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Granted Patent B2
US 12,188,557 · App. 17/428,553 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Power transmission device

Inventors: Hiroki Uehara (Kanagawa, JP); Masumi Fujikawa (Kanagawa, JP); Toshikazu Oshidari (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Jatco Ltd
F16H63/3003B60K1/00B60K17/046B60K17/08F16D25/0638B60K2001/001F16H2200/0021F16H2200/0034F16H2200/2005F16H2200/2035
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Patent No.
US 12,188,557
App. No.
17/428,553
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power transmission device includes a transmission mechanism including a planetary gear set, a first engagement element, and a second engagement element. The first engagement element is a band brake configured to be engaged when the transmission mechanism is in a low gear speed. The second engagement element is a multi-plate friction clutch configured to be engaged when the transmission mechanism is in a high gear speed. The multi-plate friction clutch includes a driven plate and a drive plate. The band brake overlaps with the driven plate and the drive plate of the multi-plate friction clutch in a radial direction.

Claims (18)

1. A power transmission device comprising:

a transmission mechanism having

a planetary gear set,

a first engagement element that is a band brake configured to be engaged when the transmission mechanism is in a low gear speed, and

a second engagement element that is a multi-plate friction clutch configured to be engaged when the transmission mechanism is in a high gear speed, the multi-plate friction clutch including a driven plate, a drive plate, and a piston; and

a motor arranged upstream of the transmission mechanism, wherein

the driven plate, the drive plate, and the piston of the multi-plate friction clutch overlap the band brake and the planetary gear set in the radial direction,

at least one of the driven plate and the drive plate of the multi-plate friction clutch is arranged on a radially outward side of a ring gear of the planetary gear set,

the transmission mechanism is a two-speed transmission mechanism,

an output rotation of the transmission mechanism in the high gear speed and an output rotation of the transmission mechanism in the low gear speed are in the same rotational direction, and

a rotational direction of an output rotation of the transmission mechanism is switched between forward and reverse by switching a rotational direction of the motor.

2. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein

the band brake overlaps with the planetary gear set in the radial direction.

3. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a differential device arranged downstream of the transmission mechanism, and

a drive shaft arranged downstream of the differential device, wherein

the motor, the transmission mechanism and the differential device overlap in an axial direction, and

the drive shaft penetrates the motor and the transmission mechanism.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2021
From: UEHARA, HIROKI; FUJIKAWA, MASUMI; OSHIDARI, TOSHIKAZU
To: JATCO LTD
Reel/Frame 057082/0578 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-022145 · Feb 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220136601A1 · May 5, 2022
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