IP Library Granted Patent US 12,194,840
Granted Patent B2
US 12,194,840 · App. 17/876,233 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Vehicle power transmission system and vehicle power system

Inventors: Guanghai Ye (Hangzhou, CN); Yuting Zhao (Hangzhou, CN); Shijun Chen (Hangzhou, CN); Wenbo Yao (Hangzhou, CN); Youdi Shi (Hangzhou, CN); Shiquan Gou (Hangzhou, CN); Yanjun Tan (Hangzhou, CN); Xiaozhe Lin (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignees: WUXI INFIMOTION PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; WUXI INFIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
B60K17/04B60K1/02F16H57/021
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Patent No.
US 12,194,840
App. No.
17/876,233
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a vehicle power transmission system and a vehicle power system. The vehicle power transmission system includes two motor output shafts, two power output shafts and two transmission mechanisms respectively connected between the two motor output shafts and the two power output shafts correspondingly. Each transmission mechanism includes a motor output gear, a power output gear and a middle transmission gear structure. The motor output gear is arranged on a motor output shaft, and the power output gear is arranged on a power output shaft. The middle transmission gear structure is in transmission connection with the motor output gear and the power output gear. The two power output shafts extend in a first direction, along the first direction, projections of the two motor output shafts are at least partially overlapped and/or projections of the two transmission mechanisms are at least partially overlapped.

Claims (43)

1. A vehicle power transmission system, comprising two motor output shafts, two power output shafts, and two transmission mechanisms respectively connected between the two motor output shafts and the two power output shafts correspondingly, wherein each transmission mechanism comprises a motor output gear, a power output gear and a middle transmission gear structure, the motor output gear is arranged on a corresponding motor output shaft, and the power output gear is arranged on a corresponding power output shaft, the middle transmission gear structure is in transmission connection with the motor output gear and the power output gear, and the two power output shafts are extended in a first direction,

wherein along the first direction, projections of the two motor output shafts are overlapped; and

projections of the two transmission mechanisms are overlapped,

the two motor output shafts are perpendicular to a second direction, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, each of the middle transmission gear structures comprises a middle shaft, a middle input gear and a middle output gear, the middle input gear and the middle output gear rotate synchronously through the middle shaft, the two transmission mechanisms are located between the two motor output shafts along the second direction, two middle shafts are located between the two motor output shafts along the second direction, the two motor output shafts are located between the two power output shafts along the first direction, axes of the two middle shafts are coaxial along the first direction, axes of the two power output shafts are coaxial, and the two power output gears are opposite to each other.

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

the two motor output shafts are arranged coaxially and opposite to each other in the first direction;

the two middle transmission gear structures are overlapped, each middle transmission gear structure comprises a middle shaft, a middle input gear and a middle output gear, the middle input gear is synchronous with the middle output gear through the middle shaft;

the two middle shafts are arranged in parallel with the two motor output shafts;

projections of the two middle shafts are overlapped along a direction from the two motor output shafts to the two power output shafts;

projections of the two middle input gears are overlapped along an extending direction of the middle shaft; and

the middle input gear and the middle output gear of one of the transmission mechanisms are located on a same side along the first direction, and the middle input gear and the middle output gear of the other of the transmission mechanisms are located on another same side along the first direction.

3. The vehicle power transmission system according to claim 2 , wherein the middle shaft is of a split structure, a first portion of the middle shaft is integrally formed with the middle input gear, a second portion of the middle shaft is integrally formed with the middle output gear, and the first portion of the middle shaft is connected to the second portion of the middle shaft through a spline.

4. The vehicle power transmission system according to claim 2 , wherein the vehicle power transmission system further comprises a housing;

at least one of the transmission gears comprises at least one set of nesting structure, the nesting structure comprises a supporting portion, a nesting bearing and a transmission gear, the transmission gear is at least one of the two motor output gears, the two power output gears, the two middle output gears and the two middle input gears, the transmission gear is provided with a mounting cavity, at least a portion of the nesting bearing is located in the mounting cavity, the transmission gear is supported on the supporting portion through the nesting bearing, and the supporting portion is a protruding portion of the housing or the supporting portion is fixedly connected to the housing.

5. The vehicle power transmission system according to claim 2 , wherein at least one group of the two motor output shafts, the two power output shafts, and the two middle shafts are arranged coaxially and opposite to each other, at least a gear at an end of one of coaxial shafts is provided with a first mounting cavity, the transmission system comprises a first bearing, at least a portion of the first bearing is located in the first mounting cavity, and an end of another of the coaxial shafts is supported by the first bearing.

