shaft, and N?2; and a second input shaft is provided parallel to the intermediate shaft or the output shaft, a second power source is connected to the second input shaft, a driving gear on the second input shaft is engaged with any the second stage to the Nth stage, and the power of the second power source is transmitted to the output shaft via the one stage of deceleration gear train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: JING-JIN ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ping Yu, Ting Wang, Jianwen Li
  • Patent number: 11009079
    Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus includes: a sleeve including a first peripheral surface provided side by side with a spline; a connecting member including a groove provided side by side with a spline in spline engagement with the spline, recessed radially relative to the first peripheral surface, and including a bottom surface that serves as a second peripheral surface facing the first peripheral surface; and a tolerance ring disposed in the groove so as to exert a radial elastic force between the sleeve and the connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Torii, Daisuke Yamaoka, Atsushi Okuda, Tetsuya Yamauchi, Atsushige Kawasaka, Masashi Ikemura, Yosuke Michikoshi
  • Patent number: 11008113
    Abstract: A clutch that has a synchronizer for matching a rotational velocity of a drive input with a rotational velocity of a driven output prior to engagement of a locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Hubert Speller
  • Patent number: 10989278
    Abstract: A manual transmission unit has one transmission input shaft, one transmission output shaft, a first intermediate shaft, a second intermediate shaft, a plurality of gear wheels, of which a first and a second drive gear wheel are arranged on the transmission input shaft and connectable in a rotationally fixed manner thereto, in particular in a permanently rotationally fixed manner thereto, and a plurality of torque transmission units for selective connection of additional gear wheels to at least one of the intermediate shafts. The first drive gear wheel intermeshes together with two intermediate wheels and the second drive gear wheel intermeshes together with two additional intermediate wheels. At least two, preferably at least three and more preferably at least four of the intermediate wheels are selectively connectible to the intermediate shafts for power transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Schleich
  • Patent number: 10967850
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling driving of a vehicle, and a vehicle system are provided. The apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a determination device that determines a closed state of an engine clutch, based on a state of a motor or an engine of the vehicle when a state of the engine clutch is unknown by an engine clutch controller. A state determination device receives information from the determination device to thus determine whether the engine clutch is in a closed or open state. A motor controller allows reverse rotation of the motor for reverse driving control of the vehicle in response to determining that the engine clutch is in the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yeon Bok Kim, Tae Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 10844935
    Abstract: Dual-clutch transmission assemblies for use with electric vehicles include a first shaft having a plurality of input gearwheels mounted thereon. The assembly further includes a second shaft having a plurality of intermediate gearwheels that are freely rotatable with respect to the second shaft and situated to mesh with respective input gearwheels on the first shaft. The assembly also includes a first clutch mounted to the first shaft and a second clutch mounted to the first shaft, the second clutch being spaced apart from the first clutch along a longitudinal axis of the first shaft. The assembly can further include a gear selector disposed on the second shaft to selectively engage at least one of the intermediate gearwheels of the second shaft to lock the at least one intermediate gearwheel to the second shaft such that the at least one intermediate gearwheel co-rotates with the second shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: UVic Industry Partnerships Inc.
