Multi-stage power-shift transmission

• US 9,810,299 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2012
• 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: Beck, Stefan
• Primary Examiner(s): YOUNG, EDWIN
• Application Number:
  US14/396,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20150087469A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,700 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/48 Parallel type
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2003/445 without permanent connection between the input and the set of orbital gears
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/0008 specially adapted for front-wheel-driven vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/0065 the gear ratios comprising nine forward speeds
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/0082 characterised by the number of reverse speeds
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/201 with three sets of orbital gears
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/2046 with six engaging means
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 3/66 composed of a number of gear trains without drive passing from one train to another
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 37/042 change gear transmissions in group arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles

Abstract

A power shiftable multi-stage transmission of a planetary design and disposed between an input drive shaft and an output shaft for a vehicle. The multi-stage transmission has two parallel shaft trains, six shift elements, at least two spur gear stages and three planetary gear sets. Each of the planetary gear sets has a sun gear, a ring gear and a planet carrier combined in a carrier having multiple planetary gears. The two shaft trains may be connected to one another via the at least two spur gear stages. Different transmission ratios, between the input drive shaft and the output shaft, may be achieved by selective engagement of the six shift elements such that a plurality of forward gears, at least nine forward gears, and at least one reverse gear, may be implemented.

Claims

1. A power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120), of a planetary design, being disposed between an input drive shaft (AN) and an output shaft (AB) for a vehicle (100), the multi-stage transmission comprising:

two parallel shaft trains (WS1, WS2),

first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth shift elements (K1, K2, K3, K4, B1, B2), wherein the first, the second, the third, and the fourth shift elements (K1, K2, K3, K4) are clutches and the fifth and the sixth shift elements are brakes (B1,B2),

at least first and second spur gear stages (STS1, STS2),

first, second and third planetary gear sets (PS1, PS2, PS3), and each of the first, the second and the third planetary gear sets (PS1, PS2, PS3) comprising a sun gear (SO1, SO2, SO3), a ring gear (HO1, HO2, HO3) and a planet carrier (ST1, ST2, ST3) having multiple planetary gears,

the two shaft trains (WS1, WS2) being connectable with one another via the at least first and the second spur gear stages (STS1, STS2), and

different transmission ratios, between the input drive shaft (AN) and the output shaft (AB), being achieved by selective engagement of at least three of the first, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth and the sixth shift elements (K1, K2, K3, K4, B1, B2) such that at least nine forward gears and at least one reverse gear can be implemented.

2. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 1, wherein

the first, the second and the third planetary gear sets (PS1, PS2, PS3) and the input drive shaft (AN) are disposed on a first shaft train (WS1) of the two parallel shaft trains (WS1, WS2),

the output shaft (AB) is disposed on a second shaft train (WS2) of the two parallel shaft trains (WS1, WS2),

the two parallel shaft trains (WS1, WS2) are connectable to one another via at least the first and the second spur gear stages (STS1, STS2),

the sun gear (SO2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2) of the three planetary gear sets (PS1, PS2, PS3) and the input drive shaft (AN) are connected or connectable with one another in a rotationally fixed manner and form a first connecting element (1),

the sun gear (SO1) of the first planetary gear set (PS1) of the three planetary gear sets (PS1, PS2, PS3), a first spur gear (ST1a) of the first spur gear stage (STS1) of at least the first and the second spur gear stages (STS1, STS2) and the ring gear (HO3) of the third planetary gear set (PS3) of the three planetary gear sets (PS1, PS2, PS3) are connected or connectable to one another, via second, third and fourth connecting elements (2, 3, 4), the second, the third and the fourth connecting elements (2, 3, 4) have a shared connection point, and the second connecting element (2) is also connected to the sun gear (SO1) of the first planetary gear set (PS1), the third connecting element (3) is also connected to the first spur gear (ST1a) of the first spur gear stage (STS1) and the fourth connecting element (4) is also connected to the ring gear (HO3) of the third planetary gear set (PS3),

a first spur gear (ST2a) of the second spur gear stage (STS2) of at least the first and the second spur gear stages (STS1, STS2) and the ring gear (HO1) of the first planetary gear set (PS1) are connected or connectable with one another and form a fifth connecting element (5),

a second spur gear (ST2b) of the second spur gear stage (STS2) and the output shaft (AB) are connected or connectable with one another and form a sixth connecting element (6),

the carrier (ST1) of the first planetary gear set (PS1) and the input drive shaft (AN) are connected or connectable with one another and form a seventh connecting element (7),

a second spur gear (ST1b) of the first spur gear stage (STS1) and the output shaft (AB) are connected or connectable with one another and form an eighth connecting element (8),

the ring gear (HO2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2) and a carrier (ST3) of the third planetary gear set (PS3) are connected or connectable with one another and form a ninth connecting element (9),

the second shift element (K2) is disposed in a flow of power between the fourth connecting element (4) and the carrier (ST2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2),

the fifth shift element (B1) is disposed in the flow of power between the sun gear (SO3) of the third planetary gear set (PS3) and a transmission housing (GG), and

a sixth shift element (B2) is disposed in the flow of power between the carrier (ST2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2) and the transmission housing (GG).

3. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 2, wherein the seventh connecting element (7) supports a first portion of the first shift element (K1), and, when the first shift element (K1) is engaged, the input drive shaft (AN) is connected to the carrier (ST1) of the first planetary gear set (PS1).

4. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 2, wherein one of:

the second connecting element (2) supports a first portion of the second shift element (K2), or

the fifth connecting element (5) is connected to a second portion of the first shift element (K1).

5. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 2, wherein the sixth connecting element (6) is connected to the fifth connecting element (5), and the first shift element (K1) is disposed to supply power to the second spur gear (ST1b) of the first spur gear stage (STS1) and the output shaft (AB).

6. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 2, wherein one of:

the third shift element (K3) is disposed in the flow of power between the input drive shaft (AN) and the carrier (ST2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2), or

the third shift element (K3) is disposed in the flow of power between the carrier (ST2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2) and the ninth connecting element (9).

7. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 2, wherein the fourth shift element (K4) is disposed in the flow of power between the shared connection point of the third, the fourth and the tenth connecting elements (3, 4, 10) and the output shaft (AB).

8. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 1, wherein two planetary gear sets (PS2, PS3) of the first, the second and the third planetary gear sets and the input drive shaft (AN) are disposed on a first shaft train (WS1) of the two parallel shaft trains (WS1, WS2),

the first planetary gear set (PS1) of the three planetary gear sets (PS1, PS2, PS3) and the output shaft (AB) are disposed on a second shaft train (WS2) of the two parallel shaft trains (WS1, WS2),

the two parallel shaft trains (WS1, WS2) are connectable to one another via the first spur gear stage, the second spur gear stage and a third spur gear stage (ST2, ST3, ST4),

the sun gear (SO2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2) of the three planetary gear sets (PS1, PS2, PS3) and the input drive shaft (AN) are connected in a rotationally fixed manner to one another and form a first connecting element (1),

the ring gear (HO3) of the third planetary gear set (PS3), a first spur gear (ST3a) of the third spur gear stage (STS3) and a first spur gear (ST1a) of the first spur gear stage (STS1) of the first, the second and the third spur gear stages (STS2, STS3, STS4) are connected or connectable via third, fourth and tenth connecting elements (3, 4, 10), the third, the fourth and the tenth connecting elements (3, 4, 10) have a shared connection point, and the third connecting element (3) is also connected or connectable to the first spur gear (ST1a) of the first spur gear stage (STS1), the fourth connecting element (4) is also connected to the ring gear (HO3) of the third planetary gear set (PS3), and the tenth connecting element (10) is also connected to the first spur gear (ST3a) of the third spur gear stage (STS3), a second spur gear (ST1b) of the first spur gear stage (STS1) and the output shaft (AB) are connectable and form an eighth connecting element (8),

the ring gear (HO2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2) of the three planetary gear sets (PS1, PS2, PS3) and the carrier (ST3) of the third planetary gear set (PS3) are connected or connectable, in a rotationally fixed manner, to one another and form a ninth connecting element (9),

the output shaft (AB) and the ring gear (HO1) of the first planetary gear set (PS1) are connected or connectable and form an eleventh connecting element (11),

the carrier (ST1) of the first planetary gear set (PS1) and a second spur gear (ST4b) of the second spur gear stage (STS4) are connected or connectable and form a twelfth connecting element (12),

the sun gear (SO1) of the first planetary gear set (PS1) and a second spur gear (ST3b) of the third spur gear stage (STS3) are connected or connectable and form a thirteenth connecting element,

a first spur gear (ST4a) of the second spur gear stage (STS4) and the input drive shaft (AN) are connectable with one another and form a fourteenth connecting element (14),

the fourth connecting element (4) and the carrier (ST2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2) are connectable by the second shift element (K2),

the carrier (ST2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2) is connectable to the sun gear (SO02) of the second planetary gear set (PS2) and the input drive shaft (AN) by the third shift element (K3),

the fifth shift element (B1) is disposed in a flow of power between the sun gear (SO3) of the third planetary gear set (PS3) and a transmission housing (GG), and

the sixth shift element (B2) is disposed in the flow of power between the carrier (ST2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2) and the transmission housing (GG).

9. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 8, wherein the fourteenth connecting element (14) supports a first portion the first shift element (K1), and the first shift element (K1) is disposed in the flow of power between the input drive shaft (AN) and the first spur gear (ST4a) of the second spur gear stage (STS4).

10. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 8, wherein one of:

the first spur gear (ST4a) of the second spur gear stage (STS4) is connected to a second portion of the first shift element (K1), or

the output shaft (AB) is directly connected to the ring gear (HO1) of the first planetary gear set (PS1), or

the output shaft (AB) is connected to the ring gear (HO1) of the first planetary gear set (PS1) by a further connecting element.

11. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 8, wherein one of:

the thirteenth connecting element (13) is directly connected to the tenth connecting element (10), or

the thirteenth connecting element (13) is connected to the tenth connecting element (10) by a further connecting element.

12. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 8, wherein the eighth connecting element (8) supports a first portion of the fourth shift element (K4), and the fourth shift element (K4) is disposed in the flow of power between the second spur gear (ST1b) of the first spur gear stage (STS1) and the output shaft (AB).

13. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 1, wherein a power source (EM) is disposed on the input drive shaft (AN).

14. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first, the second and the third planetary gear sets (PS1, PS2, PS3) is a minus planetary gear set.

15. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 1, wherein

a first forward gear is implemented by engaging the second, the fourth and the fifth shift elements (K2, K4, B1),

a second forward gear is implemented by engaging the second, the third and the fourth shift elements (K2, K3, K4),

a third forward gear is implemented by engaging the third, the fourth and the fifth shift elements (K3, K4, B1),

a fourth forward gear is implemented by engaging the first, the third, and the fourth shift elements (K1, K3, K4),

a fifth forward gear is implemented by engaging the first, the third and the fifth shift elements (K1, K3, B1),

a sixth forward gear is implemented by engaging the first, the second and the third shift elements (K1, K2, K3),

a seventh forward gear is implemented by engaging the first, the second and the fifth shift elements (K1, K2, B1),

an eighth forward gear is implemented by engaging the first, the second and the sixth shift elements (K1, K2, B2),

a ninth forward gear is implemented by engaging the first, the fifth and the sixth shift elements (K1, B1, B2), and

the reverse gear is implemented by engaging the fourth, the fifth and the sixth shift elements (K4, B1, B2).

16. A power shiftable multi-stage transmission of planetary design for a vehicle, the multi-stage transmission comprising:

an input drive shaft,

an output shaft;

first and second parallel shaft trains;

first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth shift elements, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth shift elements are clutches and the fifth and sixth shift elements are brakes;

at least first and second spur gear stages;

first, second and third planetary gear sets, and each of the first, the second and the third planetary gear sets comprising a sun gear, a ring gear and a planet carrier which supports a plurality of planetary gears;

the first and the second shaft trains being connectable with one another via at least the first and the second spur gear stages;

at least three of the first, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth shift elements being selectively engagable for implementing a plurality of different transmission ratios between the input drive shaft, and the output shaft such that at least nine forward gears and at least one reverse gear can be implemented.

17. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission according to claim 16, wherein

the first, the second and the third planetary gear sets and the input drive shaft are disposed on the first shaft train and the output shaft is disposed on the second shaft train, and the first and the second shaft trains are connectable to one another via at least the first and the second spur gear stages;

the sun gear of the second planetary gear set is continuously connected to the input drive shaft and a first connecting element;

the sun gear of the first planetary gear set, a first spur gear of the first spur gear stage and the ring gear of the third planetary gear set are connected to one another via a second, a third and a fourth connecting element,

the second, the third and the fourth connecting elements comprising a common connection point, and the second connecting element is connected to the sun gear of the first planetary gear set, the third connecting element is connected to the first spur gear of the first spur gear stage and the fourth connecting element is connected to the ring gear of the third planetary gear set;

a first spur gear of the second spur gear stage is connected to the ring gear of the first planetary gear set and forms a fifth connecting element;

a second spur gear of the second spur gear stage is connected to the output shaft and forms a sixth connecting element;

the carrier of the first planetary gear set is connectable to the input drive shaft and forms a seventh connecting element;

a second spur gear of the first spur gear stage is connected to the output shaft and forms an eighth connecting element;

the ring gear of the second planetary gear set is connected to the carrier of the third planetary gear set and forms a ninth connecting element;

the second shift element is arranged in a flow of power between the fourth connecting element and the carrier of the second planetary gear set;

the fifth shift element is arranged in the flow of power between the sun gear of the third planetary gear set and a transmission housing; and

the sixth shift element is arranged in the flow of power between the carrier of the second planetary gear set (PS2) and the transmission housing.

18. The power shiftable multi-stage transmission (120) according to claim 16, wherein

a first forward gear is implemented by engaging the second, the fourth and the fifth shift elements,

a second forward gear is implemented by engaging the second, the third and the fourth shift elements,

a third forward gear is implemented by engaging the third, the fourth and the fifth shift elements,

a fourth forward gear is implemented by engaging the first, the third, and the fourth shift elements,

a fifth forward gear is implemented by engaging the first, the third and the fifth shift elements,

a sixth forward gear is implemented by engaging the first, the second and the third shift elements,

a seventh forward gear is implemented by engaging the first, the second and the fifth shift elements,

an eighth forward gear is implemented by engaging the first, the second and the sixth shift elements,

a ninth forward gear is implemented by engaging the first, the fifth and the sixth shift elements, and

the reverse gear is implemented by engaging the fourth, the fifth and the sixth shift elements.