Lubricating structure of transmission
A lubricating structure of a transmission is capable of supplying more lubricating oil to the vicinity of one end portion of a shaft, which rotates in a transmission, than lubricating oil supplied to the remaining mechanisms of the transmission. An internal space of the shaft rotating in the transmission has a pipe inserted thereto with a gap provided therebetween, a large-diameter portion having two shaft lubrication holes, a stepped portion, and a small-diameter portion having a shaft lubrication hole. The pipe has a first pipe lubrication hole in communication with the gap and a second pipe lubrication hole in communication with the small-diameter portion.
1. A lubricating structure of a transmission comprising:
a shaft which rotates in a transmission; and
a pipe which has a proximal end portion thereof secured to a case of the transmission and through which lubricating oil is supplied from a proximal end thereof,
wherein the shaft has an internal space which extends along a rotational axis line thereof,
the internal space has a large-diameter portion of a predetermined diameter which opens at one end of the shaft, a small-diameter portion having a diameter which is smaller than that of the large-diameter portion, and a stepped portion between the large-diameter portion and the small-diameter portion,
the pipe is inserted into the large-diameter portion such that a predetermined gap is formed between the pipe and an internal peripheral surface of the large-diameter portion,
the shaft has a first shaft lubrication hole penetrating from the large-diameter portion to an outer peripheral surface of the shaft and a second shaft lubrication hole penetrating from the small-diameter portion to the outer peripheral surface of the shaft,
the pipe has a first pipe lubrication hole penetrating from an inner peripheral surface thereof to the gap,
a distal end of the pipe has a second pipe lubrication hole of a diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the first pipe lubrication hole, and
a passage from the gap to the small-diameter portion is narrowed by a distal end portion of the pipe and the stepped portion.
2. The lubricating structure of the transmission according to claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the pipe has a tapered portion, a diameter of which reduces toward the distal end, and ranges of presence of the stepped portion and the tapered portion in an axial line direction overlap.
3. The lubricating structure of the transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first shaft lubrication hole comprises a lubrication hole located at a position corresponding to the first pipe lubrication hole and a lubrication hole located at a position closer to the stepped portion than the lubrication hole located at the position corresponding to the first pipe lubrication hole.
4. The lubricating structure of the transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first shaft lubrication hole is provided to supply lubricating oil to a clutch of the transmission, and a distal end of the second pipe lubrication hole is positioned in the small-diameter portion.