F16H37/0813

Axle drive device for a motor vehicle as well as method for operating an axle drive device

An axle drive device for a motor vehicle, having at least one drive assembly that is in operative connection with an input shaft of a shift transmission connecting the drive assembly to a wheel axle. The shift transmission a multiple-speed draw key transmission, having a draw key that, in different positions, establishes different transmission ratios between the input shaft and an output shaft of the shift transmission, wherein the draw key is connected to a centrifugal force regulator that shifts the draw key in dependence on a rotational speed of the input shaft or a rotational speed of the output shaft.

Powertrain for vehicle

A powertrain for a vehicle may include a main shaft; a transmission unit provided to selectively supply power of a motor to the main shaft with different gear ratios; a differential connected to the main shaft; two driveshafts provided to output power in opposed directions from the differential; a rotating ring rotatably mounted on the main shaft through a first clutch; and a second clutch provided to select either a state where the rotating ring is connected to the transmission unit or a state where the rotating ring is connected to a selected driveshaft of the two driveshafts.

OIL RECOVERY MECHANISM OF POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE
20210293325 · 2021-09-23 · ·

Provided is an oil recovery mechanism of a power transmission device capable of always recovering oil into an oil tank regardless of forward or reverse rotation of a rotating member. The oil recovery mechanism houses, in a case storing oil in a bottom part, a carrier (rotating member) rotating due to a drive force from an electric motor (drive source), and an oil tank having an opening open in a tangential direction on an upper part of an outer periphery of the carrier. The oil recovery mechanism scrapes up the oil by rotation of the carrier with a part immersed in the oil stored in the case to recover the oil into the oil tank. The opening of the oil tank includes a current straightening plate rotating due to a kinetic energy of the oil scraped up by the carrier to guide the oil to the oil tank.

AXLE DRIVE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

An axle drive for a motor vehicle, comprising an electric machine coupled by a rotor shaft to a transmission for the axle drive, wherein a torque can be transferred from the electric machine to an intermediate shaft with a first gear stage and from the intermediate shaft to another gear train, in particular a differential, with a second gear stage, wherein the rotor shaft or a shaft segment coupled to the rotor shaft is supported in a bearing element, wherein a fluid supply is designed to convey a liquid, in particular oil, into an intermediate space between the bearing element and a side shaft on the axle drive through a fluid channel, and from the intermediate space into the rotor chamber in the electric machine.

Multi-axis final drive assembly

A final drive assembly for a vehicle drive axle having first and second axle-shafts that are configured to rotate about a common first axis. The final drive assembly includes a first gear-set configured to be operatively connected to the first axle-shaft. The final drive assembly also includes a second gear-set configured to be operatively connected to the second axle-shaft. The final drive assembly additionally includes an electric motor configured to provide an electric motor torque input to each of the first and second gear-sets and arranged on a second axis that is parallel to the first axis.

Transmission device

A transmission device is provided in which a support shaft is supported by a carrier, has planetary gears, supports the planetary gears, and is provided with an oil hole and a discharge hole communicating with the oil hole and having an outer end opening on the support shaft, wherein the support shaft has the oil hole, a discharge hole having an inner end communicating with the oil hole and having an outer end opening on the support shaft, and an engagement part provided on one end portion of the support shaft, the other end portion of the support shaft is fixed to the carrier, and a to-be-engaged part is provided on the transmission member, the engagement part engaging with the to-be-engaged part for positioning the support shaft at a position in which the outer end of the discharge hole faces outward in a radial direction of the carrier.

GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH VARIABLE SPEED OUTPUT

The gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes at least a low pressure spool with a low pressure turbine shaft operatively connected to at least one turbine, the low pressure turbine shaft rotatable about an engine axis, and a low pressure compressor operatively connected to a low pressure compressor shaft that is independently rotatable relative to the low pressure turbine shaft. A differential gearbox has an input operatively connected to the low pressure turbine shaft, a first output and a second output, the first output of the differential gearbox operatively connected to the low pressure compressor shaft and the second output of the differential gearbox operatively connected to an output shaft of the gas turbine engine. The differential gearbox permits the output shaft, the low pressure compressor shaft and the low pressure turbine shaft to rotate at different speeds.

SPEED REDUCTION ASSEMBLY AND A VEHICLE THAT UTILIZES THE SPEED REDUCTION ASSEMBLY

A speed reduction assembly for an electric vehicle includes an electric machine configured to operate as a motor and as a generator. The electric machine includes an output shaft that is rotatable about a longitudinal axis at an output speed. The assembly also includes an output member coupled to the output shaft and rotatable about the longitudinal axis at a reduced speed. In addition, the assembly includes a pericyclic apparatus coupled to the output shaft and the output member to reduce the output speed of the output shaft to the reduced speed of the output member. A vehicle may include the speed reduction assembly in certain configurations. The vehicle includes a battery module and the electric machine is in electrical communication with the battery module to recharge the battery module when the electric machine operates as the generator.

Vehicle driveline component having spring sets disposed between a housing and a ring gear of a transmission to mitigate noise generated from torque reversal

A vehicle driveline component with a housing, a ring gear of a transmission, and a plurality of spring sets. The housing defines a bore and a plurality of grooves that are spaced circumferentially about the bore. The ring gear includes an internally-toothed ring gear body and a plurality of mounting teeth that project radially from the ring gear body. The first mounting teeth are received into the grooves in the housing. Each of the spring sets has a first spring, which is disposed between a first side of an associated one of the mounting teeth and a first wall of an associated one of the grooves into which the associated one of the mounting teeth is received, and a second spring that is disposed between a second side of the associated one of the mounting teeth and a second wall of the associated one of the grooves.

ONE-WAY COMPONENT OF TRANSMISSION MECHANISM

A transmission mechanism includes first and second transmission, first and second shafts, a clutch, and a one-way bearing. In the first gear, power is output through the first driving transmission and the one-way bearing; and in the second gear, the power is output through the clutch, the second driving transmission and the one-way bearing.