IP Library Granted Patent US 8,647,232
Granted Patent B2
US 8,647,232 · App. 13/199,661 · Granted Feb 11, 2014

Group transmission device

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Patent No.
US 8,647,232
App. No.
13/199,661
Granted
Feb 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a group transmission device comprising a splitter group transmission unit and at least one active actuating unit for introducing an actuating torque into the splitter group transmission unit, an open- and/or closed-loop control unit is provided for adapting the actuating torque introduced into the splitter group transmission unit to at least one synchronized shifting operation to be executed by means of the splitter group transmission unit without synchronizing ring.

Claims (10)

1. A group transmission device comprising a main transmission unit ( 18 ) and a splitter group transmission unit ( 10 ), and an actuating unit ( 11 ) for introducing an actuating torque into the splitter group transmission unit ( 10 ) via an input shaft ( 16 ), the group transmission device further including an open- and/or closed-loop control unit ( 12 ) for adapting the actuating torque introduced into the splitter group transmission unit ( 10 ) for the synchronization of the splitter group transmission unit ( 10 ) so as to permit at least one shifting operation to be executed by means of the splitter group transmission unit ( 10 ), the splitter group transmission unit ( 10 ) comprising at least one shifting means ( 13 ) without synchronizer ring for connecting the input shaft ( 1 c ) to the actuating unit ( 11 ), the actuating unit ( 11 ) comprising a countershaft actuating means ( 15 ) for providing an actuating torque acting on a countershaft ( 14 ), and the control unit ( 12 ) being, at least in one shifting operation to be executed in opposite direction in the main transmission unit ( 18 ) and the splitter group transmission unit ( 10 ), adapted to set an actuating torque for the actuating means ( 15 ) of the countershaft ( 14 ) so as to permit smooth engagement of the at least one shifting means ( 13 ).

2. The group transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating unit ( 11 ) is provided to accommodate an actuating torque and to deliver an actuating torque.

3. The group transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the open- and/or closed-loop control unit ( 12 ) is provided to adapt and/or to change the actuating torque introduced into the splitter group transmission unit ( 10 ) during the shifting operation.

4. The group transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the open- and/or closed-loop control unit ( 12 ) is provided to cancel a tooth-on-tooth position of the splitter group transmission unit ( 10 ).

5. The group transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating unit ( 11 ) comprises at least one input shaft actuating means ( 17 ) which is provided for establishing an actuating torque acting on the input shaft ( 16 ).

6. The group transmission device according to claim 5 , wherein the open- and/or closed-loop control unit ( 12 ) is, in at least one shifting operation to be executed in the same direction in the main transmission unit ( 10 ) and the splitter group transmission unit ( 10 ), provided to set an actuating torque for the input shaft ( 16 ).

7. The group transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein a main transmission unit ( 18 ) comprising at least one shifting means ( 19 , 20 , 21 ) without a synchronizer ring.

8. The group transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit ( 12 ) adapts the actuating torque to at least one shifting operation to be executed by the main transmission unit ( 18 ).

9. The group transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit ( 12 ) provides for synchronization of the main transmission unit and/or to cancel a tooth-on-tooth position of the main transmission unit ( 12 ).

10. The group transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating unit ( 11 ) assumes, in at least one operating mode, a hybrid drive module presence for making available a drive torque.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2022
From: DAIMLER AG
To: DAIMLER TRUCK AG
Reel/Frame 061629/0616 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2011
From: GUGGOLZ, MANFRED; KRIEGER, KARL-LUDWIG; KOK, WILHELMUS; ULMER, DAVID
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 027213/0233 →