Patent classifications
F16H57/0412
Electric drive unit cooling and lubrication system with bearing shims and rotor shaft channel
Systems and method for cooling and lubricating power transmission systems include providing oil to an oil tube and then to a rotor shaft via the oil tube. Oil may also be provided through at least one channel defined in an end of the oil tube inserted into an annular region of the rotor shaft, through at least one channel defined in an end of the gear shaft and between the end and a shoulder of the rotor shaft and through at least one channel defined in side surface of the rotor shaft in a region of rotor shaft inserted into the gear shaft. Such systems and method can also include providing oil a fluid passageway in a bearing shim plate via an inlet tube. Oil may also be provided through a radial gap adjacent a bearing shim plate outlet and chamber defined in the bearing shim plate.
Lubricating/oil-cooling device
A device for providing a transmission with a lubricant or for oil-cooling a piston in the engine of a motor vehicle, comprising a lubricant- or oil-distribution pipe having at least one injection pipe branching off therefrom for delivering the lubricant or the oil to the respective components of the transmission or the engine, and a method for producing same.
TRANSMISSION FOR A VEHICLE
A transmission for a vehicle. The transmission includes a housing and a valve block arranged in the housing, and a parking lock mechanism. The parking lock mechanism has a wheel rotationally locked to a shaft of the transmission, a pawl and a hydraulic actuator arranged for engagement of the wheel and the pawl for locking the shaft. The actuator is hydraulically connected to the valve block such that the actuator is supplied by hydraulic fluid from the valve block.
Hybrid drive module having an electric motor
A hybrid drive module, comprising an electric motor (110) and a power electronics module (300) operatively connected to the electric motor (110) whereby the power electronics module is integral to the electric motor (110).
Dual loop cooling system energy storage and reuse
Methods and systems are provided for a dual loop coolant system used to control an engine temperature. In one example, cooling capacity is transferred from a low temperature loop to a heat exchanger, and cooling capacity stored in the heat exchanger is transferred to a high temperature loop (e.g., an engine coolant loop). The flow of coolant from the dual loop coolant system to the heat exchanger may be regulated responsive to a temperature of the coolant in each of the low temperature loop and the high temperature loop.
Fluid connector with full insertion assurance cap with secondary latches
An assurance cap, including a first body section including a first connector, a second body section hingedly connected to the first body section and including a second connector, and a plurality of latch fingers extending from at least one of the first body section and the second body section. In a closed position, the second connector is engaged with the first connector to lock the first body section to the second body section.
Transmission mechanism
A transmission mechanism includes a housing, a first rotating member accommodated in the housing and rotatable about a first rotating member axis, and a lubricating member accommodated in the housing and containing a lubricant. While the first rotating member rotates about the lubricating member, the lubricating member applies a preload to and comes into contact with a part of the first rotating member on the basis of an elastic force, so that the part of the first rotating member is lubricated with the lubricant.
Reading Internal Temperature of Continuously Variable Transmissions
A system and method are presented that measure the temperature of a component in a continuously variable transmission (CVT) system. An infrared temperature sensor is mounted in a thermally insulating sensor housing such that the sensor is located within the interior of a CVT housing and aimed at the component. The component can be a belt in the CVT system or a stationary sheave in one of the two clutches of the CVT system. The sensor housing can have a cup and a stem with the sensor being positioned within that portion of the sensor housing positioned within the interior of the CVT housing. When the stem is in the interior of the CVT housing, a nut can be used to secure the sensor housing to the CVT housing while protecting the infrared sensor from damage. An air temperature sensor in the exhaust port can provide supplemental temperature readings.
OIL COOLING CIRCUIT OF AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
An oil supply system for an automatic transmission or for an automated manual transmission in a drive train. The oil supply system includes an oil sump and a heat exchanger, wherein the oil supply is provided for at least the following operating states of the automatic transmission: a converter mode; a drive mode in one of the mechanical gears; and a retarder mode.
To optimize cooling of the oil volume flows in the different operating states two heat exchangers are provided, through which an oil volume flow can be conducted depending on the operating state of the transmission.
Electric drive unit cooling systems and methods
Systems and methods for cooling power transmission systems are include providing oil through an aperture defined in a housing to a stator cooling ring, through the stator cooling ring and into stator cooling channels, through the stator cooling channels and into spaces defined between the housing and jet rings, and through holes in the jet rings and onto the end-windings. The stator cooling ring, stator cooling channels and jet rings can encircle the stator and end-windings and, via the holes in the jet rings, spray pressurized jets of oil from various angles onto the end-windings, and in particular middle regions thereof. Seals may be used between the jet rings and housing, and between the jet rings and stator ends. The seals may be compressed so as to form an interference fit between the jet rings and housing or stator ends as the case may be.