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Granted Patent B2
US 9,764,631 · App. 14/452,290 · Granted Sep 19, 2017

Power transmission system of hybrid electric vehicle

Inventor: Wan Soo Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
B60K6/442B60K6/36B60W30/19Y02T10/6234Y10S903/902Y10T477/26
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Patent No.
US 9,764,631
App. No.
14/452,290
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle which uses an engine and first and second motor/generators as power sources may include an input device having a first input shaft receiving either or both of torques of the engine and the first motor/generator and provided with a first driving gear disposed thereon, and a second input shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft, receiving a torque of the second motor/generator, and provided with a second driving gear disposed thereon, an output device including an output shaft provided with one driven gear engaged with the first driving gear, a second driven gear engaged with the second driving gear, and an output gear disposed thereon, and outputting torque transmitted from the input device, and a final reduction device outputting torque transmitted from the output device as driving torque.

Claims (34)

1. A power transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle which uses an engine and first and second motor/generators as power sources, comprising:

an input device including a first input shaft receiving either or both of torques of the engine and the first motor/generator without rotation speed change of both the engine and the first motor/generator and provided with one driving gear directly disposed thereon, and a second input shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft, receiving a torque of the second motor/generator without rotation speed change of the second motor/generator directly connected to the second input shaft, and provided with another driving gear disposed directly thereon;

an output device including an output shaft provided with one driven gear directly engaged with the one driving gear of the first input shaft, another driven gear directly engaged with the another driving gear of the second input shaft, and an output gear disposed thereon, and outputting torque transmitted from the input device; and

a final reduction device outputting torque transmitted from the output device as driving torque.

2. The power transmission system of claim 1 , wherein the engine is operably connected to the first input shaft, the first motor/generator is directly connected to the first input shaft, the one driving gear is fixedly disposed on the first input shaft, the second motor/generator is directly connected to the second input shaft, and the another driving gear is rotatably disposed on the second input shaft.

3. The power transmission system of claim 2 , wherein a torsional damper for absorbing and reducing torsional vibration is disposed between the engine and the first input shaft.

4. The power transmission system of claim 2 , wherein a clutch for selectively transmitting torque is interposed between the engine and the first input shaft.

5. The power transmission system of claim 2 , further comprising:

a selectively connecting device for selectively connecting the another driving gear with the second input shaft.

6. The power transmission system of claim 5 , wherein the selectively connecting device is a synchronizer or a clutch.

7. The power transmission system of claim 1 , wherein the engine is selectively or operably connected to the first input shaft, the first motor/generator is directly connected to the first input shaft, the one driving gear is fixedly disposed on the first input shaft, the second motor/generator is directly connected to the second input shaft, and the another driving gear is fixedly disposed on the second input shaft.

8. The power transmission system of claim 1 , wherein the output shaft is disposed in parallel with the first input shaft and the second input shaft, the one driven gear is rotatably disposed on the output shaft, and the another driven gear and the output gear are fixedly disposed on the output shaft.

9. The power transmission system of claim 8 , further comprising a selectively connecting device for selectively connecting the one driven gear to the output shaft.

10. The power transmission system of claim 9 , wherein the selectively connecting device is a synchronizer or a clutch.

11. The power transmission system of claim 1 , wherein the final reduction device comprises a differential apparatus and a final reduction gear engaged with the output gear, and

wherein the final reduction gear receives torque from the output shaft and transmits the torque to the differential apparatus.

12. A power transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle which uses an engine and first and second motor/generators as power sources, comprising:

an input device including:

a first input shaft receiving either or both of torques of the engine and the first motor/generator without rotation speed change of both the engine and the first motor/generator and provided with a first driving gear directly disposed thereon; and

a second input shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft, receiving a torque of the second motor/generator without rotation speed change of the second motor/generator directly connected to the second input shaft, and provided with a second driving gear directly disposed thereon;

an output device including an output shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft and the second input shaft, first and second driven gears disposed on the output shaft and directly engaged respectively to the first driving gear of the first input shaft and the second driving gear of the second input shaft, and an output gear fixedly disposed on the output shaft;

a selectively connecting device disposed between the second input shaft and the second driving gear or between the output shaft and the first driven gear; and

a final reduction device including a final reduction gear engaged with the output gear of the output device and a differential apparatus outputting torque transmitted from the final reduction gear as driving torque.

13. The power transmission system of claim 12 , wherein the engine is operably connected to the first input shaft, the first motor/generator is directly connected to the first input shaft, and the second motor/generator is directly connected to the second input shaft.

14. The power transmission system of claim 13 , wherein a torsional damper for absorbing and reducing torsional vibration is disposed between the engine and first input shaft.

15. The power transmission system of claim 13 , wherein a clutch for selectively transmitting torque is interposed between the engine and the first input shaft.

16. The power transmission system of claim 12 , wherein the selectively connecting device comprises:

a first synchronizer selectively and operably connecting the second driving gear rotatably disposed on the second input shaft to the second input shaft; and

a second synchronizer selectively and operably connecting the first driven gear rotatably disposed on the output shaft to the output shaft.

17. The power transmission system of claim 12 , wherein the selectively connecting device comprises:

a first clutch selectively and operably connecting the second driving gear rotatably disposed on the second input shaft to the second input shaft; and

a second clutch selectively and operably connecting the first driven gear rotatably disposed on the output shaft to the output shaft.

18. The power transmission system of claim 12 , wherein the second driving gear is fixedly disposed on the second input shaft, and

wherein the selectively connecting device includes a synchronizer selectively and operably connecting the first driven gear rotatably disposed on the output shaft to the output shaft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2014
From: KIM, WAN SOO
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0124731 · Oct 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150111694A1 · Apr 23, 2015