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

the two motor output shafts are arranged coaxially and opposite to each other in the first direction;

the two middle transmission gear structures are overlapped, each of the middle transmission gear structures comprises a middle shaft, a middle input gear and a middle output gear, the middle input gear and the middle output gear are rotated synchronously through the middle shaft;

the two middle shafts are arranged in parallel with the two motor output shafts;

projections of the two middle shafts are overlapped along a direction from the two motor output shafts to the two power output shafts;

projections of the two middle input gears are overlapped along an extending direction of the middle shaft; and

the middle input gear of one of the transmission mechanisms and the middle output gear of the other of the transmission mechanisms are located on a same side along the first direction.

7. A vehicle power system, comprising:

the vehicle power transmission system according to claim 1 ; and

driving motors, wherein the driving motors are connected to the two motor output shafts or the two motor output shafts are output shafts of the driving motors.

8. The vehicle power system according to claim 7 , wherein:

the two motor output shafts are arranged coaxially and opposite to each other in the first direction;

the two middle transmission gear structures are overlapped, each middle transmission gear structure comprises a middle shaft, a middle input gear and a middle output gear, the middle input gear is synchronous with the middle output gear through the middle shaft;

the two middle shafts are arranged in parallel with the two motor output shafts;

projections of the two middle shafts are overlapped along a direction from the two motor output shafts to the two power output shafts;

projections of the two middle input gears are overlapped along an extending direction of the middle shaft; and

the middle input gear and the middle output gear of one of the transmission mechanisms are located on a same side along the first direction, and the middle input gear and the middle output gear of the other of the transmission mechanisms are located on another same side along the first direction.

9. The vehicle power system according to claim 8 , wherein the middle shaft is of a split structure, a first portion of the middle shaft is integrally formed with the middle input gear, a second portion of the middle shaft is integrally formed with the middle output gear, and the first portion of the middle shaft is connected to the second portion of the middle shaft through a spline.

10. The vehicle power system according to claim 8 , wherein the vehicle power transmission system further comprises a housing;

at least one of the transmission gears comprises at least one set of nesting structure, the nesting structure comprises a supporting portion, a nesting bearing and a transmission gear, the transmission gear is at least one of the two motor output gears, the two power output gears, the two middle output gears and the two middle input gears, the transmission gear is provided with a mounting cavity, at least a portion of the nesting bearing is located in the mounting cavity, the transmission gear is supported on the supporting portion through the nesting bearing, and the supporting portion is a protruding portion of the housing or the supporting portion is fixedly connected to the housing.

11. The vehicle power system according to claim 8 , wherein at least one group of the two motor output shafts, the two power output shafts, and the two middle shafts are arranged coaxially and opposite to each other, at least a gear at an end of one of coaxial shafts is provided with a first mounting cavity, the transmission system comprises a first bearing, at least a portion of the first bearing is located in the first mounting cavity, and an end of another of the coaxial shafts is supported by the first bearing.

12. The vehicle power system according to claim 7 , wherein:

the two motor output shafts are arranged coaxially and opposite to each other in the first direction;

the two middle transmission gear structures are overlapped, each of the middle transmission gear structures comprises a middle shaft, a middle input gear and a middle output gear, the middle input gear and the middle output gear are rotated synchronously through the middle shaft;

the two middle shafts are arranged in parallel with the two motor output shafts;

projections of the two middle shafts are overlapped along a direction from the two motor output shafts to the two power output shafts;

projections of the two middle input gears are overlapped along an extending direction of the middle shaft; and

the middle input gear of one of the transmission mechanisms and the middle output gear of the other of the transmission mechanisms are located on a same side along the first direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2024
From: ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.
To: WUXI INFIMOTION PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; WUXI INFIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067676/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2022
From: YE, GUANGHAI; ZHAO, YUTING; CHEN, SHIJUN; YAO, WENBO; SHI, YOUDI; GOU, SHIQUAN; TAN, YANJUN; LIN, XIAOZHE
To: ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.; WUXI INFIMOTION PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; WUXI INFIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060662/0017 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210159507.6 · Feb 21, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022093642 · May 18, 2022
Related Publication 20230264566A1 · Aug 24, 2023
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