IP Library Granted Patent US 10,697,533
Granted Patent B2
US 10,697,533 · App. 15/602,826 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Power transmission system

Inventors: Kozo Yamamoto (Nagoya, JP); Hideki Nakagawa (Toyota, JP); Hirofumi Nakada (Toyota, JP); Miki Natsume (Nukata-gun, JP); Haruki Shirasaka (Anjo, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; AISIN AW CO., LTD.
F16H57/0471F16H57/0431F16H57/0489F16H37/022
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Patent No.
US 10,697,533
App. No.
15/602,826
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power transmission system includes a first case, a second case, a first tube, and a shaft. The first tube is configured to supply a lubricating oil to a first bearing and a second bearing. A shaft is rotatably supported by the first bearing and the second bearing. The shaft is provided with a through-hole extending through the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft. The first tube is insertedly fixed to an insertion hole of the first case from an outside of a space where the shaft is disposed. The first tube includes a first opening and a second opening, the first opening is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the first bearing, and the second opening is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the second bearing via the through-hole of the shaft.

Claims (29)

1. A power transmission system comprising:

a first case including a first bearing;

a second case including a second bearing;

a cover attached to the first case on a side opposite of the second case;

a continuously variable transmission disposed between the first case and the cover;

a first tube configured to supply a lubricating oil to the first bearing and the second bearing; and

a shaft disposed in a first space between the first case and the second case, the shaft being rotatably supported by the first bearing and the second bearing and being provided with a through-hole extending through the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft,

wherein the first case includes an insertion hole between the first space and a second space which is between the first case and the cover, the first tube extending through the insertion hole in the axial direction of the shaft,

the first tube is insertedly fixed to the insertion hole of the first case from the second space,

the first tube includes a first opening and a second opening,

the first opening is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the first bearing, and

the second opening is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the second bearing via the through-hole of the shaft.

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

the shaft includes a gear relatively rotatably supported via a third bearing,

the shaft includes a clutch configured to selectively couple the gear and the shaft to each other, and

the second opening of the first tube is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the second bearing and the third bearing.

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

a second tube configured to supply the lubricating oil to a transmission belt of the continuously variable transmission,

wherein the first tube branches from the second tube.

4. The power transmission system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first power transmission path arranged via the shaft and not via the continuously variable transmission; and

a second power transmission path provided in parallel to the first power transmission path, the second power transmission path being arranged via the continuously variable transmission.

5. The power transmission system according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a second tube configured to supply the lubricating oil to a transmission belt of the continuously variable transmission,

wherein the first tube branches from the second tube.

6. The power transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein

the second opening is on an axial end of the first tube disposed in the through-hole at an end of the through-hole opposite to the second bearing.

7. The power transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first opening is on a circumferential surface of the first tube.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2017
From: SHIRASAKA, HARUKI; YAMAMOTO, KOZO; NAKAGAWA, HIDEKI; NAKADA, HIROFUMI; NATSUME, MIKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; AISIN AW CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-103973 · May 25, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170343101A1 · Nov 30, 2017