IP Library Granted Patent US 9,249,878
Granted Patent B2
US 9,249,878 · App. 14/111,063 · Granted Feb 2, 2016

Shifting device comprising a coupling device

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Patent No.
US 9,249,878
App. No.
14/111,063
Granted
Feb 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shifting device including at least one coupling device, a shaft, a sliding sleeve-of the coupling device which is arranged in an axially moveable and rotationally fixed manner on the shaft and an actuator arrangement of the coupling device for axially moving the sliding sleeve. At least one coupling toothing is associated with the coupling element which can rotate about a rotational axis with respect to the shaft and a counter toothing corresponding to the coupling toothing is associated with the sliding sleeve in a rotationally fixed manner. At least one annular actuator element of the actuator arrangement surrounds the periphery of the sliding sleeve about the rotational axis.

Claims (20)

1. A shifting device comprising:

at least one coupling device having a shifting collar and an actuator system, the actuator system including at least one annular actuator element;

a shaft, the shifting collar situated in an axially shiftable and rotatably fixed manner on the shaft, the actuator system for axially shifting the shifting collar;

at least one coupling toothing being assigned to a coupling element to be rotatable around a rotation axis relative to the shaft; and

at least one mating toothing corresponding to the coupling toothing being rotatably fixedly joined to the shifting collar, the annular actuator element surrounding the shifting collar around the rotation axis on the circumferential side,

the annular actuator element being at least one gear shift drum having at least one guideway, a guiding element connected to the shifting collar radially engaging with the guideway, and the gear shift drum being at least pivotable around the rotation axis and thus movable relative to the guiding element together with the guideway

wherein the coupling device has at least one friction surface rotatably fixedly coupled with the shaft but is axially shiftable in relation to the shaft with the aid of the shifting collar, the friction surface being shiftable on a mating friction surface rotatably fixedly coupled with the coupling element and corresponds to the friction surface.

2. The shifting device as recited in claim 1 wherein the coupling toothing is provided on the coupling member.

3. The shifting device as recited in claim 1 wherein the shifting collar is mounted in an axially shiftable manner on a hub connected to the shaft.

4. The shifting device as recited in claim 1 wherein the mating friction surface is provided on the friction member in a conical manner.

5. The shifting device as recited in claim 1 wherein the mating friction surface is provided on the coupling element, the coupling element being designed as a coupling member having the coupling toothing.

6. The shifting device as recited in claim 1 wherein the coupling device has an additional coupling element, the shaft and the additional coupling element being movable relative to each other around the rotation axis, and the shifting collar being axially shiftably situated between the two coupling elements.

7. The shifting device as recited in claim 1 wherein the actuator system has at least one drive including a motor, the motor being connected to the gear shift drum in a geared manner.

8. A shifting device comprising:

at least one coupling device having a shifting collar and an actuator system, the actuator system including at least one annular actuator element;

a shaft, the shifting collar situated in an axially shiftable and rotatably fixed manner on the shaft, the actuator system for axially shifting the shifting collar;

at least one coupling toothing being assigned to a coupling element to be rotatable around a rotation axis relative to the shaft;

at least one mating toothing corresponding to the coupling toothing being rotatably fixedly joined to the shifting collar, the annular actuator element surrounding the shifting collar around the rotation axis on the circumferential side; and

a locking element pretensioned in an elastically resilient manner against the shifting collar and supported on the hub, the shifting collar having at least one radial indentation corresponding to the locking element

the annular actuator element being at least one gear shift drum having at least one guideway, a guiding element connected to the shifting collar radially engaging with the guideway, and the gear shift drum being at least pivotable around the rotation axis and thus movable relative to the guiding element together with the guideway.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG; SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGS 5 GMBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0228 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2013
From: SMETANA, TOMAS
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 031628/0167 →