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US 12,025,211 · App. 18/050,571 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Transmission for a vehicle and powertrain with such a transmission

Inventors: Matthias Reisch (Ravensburg, DE); Ulrich Kehr (Tettnang, DE); Michael Kozok (Dörzbach, DE)
Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
F16H48/10F16H48/38
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Patent No.
US 12,025,211
App. No.
18/050,571
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmission may have an input shaft, a first output shaft, a second output shaft, and an integral differential functionally located between the input shaft and the two output shafts. The transmission may have a planetary gearset that has one or more gearset elements, and a spur gearset, which has a first spur gear and second spur gear that are intermeshed, where a first gearset element is connected to the input shaft for conjoint rotation, where a second gearset element is connected to the first output shaft for conjoint rotation, where a third gearset element is at least indirectly connected to first spur gear for conjoint rotation, and where the second spur gear is at least indirectly connected to the second output shaft for conjoint rotation.

Claims (62)

1. A transmission for a powertrain in a vehicle, the transmission comprising:

an input shaft;

a first output shaft;

a second output shaft; and

an integral differential mechanically located between the input shaft and the two output shafts, the integral differential comprising a planetary gearset with a plurality of gearset elements and a spur gearset,

wherein the spur gearset includes a first spur gear and second spur gear that mesh together,

wherein a first gearset element of the plurality of gearset elements is connected to the input shaft for conjoint rotation,

wherein a second gearset element of the plurality of gearset elements is connected to the first output shaft for conjoint rotation,

wherein a third gearset element is at least indirectly connected to the second output shaft for conjoint rotation,

wherein a first output torque is transferrable to the first output shaft via the planetary gearset,

wherein a bracing torque of the planetary gearset is converted by the spur gearset such that a second output torque corresponding to the first output torque is transferrable to the second output shaft,

wherein the first spur gear is at least indirectly supported by a first bearing element on a stationary component,

wherein the second spur gear is at least indirectly supported on the stationary component by at least one second bearing element,

wherein at least one of the bearing elements is at least partially inside the respective spur gear, and

wherein the planetary gearset and the spur gearset are placed radially above one another, such that the planetary gearset and the spur gearset are located in a common plane.

2. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the bearing elements includes a double-row design.

3. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the stationary component comprises a bearing journal, which serves as a guide for roller bodies in at least one bearing element.

4. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the planetary gearset and the spur gearset are axially adjacent to one another.

5. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the input shaft is either solid or hollow.

6. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the second spur gear and second output shaft form an integral unit.

7. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the second spur gear and second output shaft are connected to one another in a material bonded, frictionally engaged, and/or form-fitting manner.

8. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first spur gear is connected to the third gearset element in the planetary gearset for conjoint rotation via an intermediate shaft.

9. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein an axis of the first output shaft is parallel to that of the second output shaft.

10. A powertrain for a vehicle, comprising a transmission according claim 1 , and a drive unit functionally connected to the transmission, in particular an electric machine.

11. A vehicle, comprising a powertrain according to claim 10 .

12. The transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first gearset element in the planetary gearset is a sun gear, the second gearset element is a planet carrier, and the third gearset element is a ring gear.

13. A transmission for a powertrain in a vehicle, the transmission comprising:

an input shaft;

a first output shaft;

a second output shaft;

an integral differential mechanically located between the input shaft and the two output shafts; and

a planetary gearset with a plurality of gearset elements and a spur gearset,

wherein the spur gearset has a first spur gear and second spur gear that mesh together,

wherein a first gearset element of the plurality of gearset elements is connected to the input shaft for conjoint rotation,

wherein a second gearset element of the plurality of gearset elements is connected to the first output shaft for conjoint rotation,

wherein a third gearset element of the plurality of gearset elements is connected at least indirectly to the first spur gear in the spur gearset for conjoint rotation,

wherein the second spur gear is at least indirectly connected to the second output shaft for conjoint rotation,

wherein a first output torque is transferrable to the first output shaft via the planetary gearset,

wherein a bracing torque of the planetary gearset is converted in the spur gearset such that a second output torque, corresponding to the first output torque, is transferrable to the second output shaft,

wherein a first axial bearing is located axially between the first spur gear and the second gearset element in the planetary gearset, and

wherein the planetary gearset and spur gearset are placed radially above one another.

14. The transmission according to claim 13 , wherein the planetary gearset and the spur gearset are axially adjacent to one another.

15. The transmission according to claim 13 , wherein the first gearset element in the planetary gearset is a sun gear, the second gearset element is a planet carrier, and the third gearset element is a ring gear.

16. The transmission according to claim 13 , wherein the second spur gear and second output shaft form an integral unit.

17. The transmission according to claim 13 , wherein the second spur gear and second output shaft are connected to one another in a material bonded, frictionally engaged, and/or form-fitting manner.

18. A transmission for a powertrain in a vehicle, the transmission comprising:

an input shaft;

a first output shaft;

a second output shaft; and

an integral differential mechanically located between the input shaft and the two output shafts, the integral differential comprising a planetary gearset with a plurality of gearset elements and a spur gearset,

wherein the spur gearset includes a first spur gear and second spur gear that mesh together,

wherein a first gearset element of the plurality of gearset elements is connected to the input shaft for conjoint rotation,

wherein a second gearset element of the plurality of gearset elements is connected to the first output shaft for conjoint rotation,

wherein a third gearset element is at least indirectly connected to the second output shaft for conjoint rotation,

wherein a first output torque is transferrable to the first output shaft via the planetary gearset,

wherein a bracing torque of the planetary gearset is converted by the spur gearset such that a second output torque corresponding to the first output torque is transferrable to the second output shaft,

wherein the first spur gear is at least indirectly supported by a first bearing element on a stationary component,

wherein the second spur gear is at least indirectly supported on the stationary component by at least one second bearing element,

wherein at least one of the bearing elements is at least partially inside the respective spur gear, and

wherein at least one of the bearing elements includes a double-row design.

19. The transmission according to claim 18 , wherein the stationary component comprises a bearing journal, which serves as a guide for roller bodies in at least one bearing element.

20. The transmission according to claim 18 , wherein an axis of the first output shaft is parallel to that of the second output shaft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2022
From: REISCH, MATTHIAS; KEHR, ULRICH; KOZOK, MICHAEL
To: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
Reel/Frame 061576/0672 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102021212217.5 · Oct 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230135813A1 · May 4, 2023
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