Multi-stage gearbox

• US 6,984,187 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2002
• Issued: 01/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Zeppelin - Stiftung der Stadt Friedrichshafen)
• Original Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Zeppelin - Stiftung der Stadt Friedrichshafen)
• Inventors: Biermann, Eberhard
• Primary Examiner(s): LEWIS, TISHA D
• Application Number:
  US10/472,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20040147358A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,385 Days
• Field of Search: 475/214, 475/215, 475217-219, 475275-293, 475295-297, 475/302, 475311-313, 475317-319, 475323-325, 475/329, 475/330
• US Class Current: 475/275
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/0065 the gear ratios comprising nine forward speeds
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/2012 with four sets of orbital gears
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 3/66 composed of a number of gear trains without drive passing from one train to another

Abstract

A multi-stage gearbox with a drive input shaft connected to a reduction planetary gear set, with a drive output shaft connected to a main planetary gear set, and with shift elements. An input speed of the drive input shaft can be transferred, by the engagement of at least seven forward gears to the drive output shaft, in such manner that to shift from one gear to the next-higher or next-lower gear, only one shift element is disengaged and another shift element is engaged. The reduction planetary gear set has an output shaft rotating at an output speed of the reduction planetary gear set. The main planetary gear set is connected to the drive input shaft. The main planetary gear set is connected to the output shaft of the reduction planetary gear set.

Claims

1. A multi-stage gearbox, with a drive input shaft (1) connected to a reduction planetary gear set (VS), with a drive output shaft (3) arranged non-coaxially to the drive input shaft (1) and connected to a main planetary gear set (NS), with shift elements (A, B, D) that act on the reduction planetary gearset (VS) and shift elements (M, H, L) that act on the main planetary gear set (NS), such that by selective actuation of the shift elements (A, B, D, M, H, L) an input speed (n) of the drive input shaft (1) can be transferred for the engagement of at least seven forward gears at the drive output shaft (3) in such manner that to shift from one gear to the next-higher or next-lower gear of the shift elements actuated at the time in each case only one shift element is disengaged and one other shift element is engaged wherein the reduction planetary gear set (VS) comprises just one output shaft (2) rotating at an output speed (nvs) of the reduction planetary gear set (VS), the main planetary gear set (NS) can be connected to the drive input shaft (1) by means of at least one second shift element (M, H) acting on the main planetary gear set (NS) via a first spur gearwheel stage (ST11/ST12) of a spur gear arrangement ST, and the main planetary gear set (NS) is connected to the output shaft (2) of the reduction planetary gear set (VS) via a second spur gearwheel stage (ST21/ST22) of the spur gear arrangement (ST).

2. The multi-stage gearbox according to claim 1, wherein both spur gearwheel stages (ST11/ST12, ST21/ST22) of the spur gear arrangement (ST) have a transmission ratio of one.

3. The multi-stage gearbox according to claim 1, wherein both spur gearwheel stages (ST11/ST12, ST21/ST22) of the spur gear arrangement (ST) have a transmission ratio larger or smaller than one.

4. The multi-stage gearbox according to claim 1, wherein the spur gearwheel stages (ST11/ST12, ST21/ST22) of the spur gear arrangement (ST) each have non axis-parallel driving and driven axles.

5. The multi-stage gearbox according to claim 1, wherein the spur gearwheel stages (ST11/ST12, ST21/ST22) of the spur gear arrangement (ST) are each formed of a pair of spur gearwheels (ST11 and ST12, and ST21 and ST22), respectively.

6. The multi-stage gearbox according to claim 1, wherein the spur gearwheel stages (ST11/ST12, ST21/ST22) of the spur gear arrangement (ST) each comprise more then two spur gearwheels.

7. The multi-stage gearbox according to claim 1, wherein the spur gearwheel stages (ST11/ST12, ST21/ST22) of the spur gear arrangement (ST) comprise a different number of spur gearwheels.

8. The multi-stage gearbox according to claim 1, whereir the reduction planetary gear se (VS) and the main planetary gearset (NS) are arranged axis-parallel substantially in one plane, and the spur gear arrangement (ST) is arranged axially next to the reduction and main planetary gear sets (VS, NS) on the side thereof facing away from a drive motor of the multi-stage gearbox.

9. The multi-stage gearbox according to claim 1, wherein the reduction planetary gear set (VS) comprises at least two coupled, non-shiftable reduction planetary gearwheel assemblies (VS1, VS2), and the main planetary gear set (NS) comprises at least two coupled main planetary gearwheel assemblies (NS1, NS2), at least one of the main planetary gearwheel assemblies (NS1, NS2) being shiftable.

