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Granted Patent B2
US 10,520,064 · App. 15/029,840 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Dual-clutch automatic transmission

Inventors: Lingling Fu (Hangzhou, CN); Bo Huang (Hangzhou, CN); Dawei Luo (Hangzhou, CN); Jianghai Liu (Hangzhou, CN); Daguo Luo (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignees: ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD; NINGBO UMD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CO., LTD
F16H3/085F16H3/006F16H57/037F16H63/3425F16H2003/0931F16H2200/0056
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Patent No.
US 10,520,064
App. No.
15/029,840
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dual-clutch automatic transmission having seven forward gears and one reverse gear, wherein a seventh-gear driving gearwheel, a first-gear driving gearwheel, a fifth-gear driving gearwheel and a third-gear driving gearwheel are individually and fixedly arranged on a first input shaft, a fourth-gear driving gearwheel and a second-gear driving gearwheel are individually and fixedly arranged on a second input shaft, driven gearwheels respectively and correspondingly engaged with the driving gearwheels are rotatably supported on the first output shaft and the second output shaft. The fourth-gear driving gearwheel is also used as a sixth-gear driving gearwheel, and the gear sets of other gears are not shared, which is conducive to decrease the overall axial length of the transmission, facilitates full vehicle arrangement, and prevents the speed ratio ranges of other gears from being influenced by sharing of these gear sets to adapt to more vehicle models. In addition, the arrangement of a parking ratchet wheel is optimized in the present invention, the stress distribution on the output shafts can be more even, and thus the stability is improved and the service life is prolonged.

Claims (38)

1. A dual-clutch automatic transmission, comprising:

a first input shaft having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end of the first input shaft;

a first clutch connected to the first input shaft at the first end of the first input shaft;

a second input shaft having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end of the second input shaft; wherein the second input shaft is a hollow shaft and is sleeved on the first input shaft;

a second clutch connected to the second input shaft at the first end of the second input shaft;

a seventh-gear driving gearwheel, a first-gear driving gearwheel, a fifth-gear driving gearwheel and a third-gear driving gearwheel, which are individually arranged and are fixedly connected to the first input shaft;

a fourth-gear driving gearwheel and a second-gear driving gearwheel, which are individually arranged and are fixedly connected to the second input shaft; wherein, the fourth-gear driving gearwheel is also used as a sixth-gear driving gearwheel, and the second-gear driving gearwheel is also used as a reverse-gear driving gearwheel in order to omit a reverse-gear shaft;

a first output shaft and a second output shaft on which driven gearwheels respectively engaged with the corresponding driving gearwheels are rotatably supported; and

a parking ratchet wheel,

wherein a seventh-gear driven gearwheel, a fifth-gear driven gearwheel, a sixth-gear driven gearwheel, and a second-gear driven gearwheel respectively and correspondingly engaged with the seventh-gear driving gearwheel, the fifth-gear driving gearwheel, the fourth-gear driving gearwheel, and the second-gear driving gearwheel are rotatably supported on the second output shaft; and

a first-gear driven gearwheel, a third-gear driven gearwheel, and a fourth-gear driven gearwheel respectively and correspondingly engaged with the first-gear driving gearwheel, the third-gear driving gearwheel, the fourth-gear driving gearwheel, and a reverse-gear driven gearwheel are rotatably supported on the first output shaft,

wherein the second-gear driven gearwheel is also used as a reverse-gear idle gearwheel to be engaged with the reverse-gear driven gearwheel,

wherein a power is sequentially transmitted from the second-gear driving gearwheel to the reverse-gear driven gearwheel via the second-gear driven gearwheel to achieve a reverse function without using any reverse-gear shaft.

2. The dual-clutch automatic transmission of claim 1 , wherein the seventh-gear driving gearwheel, the first-gear driving gearwheel, the fifth-gear driving gearwheel and the third-gear driving gearwheel are sequentially arranged on the first input shaft along a direction from the second end of the first input shaft to the first end of the first input shaft.

3. The dual-clutch automatic transmission of claim 1 , wherein the fourth-gear driving gearwheel and the second-gear driving gearwheel are sequentially arranged on the second input shaft along a direction from the second end of the second input shaft to the first end of the second input shaft.

4. The dual-clutch automatic transmission of claim 1 , wherein the parking ratchet wheel is fixedly connected to the second output shaft between the fifth-gear driven gearwheel and the sixth-gear driven gearwheel.

5. The dual-clutch automatic transmission of claim 1 , further comprising a differential with a differential case, wherein, the parking ratchet wheel is fixedly arranged on the differential case.

