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US 12,304,303 · App. 18/266,952 · Granted May 20, 2025

Power transmission device

Inventor: Tomoyuki Hara (Kosai, JP)
Assignee: UNIVANCE CORPORATION
B60K17/08
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Patent No.
US 12,304,303
App. No.
18/266,952
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The power transmission device comprises a first shaft and second shaft to which the power of two motors is respectively inputted, an output shaft disposed on a different axis than the first shaft, a first reduction mechanism that transmits the rotation of the first shaft to the output shaft through a plurality of paths, and a second reduction mechanism that transmits the rotation of the second shaft to the output shaft through one path. In the first reduction mechanism, the plurality of paths have different gear ratios, and the gear ratio of the second reduction mechanism is the smallest or largest among all the gear ratios of the reduction mechanisms.

Claims (15)

1. A power transmission device comprising:

a first shaft and a second shaft to which powers of two motors are respectively inputted;

an output shaft disposed on an axis different from that of the first shaft;

a first reduction mechanism configured to transmit rotation of the first shaft to the output shaft through a plurality of paths; and

a second reduction mechanism that has only one path to transmit rotation of the second shaft to the output shaft, wherein

in the first reduction mechanism, the plurality of paths have different gear ratios, and

a gear ratio of the second reduction mechanism is smallest or largest among all gear ratios of the reduction mechanisms,

wherein the power transmission device further comprises:

a shaft that is other than the first shaft and is included in the first reduction mechanism;

an additional shaft that is disposed on the same axis as the shaft and is included in the second reduction mechanism; and

a first clutch configured to transmit or interrupt torque between the shaft and the additional shaft.

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

the first shaft and the second shaft are disposed on the same axis, and

the power transmission device comprises a second clutch configured to transmit or interrupt torque between the first shaft and the second shaft.

3. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the gear ratio of the second reduction mechanism is the smallest among all gear ratios of the reduction mechanisms.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2023
From: HARA, TOMOYUKI
To: UNIVANCE CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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