10. The multi-stage gearbox according to claim 1, wherein the reduction planetary gear set (VS) comprises at least two coupled reduction planetary gearwheel assemblies (VS1, VS2), at least one of the said reduction planetary gearwheel assemblies (VS1, VS2) being shiftable, the main planetary gear set (NS) comprises at least two main planetary gearwheel assemblies (NS1, NS2), at least one of the said main planetary gearwheel assemblies (NS1, NS2) being shiftable, and the output speed (nvs) of the reduction planetary gear set (VS) is produced by selective closing of the shift elements (A, B, D) acting on the reduction planetary gear set (VS).

11. The multi-stage gearbox according to claim 9, wherein the output shaft (2) of the reduction planetary gear set (VS) is connected to a central gearwheel of the second main planetary gearwheel assembly (NS2) via the second spur gearwheel stage (ST21/ST22) of the spur gear assembly (NS2) via the second spur gearwheel stage (ST21/ST22) of the spur gear arrangement (ST) or the second bevel gear pair (KT21/KT22 of the bevel gear arrangement (KT).

12. The multi-stage gearbox according to claim 9, wherein the multi-stage gearbox comprises two reduction planetary gearwheel assemblies (VS1, VS2), two main planetary gearwheel assemblies (NS1, NS2), and a total of six shift elements (A, B, D, M, H, L), and a total of nine forward gears can be engaged.

13. The multi-stage gearbox according to claim 10, wherein following features:

the reduction planetary gear set (VS) comprises three shift elements (A, B, D) and two coupled, shiftable reduction planetary gearwheel assemblies (VSI, VS2), each with a solar gearwheel (11, 21), an annular gearwheel (13, 23) and a web (15, 25) with planetary gearwheels (12, 22);

the main planetary gear set (NS) comprises three shift elements (H, M, L) and two coupled, shiftable main planetary gearwheel assemblies (NS1, NS2), each with a solar gearwheel (31, 41), an annular gearwheel (33, 43) and a web (35, 45) with planetary gearwheels (32, 42);

the spur or bevel gear arrangement (ST or KT) comprises the first spur gearwheel stage (ST11/ST12) or the first bevel gearwheel stage (KT11/KT12) with a spur or bevel gearwheel (ST11 or KT11) on an input side and a spur or bevel gearwheel (ST12 or KT12) on an output side, and a second spur gearwheel stage (ST21/ST22) or a first bevel gearwheel stage (KT21/KT22) with a spur or bevel gearwheel (ST21 or KT21) on the input side and a spur or bevel gearwheel (ST22 or KT22) on the output side;

the solar gearwheel (11) of the first reduction planetary gearwheel assembly (VS1) can be fixed by means of the first shift element (A) of the reduction planetary gear set (VS);

the solar gearwheel (21) of the second reduction planetary gearwheel assembly (VS2) is connected to the drive input shaft (1);

the annular gearwheel (13) of the first reduction planetary gearwheel assembly (VS1) and the web (25) of the second reduction planetary gearwheel assembly (VS2) are connected to one another and can be fixed by means of the third shift element (D) of the reduction planetary gear set (VS);

the annular gearwheel (23) of the second reduction planetary gearwheel assembly (VS1) and the web (15) of the first reduction planetary gearwheel assembly (VS2) are connected to one another and to the output shaft (2) of the reduction planetary gear set (VS), and can be fixed by means of the second shift element (B) of the reduction planetary gear set (VS);

the drive input shaft (1) is connected to the spur or bevel gearwheel (ST11 or KT11) of the first spur gear stage (ST11/ST12) or the first bevel gearwheel pair (KT11/KT12) on the input side;

the output shaft (2) of the reduction planetary gear set (VS) is connected to the spur or bevel gearwheel (ST21 or KT21) of the second spur gear stage (ST21/ST22) or the second bevel gearwheel pair (KT21/KT22) on the input side;

the solar gearwheel (31) of the first main planetary gearwheel assembly (NS1) can be connected by means of the first shift element (M) of the main planetary gear set (NS) to the spur or bevel gearwheel (ST12 or KT12) of the first spur gear stage (ST11/ST12) or the first bevel gear pair (KT11/KT12) on the output side;

the solar gearwheel (41) of the second main planetary gearwheel assembly (NS2) is connected to the spur or bevel gearwheel (ST22 or KT22) of the second spur gear stage (ST21/ST22) or the second bevel gear pair (KT21/KT22 on the output side;

the annular gearwheel (33) of the first main planetary gearwheel assembly (NS1) and the web (45) of the second main planetary gearwheel assembly (NS2) are connected together, can be connected by means of the second shift element (H) of the main planetary gear set (NS) to the spur or bevel gearwheel (ST12 or KT12) of the first spur gear stage (ST11/ST12) or the first bevel gear pair (KT11/KT12) on the output side, and can be fixed by means of the third shift element (L) of the main planetary gear set (NS); and

the annular gearwheel (43) of the second main planetary gearwheel assembly (NS2) and the web (35) of the first main planetary gearwheel assembly (NS1) are connected together and to the drive output shaft (3).