    Inventors: Guang Wu, Zuomin Dong
  • Patent number: 10808816
    Abstract: One general aspect of the present disclosure includes a hybrid drive for a motor vehicle. The hybrid drive may have a first transmission input shaft configured to connect to an internal combustion engine, a second transmission input shaft being coaxial to the first transmission input shaft and configured to connect to an electric motor, a first gear set plane, a second gear set plane, and a third gear set plane for a first forward gear, a second forward gear, and a third forward gear, respectively, a layshaft, a first gear shifting device connecting the first transmission input shaft and the second transmission input shaft in a first shifting setting and engaging a gear in a second shifting setting, and a transmission output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Johannes Kaltenbach
  • Patent number: 10808841
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a gear actuator for a double clutch transmission. A power pack module is formed of a select solenoid, a shift motor, and a controller. Therefore, a wiring is omitted, so that defects pertaining to the wiring can be prevented, and the structure of the gear actuator is compact. Various parts can be used in common so that the production cost and the part management cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: HYUNDAI DYMOS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Man Bok Lee
  • Patent number: 10724617
    Abstract: A dual clutch transmission including two sub-transmissions, each having an input shaft arranged on an input axis, an intermediate shaft and an output shaft which is the drive output of both sub-transmissions. The intermediate shaft can be connected to the input and output shafts. The transmission also has wheel planes, shifting elements, two clutches and countershafts. A first countershaft can be connected to transmission elements of all the wheel planes on the countershaft axis and a second countershaft is connected to transmission elements of at least two wheel planes. The shifting elements include at least one single shifting element, but most of the shifting elements are double shifting elements. Two shifting elements are arranged on the input axis between two wheel planes, whose transmission elements are connected to the second countershaft. Opposite sides of the intermediate shaft are respectively connected to a range group and the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFN AG
    Inventors: Stefan Blattner, Christian Mittelberger, Eckhardt Lübke
  • Patent number: 10641359
    Abstract: A transmission includes: a pre-engaging mechanism including a plurality of pre-engaging gear pairs engaged with a second input shaft, a first countershaft, and a second countershaft so that the pre-engaging gear pairs are appropriately selected by a clutch unit; a synchro-engaging mechanism including a plurality of synchro-engaging gear pairs engaged with a third input shaft, the first countershaft, and the second countershaft so that the synchro-engaging gear pairs are appropriately selected by a clutch unit; a one-way clutch positioned on a corresponding power transmission path so that power transmitted through the first input shaft from the engine is transmitted only to the third input shaft; and a main shifting mechanism including a plurality of main gear pairs engaged with the first countershaft, the second countershaft, and an output shaft so that the main gear pairs are appropriately selected by a clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Woo Churl Son, Ma Ru Kang
  • Patent number: 10619719
    Abstract: A transmission shaft support apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first support member which is coupled in a section of a main shaft between a first gear and a second gear coupled in a front section of the main shaft and supports the main shaft; a second support member which is coupled in a section of the main shaft at a rear side of the second gear after the first support member, and supports the main shaft; and a third support member which is coupled in a rear section of the main shaft after the second support member, and supports the main shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: HYUNDAI DYMOS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Moo Han Kim
  • Patent number: 10590999
    Abstract: A switchable linear actuator device and an overrunning, non-friction, radial coupling and control assembly using the device are provided. The device has magnetic sources which produce corresponding magnetic fields to create net translational forces. The device includes a first and locking members and a stator structure including a first and second electromagnetic sources configured to create first and second electronically-switched magnetic fields, respectively. A translator structure includes first and second cams having contour surfaces and a magnetically-latching, permanent magnetic source magnetically coupled to the stator structure across a radial air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Means Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John W. Kimes
  • Patent number: 10591035
    Abstract: A dual clutch transmission includes a first and second concentric input shafts, a dual clutch assembly, a mainshaft coaxial with the first input shaft, a first countershaft, a second countershaft, and planetary range gearing with high and low ratios. The dual clutch transmission has six forward gear meshes and the high and low range ratios of the range gearing to provide ten forward gear ratios for the transmission. The transmission is powershiftable between consecutive gear ratios of the ten forward gear ratios such that no torque interrupt occurs during sequential shifts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Peterson, Matthew Busdiecker, Joseph Reynolds, James Walker, Thomas Stoltz
  • Patent number: 10584769
    Abstract: A transmission includes a main shaft having two or more main shaft clutches that couple gears to at least one countershaft, and an automated manual transmission coupled to the main shaft via the at least one countershaft. The automated manual transmission includes a front input shaft coupled directly to a main clutch and having a first clutch coupleable to the at least one countershaft, and a rear input shaft coupled to the front input shaft and having a second clutch coupleable to the at least one countershaft. The automated manual transmission is operable to selectively engage the first clutch and the second clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul R. Peterson, Joseph D. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 10584770
