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Granted Patent B2
US 11,499,633 · App. 16/718,478 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Transmission casing with an electromechanical parking-lock actuator

Inventors: Sonja Lenke (Ebern, DE); Samir (Sam) Elflein (Ebern, DE)
Assignee: FTE automotive GmbH
F16H63/3433F16H63/3466F16H63/3475F16H63/3491
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Patent No.
US 11,499,633
App. No.
16/718,478
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmission for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, including a transmission casing which is or can be at least partially filled with oil and wherein a parking lock is arranged, wherein the parking lock includes a parking lock gear, which is connected rotationally conjointly to a transmission shaft and which has a locking toothing, and a locking pawl, which is mounted pivotably on the transmission casing and which has a locking tooth which, when the locking pawl is pivoted into a locking position, can be placed in positive locking engagement with the locking toothing of the parking lock gear, wherein the locking pawl is actuatable by an electromechanical parking-lock actuator which is arranged within the transmission casing. The invention furthermore relates to a motor vehicle which has a transmission of the type.

Claims (21)

1. A transmission for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a transmission casing which is or can be at least partially filled with oil and in which a parking lock is arranged,

wherein the parking lock comprises a parking lock gear, which is connected rotationally conjointly to a transmission shaft and which has a locking toothing, and a locking pawl, which is mounted pivotably on the transmission casing and which has a locking tooth which, when the locking pawl is pivoted into a locking position, can be placed in positive locking engagement with the locking toothing of the parking lock gear,

wherein the locking pawl is actuatable by an electromechanical parking-lock actuator,

wherein the electromechanical parking-lock actuator is arranged within the transmission casing,

wherein the parking-lock actuator comprises

an electric motor including a motor shaft,

an actuator casing, and

an actuator shaft rotatably mounted in the actuator casing, the actuator shaft being operatively connected via a gearing mechanism to the motor shaft of the electric motor and driving an actuating element which acts on the locking pawl of the parking lock,

wherein an actuating rod is articulated on the actuator shaft so as to convert rotary motion of the actuator shaft into movement of the actuating rod, the actuating rod driving the actuating element which acts on the locking pawl of the parking lock, and

wherein the actuating element is provided on a free end of the actuating rod, the free end of the actuating rod being above the actuator shaft.

2. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the parking-lock actuator is arranged at least partially in a region of the transmission casing which is filled with oil.

3. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating rod is eccentrically articulated on the actuator shaft.

4. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the parking-lock actuator comprises a coupling device which has first and second coupling parts, the first coupling part is operatively connected via the gearing mechanism to the motor shaft of the electric motor, and the second coupling part is mounted so as to be axially displaceable relative to the first coupling part and is connected rotationally conjointly to the actuator shaft.

5. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator casing has a dry interior space region which is sealingly closed off with respect to oil and wherein at least the electric motor, the gearing mechanism and a portion of the actuator shaft which is operatively connected to the gearing mechanism are arranged, wherein the actuator shaft extends out of the dry interior space region through a radial shaft seal into an exterior region situated outside the dry interior space region, in order to drive the actuating element which acts on the locking pawl of the parking lock.

6. The transmission according to claim 5 , wherein the parking-lock actuator has a pressure equalization interface via which the interior space region is connected in liquid-tight fashion to the atmosphere prevailing within or outside the transmission casing.

7. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein said transmission is an automated dual-clutch transmission or a torque-converter transmission or a continuously variable transmission of a motor vehicle with internal combustion engine drive or of a motor vehicle with a hybrid drive.

8. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein said transmission is a reduction transmission or a gearshift transmission of a motor vehicle with electric motor drive.

9. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein said transmission is a differential transmission or a transfer box of a motor vehicle.

10. A motor vehicle, wherein said motor vehicle has the transmission according to claim 1 .

11. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein a front end of the actuator shaft facing towards the actuating rod includes a shoulder which constitutes a crank web for an eccentric device, and a rear end of the actuator shaft is supported by a rear bearing received in an internal projection of a casing cover by which the actuator casing is sealed.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2025
From: FTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH; FTE ASIA GMBH
To: VALEO POWERTRAIN GMBH
Reel/Frame 069875/0816 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2019
From: LENKE, SONJA; ELFLEIN, SAMIR (SAM)
To: FTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 051316/0643 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 133 266.1 · Dec 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200200270A1 · Jun 25, 2020
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