6. The dual-clutch automatic transmission of claim 1 , further comprising a reverse-gear idle gearwheel rotatably supported on the second output shaft, and the reverse-gear idle gearwheel is engaged with the reverse-gear driven gearwheel;

wherein, the reverse-gear idle gearwheel is located at a side of the second-gear driven gearwheel away from the sixth-gear driven gearwheel, and constitutes a form of a duplex gear with the second-gear driven gearwheel.

7. The dual-clutch automatic transmission of claim 1 , further comprising a reverse-gear idle gearwheel rotatably supported on the second output shaft, and the reverse-gear idle gearwheel is engaged with the reverse-gear driven gearwheel;

wherein, the reverse-gear idle gearwheel is located at a side of the second-gear driven gearwheel facing the sixth-gear driven gearwheel, and constitutes a form of a duplex gear with the second-gear driven gearwheel.

8. The dual-clutch automatic transmission of claim 1 , wherein a first-third-gear synchronizer is fixedly arranged on the first output shaft between the first-gear driven gearwheel and the third-gear driven gearwheel; and a fourth-reverse-gear synchronizer is fixedly arranged on the first output shaft between the fourth-gear driven gearwheel and the reverse-gear driven gearwheel; and

a second-sixth-gear synchronizer is fixedly arranged on the second output shaft between the sixth-gear driven gearwheel and the second-gear driven gearwheel; and a fifth-seventh-gear synchronizer is fixedly arranged on the second output shaft between the seventh-gear driven gearwheel and the fifth-gear driven gearwheel.

9. A dual-clutch automatic transmission, comprising:

a first input shaft having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end of the first input shaft;

a first clutch connected to the first input shaft at the first end of the first input shaft;

a second input shaft having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end of the second input shaft; wherein the second input shaft is a hollow shaft and is sleeved on the first input shaft;

a second clutch connected to the second input shaft at the first end of the second input shaft;

a seventh-gear driving gearwheel, a first-gear driving gearwheel, a fifth-gear driving gearwheel and a third-gear driving gearwheel, which are individually arranged and are fixedly connected to the first input shaft;

a fourth-gear driving gearwheel and a second-gear driving gearwheel, which are individually arranged and are fixedly connected to the second input shaft; wherein, the fourth-gear driving gearwheel is also used as a sixth-gear driving gearwheel, and the second-gear driving gearwheel is also used as a reverse-gear driving gearwheel in order to omit a reverse-gear shaft;

a first output shaft and a second output shaft on which driven gearwheels respectively engaged with the corresponding driving gearwheels are rotatably supported; and

a parking ratchet wheel;

wherein the seventh-gear driving gearwheel, the first-gear driving gearwheel, the fifth-gear driving gearwheel and the third-gear driving gearwheel are sequentially arranged on the first input shaft along a direction from the second end of the first input shaft to the first end of the first input shaft;

wherein the fourth-gear driving gearwheel and the second-gear driving gearwheel are sequentially arranged on the second input shaft along a direction from the second end of the second input shaft to the first end of the second input shaft;

wherein a seventh-gear driven gearwheel, a fifth-gear driven gearwheel, a sixth-gear driven gearwheel and a second-gear driven gearwheel respectively and correspondingly engaged with the seventh-gear driving gearwheel, the fifth-gear driving gearwheel, the fourth-gear driving gearwheel and the second-gear driving gearwheel are rotatably supported on the second output shaft;

a first-gear driven gearwheel, a third-gear driven gearwheel and a fourth-gear driven gearwheel respectively and correspondingly engaged with the first-gear driving gearwheel, the third-gear driving gearwheel and the fourth-gear driving gearwheel, and a reverse-gear driven gearwheel are rotatably supported on the first output shaft;

wherein the parking ratchet wheel is fixedly connected to the second output shaft between the fifth-gear driven gearwheel and the sixth-gear driven gearwheel; and

wherein a power is sequentially transmitted from the second-gear driving gearwheel to the reverse-gear driven gearwheel via the second-gear driven gearwheel to achieve a reverse function without using any reverse-gear shaft.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2026
From: ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD; AUROBAY (NINGBO) DRIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
To: AUROBAY (NINGBO) DRIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.; AUROBAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075925/0995 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2026
From: NINGBO UMD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CO., LTD
To: AUROBAY (NINGBO) DRIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075777/0749 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2016
From: FU, LINGLING; HUANG, BO; LUO, DAWEI; LIU, JIANGHAI; LUO, DAGUO
To: ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD; NINGBO UMD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 038539/0288 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0486439 · Oct 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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