Power train for hybrid electric vehicle

• US 20080041647A1
• Filed: 11/27/2006
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Yong-Gi
• Granted Patent: US 7,478,690 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/65.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/365 with the gears having orbital motion
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/445 Differential gearing distribution type
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2037/0873 with switching, e.g. to change ranges
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2037/102 the input or output shaft of the transmission is connected or connectable to two or more differentials
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2037/104 Power split variators with one end of the CVT connected or connectable to two or more differentials
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2037/106 with switching means to provide two variator modes or ranges
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles

Abstract

A power train prevents the decrease in the power efficiency accompanied by the converting process between the kinetic energy and the electrical energy due to the large energy flow through the electrical path when the motor generator serves as a transmission and thus prevents the increase in the capacity of the motor generator and the bad fuel economy. The power train for a hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, first and second motor generator, a battery, a plurality of planetary gear sets, and a plurality of breaks. The plurality of planetary gear sets convert the driving forces output from the engine, and the first and second motor generators to have an appropriate gear ratio according to a driving state and output the converted driving forces to a driving shaft. The plurality of breaks are provided in the plurality of planetary gear sets and control the output revolution on the basis of the gear ratio determined according to a driving state.

Claims

1. A power train for a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:

an engine that generates a driving force by burning a fuel;

first and second motor generators that are supplied with electrical energy to generate driving forces and supplied with kinetic energies to output as electrical energy;

a battery that stores the electrical energy supplied from the first and second motor generators and supplies electrical energy required for operating the first and second motor generators;

a plurality of planetary gear sets that convert the driving forces output from the engine, and the first and second motor generators to have an appropriate gear ratio according to a driving state and output the converted driving forces to a driving shaft; and

a plurality of breaks that are provided in the plurality of planetary gear sets and control the output revolution on the basis of the gear ratio determined according to a driving state.

2. The power train as defined in claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of planetary gear sets include a first planetary gear set directly coupled to the engine and the first and second motor generators, a second planetary gear set coupled to the first planetary gear set, and a third planetary gear set coupled to the first planetary gear set and the second planetary gear set;

the first planetary gear set allows the vehicle to perform a continuously variable transmission by controlling the driving forces output from the first and the second motor generators in a driving mode as an electric vehicle;

the second planetary gear set transfers the driving force of the engine through a mechanical path in a low load and high speed driving mode of hybrid driving mode, and supplements the power by using the electrical energy of the battery in a stepped transmission mode exclusive to high speed mode at a low gear ratio, and

the third planetary gear set transfers the driving force of the engine through a mechanical path in a high load and low speed driving mode of hybrid driving mode, and supplements the power by using the electrical energy of the battery in a stepped transmission mode exclusive to low speed mode at a high gear ratio.

3. The power train as defined in claim 2, wherein;

the first planetary gear set includes a first sun gear coupled to the first motor generator, a first carrier coupled to the engine, and a first ring gear coupled to the second motor generator;

the second planetary gear set includes a second sun gear coupled to a first break, a second carrier coupled to the first sun gear, and a second ring gear coupled to the first carrier; and

the third planetary gear set includes a third sun gear coupled to the second ring gear, a third carrier coupled to the first ring gear and a slave driving device, and a third ring gear coupled to a second break.

4. A power train for a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:

an engine;

first and second motor generators;

a battery communicating with the first and second motor generators;

a first planetary gear set including a first sun gear coupled to the first motor generator, a first carrier coupled to the engine, and a first ring gear coupled to the second motor generator,

a second planetary gear set including a second sun gear coupled to a first break, a second carrier coupled to the first sun gear, and a second ring gear coupled to the first carrier; and

a third planetary gear set including a third sun gear coupled to the second ring gear, a third carrier coupled to the first ring gear and a slave driving device, and a third ring gear coupled to a second break, whereby the plurality of planetary gear sets convert driving forces output from the engine, and the first and second motor generators to have an appropriate gear ratio according to a driving state and output the converted driving forces to a driving shaft.

5. The power train as defined in claim 4, wherein:

the first planetary gear set allows the vehicle to perform as a continuously variable transmission by controlling driving forces output from the first and the second motor generators in a driving mode as an electric vehicle,

the second planetary gear set transfers driving force of the engine through a mechanical path in a low load and high speed driving mode of hybrid driving mode, and supplements the power by using the electrical energy of the battery in a stepped transmission mode exclusive to high speed mode at a low gear ratio, and

the third planetary gear set transfers driving force of the engine through a mechanical path in a high load and low speed driving mode of hybrid driving mode, and supplements the power by using the electrical energy of the battery in a stepped transmission mode exclusive to low speed mode at a high gear ratio.