Transmission unit, power transmission system and vehicle comprising the same

• US 10,252,608 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2017
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BYD Company Limited
• Original Assignee: BYD Company Limited
• Inventors: Liu, Jing, Hua, Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Wright, Dirk
• Application Number:
  US15/648,864
• Publication Number:
  US 20170305258A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/02 comprising more than one electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2006/4808 Electric machine connected or connectable to gearbox output shaft
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2006/4816 Electric machine connected or connectable to gearbox internal shaft
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2007/0038 the motor moving together with the wheel axle
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2007/0046 the motor moving together with the vehicle body, i.e. moving independently from the wheel axle
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2007/0061 the motor axle being parallel to the wheel axle
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2007/0092 the motor axle being coaxial to the wheel axle
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/26 characterised by the motors or the generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/36 characterised by the transmission gearings
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/365 with the gears having orbital motion
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/387 Actuated clutches, i.e. clutches engaged or disengaged by electric, hydraulic or mechanical actuating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/40 characterised by the assembly or relative disposition of components
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/48 Parallel type
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/52 Driving a plurality of drive axles, e.g. four-wheel drive
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/547 the transmission being a stepped gearing
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 7/0007 the motor being electric
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/92 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2003/0822 characterised by the arrangement of at least one reverse gear
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2003/0931 each countershaft having an output gear meshing with a single common gear on the output shaft
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2048/364 using electric or hydraulic motors
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 3/006 : power being selectively transmitted by either one of the parallel flow paths
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 3/085 : with more than one output shaft
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 3/091 : including a single countershaft
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 37/0806 : with a plurality of driving or driven shafts
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 48/36 : characterised by intentionally generating speed difference between outputs
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 : Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/906 : Motor or generator
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/91 : Orbital, e.g. planetary gears
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/916 : with plurality of drive axles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/919 : Stepped shift
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/951 : Assembly or relative location of components

Abstract

A transmission unit includes: input shafts, each of the input shafts being provided with a shift driving gear thereon; output shafts, each of the output shafts being provided with a shift driven gear configured to mesh with a corresponding shift driving gear; a generator gear disposed on one of the output shafts; a motor power shaft; a first motor power shaft gear disposed on the motor power shaft and configured to rotate together with the generator gear; a second motor power shaft gear disposed on the motor power shaft and configured to rotate together with a shift driven gear; a reverse idler gear; and a reverse output gear configured to rotate together with a shift driving gear via the reverse idler gear. A power transmission system including the transmission unit and a vehicle including the power transmission system are also provided.

Claims

1. A transmission unit for a vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of input shafts, each of the input shafts having a shift driving gear thereon;

a plurality of output shafts, wherein each of the output shafts has a shift driven gear configured to mesh with a corresponding shift driving gear;

a generator gear disposed on one of the output shafts;

a motor power shaft;

a first motor power shaft gear disposed on the motor power shaft and configured to rotate together with the generator gear;

a second motor power shaft gear disposed on the motor power shaft and configured to rotate together with one of the shift driven gears;

a reverse idler gear; and

a reverse output gear configured to rotate together with one of the shift driving gears via the reverse idler gear.

2. The transmission unit according to claim 1, wherein the reverse output gear is fitted over one of the output shafts;

and wherein the transmission unit further comprises a reverse synchronizer disposed on the one of the output shafts and at least configured to engage with the reverse output gear.

3. The transmission unit according to claim 2, wherein the reverse idler gear comprises:

a first reverse idler gear configured to mesh with a shift driving gear; and

a second reverse idler gear configured to mesh with the reverse output gear and to rotate together with the first reverse idler gear.

4. The transmission unit according to claim 3, further comprising a reverse shaft, wherein the first reverse idler gear and the second reverse idler gear are fixed on the reverse shaft.

5. The transmission unit according to claim 4, wherein the reverse shaft and the motor power shaft are coaxially arranged.

6. The transmission unit according to claim 5, wherein the motor power shaft is hollow;

and wherein a part of the revere shaft is inserted into the motor power shaft.

7. The transmission unit according to claim 2, wherein the first motor power shaft gear is fixed on the motor power shaft;

wherein the generator gear is fitted over one of the output shafts; and

wherein the transmission unit further comprises a generator gear synchronizer disposed on one of the output shafts and configured to engage with the generator gear.

8. The transmission unit according to claim 7, wherein the generator gear and the reverse output gear share the reverse synchronizer such that the reverse synchronizer is configured as the generator gear synchronizer.

9. The transmission unit according to claim 8, wherein the second motor power shaft gear is fitted over the motor power shaft;

and wherein the transmission unit further comprises a motor power shaft synchronizer disposed on the motor power shaft and configured to engage with the second motor power shaft gear.

10. The transmission unit according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of input shafts comprise a first input shaft and a second input shaft coaxially fitted over the first input shaft;

and wherein the plurality of the output shafts comprise a first output shaft and a second output shaft parallel to respectively the first and second input shafts.

11. The transmission unit according to claim 10, wherein the shift driving gears on the plurality of input shafts comprise:

a first-gear driving gear disposed on the first input shaft, a second-gear driving gear disposed on the second input shaft, a third-gear driving gear disposed on the first input shaft, a fifth-gear driving gear disposed on the first input shaft, and a fourth-sixth-gear driving gear disposed on the second input shaft;

wherein the shift driven gears on the plurality of output shafts comprise;

a first-gear driven gear, a second-gear driven gear, a third-gear driven gear, and a fourth-gear driven gear disposed on the first output shaft, a fifth-gear driven gear and a sixth-gear driven gear disposed on the second output shaft;

wherein a first-third gear synchronizer disposed between the first-gear driven gear and the third-gear driven gear, a second-fourth gear synchronizer disposed between the second-gear driven gear and the fourth-gear driven gear, and a fifth-sixth gear synchronizer disposed between the fifth-gear driven gear and the sixth-gear driven gear.

