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Granted Patent B2
US 9,534,683 · App. 14/233,336 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Hydraulic circuit for transmissions

Inventor: Norio Takehana (Iwate, JP)
Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
F16H57/0436F04C2/10F04C11/001F04C13/007F16H57/0446F04C2210/206F16H57/0489
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Patent No.
US 9,534,683
App. No.
14/233,336
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a hydraulic circuit for transmissions with which, while suppressing the hydraulic circuit from becoming complicated, it is possible to suppress an operational failure and a drop in the oil pressure of the hydraulic circuit, and to stabilize an oil pressure in the hydraulic circuit. The CVT 1 includes a part to be lubricated and a hydraulic control part for controlling transmission. The hydraulic circuit for transmissions includes a hydraulic oil pathway 3 for supplying oil from the pump apparatus 8 to the hydraulic control part 2 , and a lubricating oil pathway 5 for supplying oil containing an air bubble to the part to be lubricated 4 . The pump apparatus 8 includes a multi-stage trochoid pump 9 and has an air bubble-containing oil discharging part 11 for discharging the oil containing an air bubble to the first stage trochoid pump part 6 . The air bubble-containing oil discharging part 11 is connected to the lubricating oil pathway 5 . The second stage trochoid pump part 7 increases pressure of the oil discharged from the first stage trochoid pump part 6 , and discharges it from the high-pressure oil discharging part 13 . The hydraulic oil pathway 3 is connected to the high-pressure oil discharging part 13.

Claims (17)

1. A hydraulic circuit for a transmission comprising:

a hydraulic oil pathway configured to supply hydraulic oil to a hydraulic control part of the transmission, the hydraulic control part hydraulically controlling the transmission;

a lubricating oil pathway for supplying the oil to a part to be lubricated configured to be lubricated by the oil of the transmission;

a collecting part configured to collect the oil to be supplied to the hydraulic control part and the part to be lubricated; and

a pump apparatus configured to supply the oil from the collecting part to the hydraulic oil pathway and the lubricating oil pathway,

wherein the pump apparatus includes:

a low-pressure oil discharging unit having

an air bubble-containing oil discharging part configured to discharge oil containing air bubbles to the lubricating oil pathway, and

a low-pressure oil discharging part configured to discharge oil not containing the air bubbles to a high-pressure oil discharging unit; and

the high-pressure oil discharging unit, configured to increase pressure of the oil not containing the air bubbles supplied from the low-pressure oil discharging part of the low-pressure oil discharging unit, and to discharge the oil not containing the air bubbles to the hydraulic oil pathway.

2. The hydraulic circuit for a transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the low-pressure oil discharging unit is a trochoid pump having the air bubble-containing oil discharging part and the low-pressure oil discharging part.

3. The hydraulic circuit for a transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the high-pressure oil discharging unit is a multi-stage trochoid pump.

4. The hydraulic circuit for a transmission according to claim 1 ,

wherein the low-pressure oil discharging unit of the pump apparatus includes a first stage of a multi-stage trochoid pump,

wherein high-pressure oil discharging unit of the pump apparatus includes at least two stages of the multi-stage trochoid pump, one of the at least two stages included in the high-pressure oil discharging unit being a final stage which discharges the oil not containing the air bubbles to the hydraulic oil pathway.

5. The hydraulic circuit for a transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the low-pressure oil discharging unit and high-pressure oil discharging unit are driven by a common shaft.

6. The hydraulic circuit for a transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the low-pressure oil discharging unit includes a partition wall comprising the air bubble-containing oil discharging part and the low-pressure oil discharging part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2014
From: TAKEHANA, NORIO
To: MIKUNI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032462/0141 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-163897 · Jul 27, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140196447A1 · Jul 17, 2014