    Abstract: The invention relates to a speed-change gearbox for a motor vehicle, provided with shiftable gearwheel sets (gears), which are arranged in a first and in a second sub-gearbox, wherein the sub-gearboxes are provided respectively with at least one input shaft and a common drive shaft and the input shaft that can be alternately activated via a power shiftable clutch. In order to achieve a functionally expanded shifting strategy, it is proposed that at least one gearwheel set can be associated with both sub-gearboxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Steffen Hummel
  • Patent number: 10578193
    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, first and second sleeve shafts, a plurality of co-planar gear sets, and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. The torque transmitting devices include a plurality of gears, 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: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operaitons, LLC
    Inventors: Scott H. Wittkopp, Craig S. Ross
  • Patent number: 10564652
    Abstract: A valve includes a body defining first and second connection points, a valve slider, a spring, and a choke. The valve slider delimits first and second apertures to enable conduction of pressurized fluid from the first connection point to the second connection point via the first aperture, and is configured to move in an adjustment direction to close the first aperture. The choke is configured to enable conduction of pressurized fluid from the first connection point to the second connection point via the second aperture and via the choke. A first control point is defined between the choke and the second aperture. A second pressure at the first control point and a force of the spring pushes the valve slider in the adjustment direction, and a first pressure at the first connection point pushes the valve slider against the adjustment direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Mueller, Konrad Schneider
  • Patent number: 10539207
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement, particularly for an agricultural working vehicle, has a parallel-shift transmission and an input shaft, proceeding from which input shaft a drive power can be distributed via a first and a second shifting element to respective layshafts, and has a first and a second coaxially arranged output shaft, wherein the drive power can be transmitted by each of the layshafts to each of the output shafts as needed, and has a group-shift transmission with multiple shifting groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Stefan Raisch, David Mueller
  • Patent number: 10436302
    Abstract: A torque vectoring device has a downsized brake device for stopping drive wheels. The torque vectoring device comprises: a drive motor; a differential unit including a first planetary gear unit connected to a right drive wheel, and a second planetary gear unit connected to a left drive wheel; a differential motor that applies torque to any one of reaction elements; a torque reversing mechanism that transmits torque between the reaction elements while reversing; a rotary shaft connecting input elements; a rotary member that transmits torque of an output shaft of the drive motor; and a brake device that is contacted frictionally to the rotary member to establish a braking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ALCHEMICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isono, Nobuyoshi Sugitani, Aizoh Kubo
  • Patent number: 10428905
    Abstract: A powershifting multispeed reversing transmission includes a converter lockup clutch (31) arranged in a space (13) provided by arranging the forward-driving clutch (8) between the fixed gear (5) and the loose gear (7) on a forward-driving shaft, and the reverse-driving clutch (12) between the fixed gear (9) and the loose gear (11) a reverse-driving shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Norman Regenscheit
  • Patent number: 10352401
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement, particularly for an agricultural working vehicle, having a parallel-shift transmission with a plurality of gear stages and an input shaft, proceeding from which a drive power can be distributed via a first and a second shifting element to respective layshafts, and an output shaft, wherein the drive power can be transmitted by each of the layshafts to the output shaft as needed, and having a group-shift transmission with a plurality of shifting groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Stefan Raisch, David Mueller
  • Patent number: 10293675
    Abstract: A powertrain for a vehicle includes an engine, a first motor serving as a motor for driving of a vehicle or serving as a generator, a first power transmission mechanism disposed between the engine and the first motor to transmit the power of the engine to the first motor or to cut off transmission of power between the engine and the first motor, a second power transmission mechanism disposed between the first motor and a driving shaft of running wheels to transmit the power of the first motor to the driving shaft of the running wheels or to cut off transmission of power between the first motor and the driving shaft of the running wheels, and a second motor connected to the second power transmission mechanism via a third power transmission mechanism to transmit power to the second power transmission mechanism and outputting power for driving the vehicle and transmit the power to the driving shaft of the running wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jun Hoi Huh, Seong Eun Park, Kwang Min Choi, Tae Sic Park
  • Patent number: 10274051
    Abstract: A transmission is connectable to an input member and includes an output transfer gear, first and second transmission input shaft members, first and second 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: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Tejinder Singh
  • Patent number: 10252613
    Abstract: A dual clutch transaxle is provided that includes a dual clutch assembly, an input shaft assembly, a counter shaft assembly, a shift assembly and at least one output assembly. The dual clutch assembly has a dual clutch axis and includes a first clutch shaft and a second clutch shaft. The input shaft assembly includes a nested first inner input shaft and a second outer input shaft that are operationally coupled to the first clutch shaft and a second clutch shaft. An input shaft axis is offset from the dual clutch axis of the dual clutch assembly. A plurality of drive gears of the input shaft assembly are operationally coupled to a plurality of driven gears of the counter shaft assembly. The shift assembly is operationally coupled to select. The at least one output assembly is operationally coupled to the counter shaft assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: TEAM Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H. Younggren, Brandon P. Lenk, Thomas Richard Rosenbush, Ronald Joseph Wendt, Michael Allen Mueller