Power transmission system for vehicle and vehicle comprising the same

• US 10,670,123 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2014
• Issued: 06/02/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BYD Company Limited
• Original Assignee: BYD Company Limited
• Inventors: Yang, Dongsheng, Lian, Yubo, Zhang, Jintao, Luo, Hongbin
• Primary Examiner(s): Joyce, William C
• Application Number:
  US14/527,572
• Publication Number:
  US 20150211617A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,043 Days
• Field of Search: 74330, 74661
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 17/356 having fluid or electric motor, for driving one or more wheels disposition of motor in, or adjacent to, traction wheel B60K7/00
• 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 6/442 Series-parallel switching type
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/52 Driving a plurality of drive axles, e.g. four-wheel drive
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 7/0007 the motor being electric
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 37/0806 with a plurality of driving or driven shafts
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/917 with transmission for changing gear ratio
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/19014 Plural prime movers selectively coupled to common output

Abstract

A power transmission system for a vehicle and a vehicle including the same are provided. The power transmission system includes an engine unit configured to generate power, a transmission unit adapted to selectively be coupled with the engine unit, and configured to transmit the power generated by the engine unit, a first motor generator coupled with the transmission unit, an output unit configured to transmit the power output by the transmission unit to at least one of front and rear wheels of the vehicle, and a second motor generator configured to drive the at least one of the front and rear wheels.

Claims

1. A power transmission system for a vehicle, comprising:

an engine unit configured to generate power;

a transmission unit;

a first motor generator coupled with the transmission unit;

an output unit configured to transmit the power output by the transmission unit to at least one of front and rear wheels of the vehicle; and

a synchronizer interposed between the transmission unit and the output unit,

wherein the transmission unit comprises;

a transmission power input part comprising a plurality of input shafts coaxially fitted over one another sequentially and a plurality of driving gears disposed on the plurality of input shafts, wherein the engine unit is configured to selectively engage with one of the plurality of input shafts to transmit the power to the one of the plurality of input shafts; and

a transmission power output part comprising an output shaft and a plurality of driven gears disposed on the output shaft and configured to mesh with the plurality of driving gears on the plurality of input shafts, wherein the transmission power output part is configured to output the power from the transmission power input part to the output unit via the synchronizer interposed between the output unit and the output shaft of the transmission unit, wherein the synchronizer is connected to and in contact with the output shaft of the transmission unit,

wherein the synchronizer is configured to synchronize a rotating speed of the output unit with a rotating speed of the output shaft of the transmission unit; and

wherein the first motor generator is configured to adjust the rotating speed of the output shaft of the transmission unit according to the rotating speed of the output unit.

2. The power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of input shafts corresponds to one of the plurality of the driving gears, and the plurality of driven gears are configured to mesh with the plurality of the driving gears respectively.

3. The power transmission system according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of the input shafts comprises a first input shaft and a second input shaft fitted over the first input shaft, and wherein the power transmission system further comprises a dual clutch including

an input terminal coupled with the engine unit,

a first output terminal coupled with the first input shaft, and

a second output terminal coupled with the second input shaft.

4. The power transmission system according to claim 3, wherein the first motor generator is configured to be coupled with one of the first input shaft and the output shaft.

5. The power transmission system according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of the input shafts comprise a first input shaft, a second input shaft fitted over the first input shaft, and a third input shaft fitted over the second input shaft;

and wherein the power transmission system further comprises a triple clutch including an input terminal coupled with the engine unit, a first output terminal coupled with the first input shaft, a second output terminal coupled with the second input shaft, and a third output terminal coupled with the third input shaft.

6. The power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the output unit comprises an output gear adapted to rotate differentially relative to the output shaft, and an engagement gear ring fixed to the output gear.

7. The power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of driven gears include a linked gear fitted over the output shaft, and the synchronizer is disposed on the output shaft and configured to selectively engage with the linked gear.

8. The power transmission system according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of input shafts comprise first input shaft and a second input shaft fitted over the first input shaft, two driving gears are fixed on the first input shaft and the second input shaft respectively, the linked gear includes a double-linked gear having a first gear part and a second gear part, and the first gear part and the second gear part are configured to mesh with the two driving gears respectively.

9. The power transmission system according to claim 1, further comprising a second motor generator having an output terminal configured to cooperate with the output unit for power transmitting.

10. The power transmission system according to claim 9, wherein when the synchronizer switches from a disengaged state to an engaged state with the output unit, the second motor generator is configured to adjust the rotating speed of the output unit.

11. The power transmission system according to claim 9, wherein

when the synchronizer switches from a disengaged state to an engaged state with the output unit,

the first motor generator is configured to adjust the rotating speed of the output shaft;

and

the second motor generator is configured to adjust the rotating speed of the output unit.

12. The power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein when the synchronizer is configured to switch from a disengaged state to an engaged state with the output unit, the first motor generator is configured to adjust the rotating speed of the output shaft.

13. The power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is configured to drive a first pair of wheels of the vehicle, and the power transmission system further comprises a second motor generator configured to drive a second pair of wheels of the vehicle.

14. The power transmission system according to claim 13, wherein the second motor generator is configured to drive the second pair of wheels via a speed changing mechanism.

15. A vehicle comprising the power transmission system according to claim 1.