A power train for an electric vehicle may include a planetary gear set including three rotation elements having a first rotation element, a second rotation element and a third rotation element, wherein the first rotation element is connected to a first shaft, the second rotation element is connected to a second shaft, and the third rotation element is connected to a third shaft; a first motor mounted to selectively supply power to the first shaft in two or more gear ratios; and a second motor mounted to selectively supply power to the first shaft in two or more gear ratios. The third shaft is configured to be fixed to a transmission housing, and any two of the first shaft, the second shaft, and the third shaft are configured to be coupled to each other.

Methods and systems are provided for an actuation system for a driveline shifting member in a transmission system of a vehicle. In one example, a system may include an actuator coupled to a lever arm via one or more parallel axis gears, and a shaft connecting the lever arm to a driveline shifting member, the lever arm driven via a rolling element housed within a slot in the lever arm aligned with a center of a parallel axis gear of the one or more parallel axis gears.

An architecture for coupling the output of a prime mover to a rotationally driven device. The architecture includes a selectable switching device, a terminal output member and a torque transfer device having an intermediate output member. The selectable switching device is coupled to the output of the prime mover and is selectively and alternately coupled between first and second states; in the first state with the torque transfer device, whereby the torque transfer device is rotatably driven by the prime mover and the terminal output member is rotatably driven by the intermediate output member of the torque transfer device; and in the second state with the terminal output member, whereby the terminal output member is rotatably driven by the prime mover and the torque transfer device is rotatably disconnected from the prime mover and is not rotatably driven.

An automated mechanical transmission for a vehicle includes a main gearbox assembly comprising a main shaft and being adapted to be shiftable between at least one engaged state and a neutral state; a split gearbox assembly comprising an input shaft and being adapted to be shiftable between a first engaged state, a second engaged state and a neutral state; a countershaft; a crawler gearbox assembly comprising a crawler gear engagement member which is adapted to selectively engage and disengage a crawler gear defining a torque path from the input shaft to the main gearbox assembly via the countershaft; a gearbox brake; and transmission control unit. The transmission is configured to be settable in an AMT neutral state defined by the main gearbox assembly being in the neutral state. When the transmission control unit obtains a request to engage the crawler gear from the AMT neutral state, the transmission control unit is configured to apply the gearbox brake so that a rotational speed of the countershaft is reduced to a first predetermined rotational speed which is higher than a zero rotational speed; and when the first predetermined rotational speed is reached, release the gearbox brake, set the split gearbox assembly to the neutral state and engage the crawler gear by the crawler gear engagement member.

An assembly for an electric vehicle includes an input shaft extending along a first axis and an electric motor rotatably coupled to the input shaft and co-axially aligned with the first axis. The assembly also includes an intermediate input shaft extending along a second axis and rotatably coupled to the input shaft. The assembly also includes an output shaft extending along the second axis and spaced from the intermediate input shaft along the second axis. The assembly further includes a planetary gearset rotatably coupled to the intermediate input shaft and to the output shaft, and co-axially aligned with the second axis. The assembly includes a final drive co-axially aligned with the first axis and rotatably coupled to the output shaft for providing rotational torque to at least one of a first and second set of wheels of the electric vehicle.

A longitudinal multi-shift electrically driving power assembly, wherein the longitudinal multi-shift electrically driving power assembly includes an electric motor and a plurality of sets of gearboxes, each of the gearboxes is a single-shift reduction gearbox or a multi-shift reduction gearbox, the gearboxes are connected in series to form a gearbox assembly, and an output shaft of the electric motor and an input shaft of the gearbox assembly are integrally manufactured. The power assembly employs the plurality of sets of gearboxes that are connected in series, which improves the performance of the power assembly without adding a power source.

A clutch arrangement having a first coupler mounted for rotation with a first input gear, a second coupler mounted for rotation with a second input gear, and an input-gear selector mounted for rotation with an input shaft and positioned between the first and second couplers. The input-gear selector is movable on the input shaft relative to the first and second couplers. Engagement of the input-gear selector with the first coupler drives rotation of the first input gear with rotation of the input shaft, and engagement of the input-gear selector with the second coupler drives rotation of the second input gear with rotation of the input shaft.

A transmission includes a first power transmitting path of gears that obtains odd number speeds and has an output part, a second power transmitting path of gears that obtains even number speeds and has an output part; a first gear shifting part incorporated in the first power transmitting path to obtain one of the odd number speeds, a second gear shafting part incorporated in the second power transmitting path to obtain one of the even number speeds, and a path shifting part that is arranged between the first and second power transmitting parts. The path shifting part shifts the first second power transmitting paths to output power to the output shaft.

A dual clutch-type transmission control device is provided which improves the accuracy with which transmission torque is learned. A dual-clutch transmission includes a clutch apparatus having a first clutch and a second clutch, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a counter shaft, an output shaft, an auxiliary transmission portion including a first input gear pair and a second input gear pair, a main transmission portion including an output gear pair, and learning modules and the learning modules shift the main transmission portion into a neutral state, disengage both the first and second clutched generate a torque change in an engine by keeping the engine running at a predetermined revolution number, engaging partially one of the first and second clutches and thereafter engaging the other clutch gradually partially and learn an amount of change of torque associated with the torque change as transmission torque of the other clutch.

A powertrain for a hybrid vehicle includes a first propulsion unit for powering the vehicle, a second propulsion unit for powering the vehicle, a Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT), and the second propulsion unit the ECU is programmed to control the gear shift such that when a gear shift of the first propulsion unit is made in order to change the overall gear ratio from the first input shaft to the output shaft by changing the double clutch engagement from the second clutch, engaging the second power path, to the first clutch, engaging the first power path, the power connection between the second propulsion unit and the second power path is maintained.