12. The transmission unit according to claim 11, wherein the reverse output gear and the generator gear are both fitted over the second output shaft;

wherein the reverse output gear rotates together with the second-gear driving gear via the reverse idler gear; and

wherein the second motor power shaft gear meshes with the sixth-gear driven gear.

13. The transmission unit according to claim 10, wherein a first output shaft gear is fixed on the first output shaft;

wherein a second output shaft gear is fixed on the second output shaft; and

wherein the first output shaft gear and the second output shaft gear mesh with a shift driven gear of a main reducer respectively.

14. A power transmission system for the vehicle, comprising:

the transmission unit according to claim 1; and

a first motor generator configured to rotate together with the motor power shaft of the transmission unit.

15. The power transmission system according to claim 14, further comprising:

an engine; and

a dual clutch comprising;

an input terminal connected with the engine, a first output terminal coupled with the first input shaft, and a second output terminal coupled with the second input shaft.

16. The power transmission system according to claim 15, wherein the engine is configured to engage the input terminal of the dual clutch with the first output terminal and the second output terminal of the dual clutch simultaneously to transmit a first part of power to one or more wheels via one of the plurality of output shafts, and to transmit a second part of the power to the first motor generator via the generator gear to cause the first motor generator to generate electric power.

17. The power transmission system according to claim 15, wherein the engine is configured to transmit power to the second motor power shaft gear, and to transmit the power to the first motor generator to drive the first motor generator to generate electric power, when the vehicle is in a parked state.

18. The power transmission system according to claim 15, wherein the vehicle comprises a mechanical reverse mode, an electric reverse mode and a hybrid reverse mode, wherein the engine is configured to generate first power and the first motor generator is configured to generate second power;

wherein;

when the vehicle is in the mechanical reverse mode, the engine is configured to transmit the first power to the reverse output gear via a synchronization of the reverse synchronizer;

when the vehicle is in the electric reverse mode, the first motor generator is configured to transmit the second power to one of the plurality of the output shafts with the generator gear via a synchronization of the reverse synchronizer with the generator gear;

when the vehicle is in the electric reverse mode, the first motor generator is configured to transmit the second power to one of the plurality of the output shafts with a shift driven gear via a synchronization of the motor power shaft synchronizer with the second motor power shaft gear;

when the vehicle is in the electric reverse mode, the first motor generator is configured to transmit the second power to the shift driven gear via a synchronization of the motor power shaft synchronizer with the second motor power shaft gear and then transmit the second power to the reverse output gear via a synchronization of the reverse synchronizer with the reverse output gear;

or

when the vehicle is in the hybrid reverse mode, the engine is configured to transmit the first power to the reverse output gear via a synchronization of the reverse synchronizer with the reverse output gear, and the first motor generator is configured to transmit the second power to the shift driven gear via a synchronization of the motor power shaft synchronizer with the second motor power shaft gear, and then transmit the second power to the reverse output gear via a synchronization of the reverse synchronizer with the reverse output gear.

19. The power transmission system according to claim 15, wherein the first motor generator is configured to rotate always in a predetermined direction, when the first motor generator works as a motor or a generator.

20. The power transmission system according to claim 15, further comprising at least one second motor generator, wherein the at least one second motor generator is configured to perform power transmission with a driven gear of a main reducer of the vehicle, or is connected with the first output shaft, or is connected with the first input shaft, or wherein the at least one second motor generator comprises two second generators disposed on two sides of a differential of the vehicle, respectively, the driven gear of the main reducer is disposed on the differential.

21. The power transmission system according to claim 15, wherein the engine and/or the first motor generator is configured to drive a first pair of wheels of the vehicle, and the power transmission system further comprises:

a third motor generator configured to rotate together with one of a second pair of wheels of the vehicle;

a fourth motor generator configured to rotate together with the other one of the second pair of wheels of the vehicle, wherein the first pair of wheels are one pair of a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels of the vehicle, and the second pair of wheels are the other pair of the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear wheels; and

an antiskid synchronizer configured to selectively synchronize the second pair of wheels.

22. The power transmission system according to claim 21, further comprising:

a first gear disposed on a first power output shaft corresponding to the third motor generator;

a second gear disposed on a first drive shaft connected with a wheel corresponding to the third motor generator;

a third gear configured to mesh with the first gear;

a fourth gear coaxially arranged with the third gear and configured to mesh with the second gear and to rotate together with the third gear;

a fifth gear disposed on a second power output shaft corresponding to the fourth motor generator;

a sixth gear disposed on a second drive shaft connected with a wheel corresponding to the fifth motor generator;

a seventh gear configured to mesh with the fifth gear; and

an eighth gear coaxially arranged with the seventh gear and configured to mesh with the sixth gear and to rotate together with the eighth gear;

wherein the antiskid synchronizer is disposed on the first drive shaft and configured to selectively engage with the sixth gear;

or the antiskid synchronizer is disposed on the first power output shaft corresponding to the third motor generator and is configured to selectively engage with the fifth gear;

or the third gear and the fourth gear are fixed on a first gear shaft, the seventh gear and the eighth gear are fixed on a second gear shaft, and the antiskid synchronizer is disposed on the first gear shaft and configured to selectively engage with the seventh gear.

23. The power transmission system according to claim 21, wherein the first power output shaft is coaxially coupled with a wheel corresponding to the first output shaft, the second power output shaft is coaxially coupled with a wheel corresponding to the second output shaft, and the antiskid synchronizer is disposed on the first power output shaft and configured to engage with the second power output shaft.

24. The vehicle comprising the power transmission system according to claim 14.