Transmission

• US 8,887,588 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2009
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Koyama, Shigeru, Torihata, Mitsuru, Kumagai, Nobuhiro, Tsukuda, Hitoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chambers, Troy
• Assistant Examiner(s): VU, ALEXANDER T
• Application Number:
  US13/129,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20110214533A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,856 Days
• Field of Search: 74329-331, 743/33, 746/61, 74665 A-665 B, 74665 D-665 F, 746/65.G
• US Class Current: 74/330
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/02 including control of driveline clutches
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/06 including control of combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/113 with two input flow paths, e.g. double clutch transmission selection of one of the torque flow paths by the corresponding input clutch
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18036 Reversing
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2003/0803 with countershafts coaxial with input or output shaft
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2003/0938 with multiple gears on the input shaft directly meshing with respective gears on the output shaft
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/0026 comprising at least one creep low gear, e.g. additional gear for extra low speed or creeping
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/0043 the gear ratios comprising four forward speeds
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/006 the gear ratios comprising eight forward speeds
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 3/006 power being selectively transmitted by either one of the parallel flow paths
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 3/091 including a single countershaft
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 3/093 with two or more countershafts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/19051 Single driven plural drives
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/19223 Disconnectable counter shaft
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/19228 Multiple concentric clutch shafts

Abstract

A twin clutch type transmission in which, when establishing a reverse gear position, the driving force of an engine (E) is transmitted to driven wheels (W, W) via the path: even-numbered gear clutch (Ce)→second input shaft (13)→second input shaft gear (22)→idle shaft second gear (42)→idle shaft first gear (41)→first countershaft first gear (23)→first countershaft (14)→first countershaft second gear (24)→third countershaft second gear (34)→first speed-third speed synchronizing device (36)→third countershaft (16)→third countershaft third gear (35)→second output shaft gear (46)→second output shaft (19)→final drive gear (44)→final driven gear (48)→differential gear (47). When establishing a first speed gear position by engaging an odd-numbered gear clutch (Co), the whole of the driving force transmission path on the downstream side of the first countershaft first gear (23) is shared with that when establishing the reverse gear position, thus enabling the weight and dimensions of the transmission to be reduced effectively.

Claims

1. A transmission comprising

a first input shaft and a second input shaft disposed coaxially with each other,

a first clutch for transmitting the driving force of an engine to the first input shaft

a second clutch for transmitting the driving force of the engine to the second input shaft,

a single output shaft disposed in parallel to the first and second input shafts,

reversing means for transmitting the driving force by reversing the rotational direction between the first input shaft and the second input shaft,

an input gear provided on one of the first and second input shafts, and

an output gear provided on the output shaft and always operatively connected to the input gear,

when establishing a predetermined forward side gear position, the driving force of the engine being transmitted to a driven wheel via one of the first and second clutches the input gear provided on one of the first and second input shafts, and the output gear provided on the output shaft, and when establishing a reverse gear position, the driving force of the engine being transmitted to the driven wheel via the other of the first and second clutches, the other of the first and second input shafts, the reversing means, the input gear provided on said one of the first and second input shafts, and the output gear provided on the output shaft,

an idle shaft and a countershaft are disposed in parallel to the first and second input shafts said other of the first and second input shafts is always operatively connected to the countershaft via a transmission gear train, an intermediate gear provided on the countershaft is always operatively connected to the output gear, and

when establishing a forward side gear position, other than said predetermined forward side gear position, the driving force of the engine is transmitted to the driven wheel via said other of the first and second clutches said other of the first and second input shafts, the transmission gear train, the intermediate gear, and the output gear.

2. The transmission according to claim 1, wherein the transmission has a plurality of gear positions which are divided into two groups, one of the two groups includes the predetermined forward side gear position and the other of the two groups includes the reverse gear position, and wherein a first gear position as a starting gear position is included in the one group and a second gear position is included in the other group.