Patent classifications
F16D25/044
WORK VEHICLE MULTI-SPEED DRIVE ASSEMBLY WITH GUIDED DOG CLUTCH
A drive assembly for a work vehicle includes a drive housing, a drive shaft rotatable about a drive axis, an inner hub rotationally fixed to the drive shaft, and a planetary gear set coupled to the drive shaft and configured to selectively rotate an output element. The drive assembly also includes a clutch arrangement having a clutch ring configured to selectively engage the planetary gear set. The clutch arrangement further includes a guide assembly mounted on the clutch ring and configured to selectively interact with the planetary gear set to effect disengagement of the clutch ring from the planetary gear set. A clutch actuation assembly is configured to effect movement of the clutch arrangement along the drive axis to engage the planetary gear set, and a guide actuation assembly is configured to operate the guide assembly to interact with the planetary gear set.
COOLING SYSTEM FOR CLUTCH MECHANISM
A clutch mechanism designed to be installed between an engine and a motor vehicle transmission, wherein the clutch mechanism includes at least one cooling duct arranged to make a cooling fluid circulate toward the clutch, wherein each cooling duct includes an axially extending part and at least one radially extending part, the axially extending part of each cooling duct is situated radially between a transmission shaft and an interior face of the clutch support, and at least one radially extending part of each cooling duct is situated axially between the support bearing and the output hub.
ENGAGEMENT DEVICE
In an engagement device provided with a hydraulic actuator having an oil bag expanding and contracting in an engaging direction and a releasing direction, an annular engagement plate moved by the oil bag in the engaging direction and the releasing direction, and a return mechanism that urges the engagement plate in the releasing direction, the engagement plate is an engagement element whose surface on the releasing direction side is in contact with the oil bag, and the return mechanism moves the engagement plate in the releasing direction and presses the oil bag through the engagement plate.
Work vehicle multi-speed drive assembly with guided dog clutch
A drive assembly for a work vehicle includes a drive housing, a drive shaft rotatable about a drive axis, an inner hub rotationally fixed to the drive shaft, and a planetary gear set coupled to the drive shaft and configured to selectively rotate an output element. The drive assembly also includes a clutch arrangement having a clutch ring configured to selectively engage the planetary gear set. The clutch arrangement further includes a guide assembly mounted on the clutch ring and configured to selectively interact with the planetary gear set to effect disengagement of the clutch ring from the planetary gear set. A clutch actuation assembly is configured to effect movement of the clutch arrangement along the drive axis to engage the planetary gear set, and a guide actuation assembly is configured to operate the guide assembly to interact with the planetary gear set.
VARIABLE APPLY DIAMETER PISTON
A torque transmitting device and a mechanism for applying a force to engage the torque transmitting device include a piston having an inner apply face and an outer apply face, where the inner apply face is offset from the outer apply face along an apply axis of the piston. A spring is disposed adjacent to the inner apply face or the outer apply face. The spring is configured to contact an adjacent plate of the torque transmitting device. The mechanism is movable between a first engaged position, a second engaged position, and a disengaged position. The mechanism is configured to apply force to the adjacent plate through the spring and one of the inner and outer apply faces in the first engaged position, and the mechanism is configured to apply force to the adjacent plate through the spring and through both apply faces in the second engaged position.
Engine assembly
An engine assembly may include an internal combustion engine, an expander coupled to the engine, a pulley rotatably arranged on a shaft of the expander and coupled to the engine, a coupling device including at least one elastic operating element arranged within an operating element accommodation in an axially deformable manner, a drive disk arranged on the shaft between the pulley and the at least one operating element, and a pressure device connected to the operating element accommodation via a fluid line and configured to apply pressure to the operating element accommodation. The at least one operating element may be deformable in an axial direction such that the at least one operating element adjusts the drive disk into force-transferring contact with the pulley when the at least one operating element is deformed by a pressure applied to the operating element accommodation by the pressure device.
Cooling system for clutch mechanism
A clutch mechanism designed to be installed between an engine and a motor vehicle transmission, wherein the clutch mechanism includes at least one cooling duct arranged to make a cooling fluid circulate toward the clutch, wherein each cooling duct includes an axially extending part and at least one radially extending part, the axially extending part of each cooling duct is situated radially between a transmission shaft and an interior face of the clutch support, and at least one radially extending part of each cooling duct is situated axially between the support bearing and the output hub.
ENGINE ASSEMBLY
An engine assembly may include an internal combustion engine, an expander coupled to the engine, a pulley rotatably arranged on a shaft of the expander and coupled to the engine, a coupling device including at least one elastic operating element arranged within an operating element accommodation in an axially deformable manner, a drive disk arranged on the shaft between the pulley and the at least one operating element, and a pressure device connected to the operating element accommodation via a fluid line and configured to apply pressure to the operating element accommodation. The at least one operating element may be deformable in an axial direction such that the at least one operating element adjusts the drive disk into force-transferring contact with the pulley when the at least one operating element is deformed by a pressure applied to the operating element accommodation by the pressure device.
Structure of power train for vehicle
A structure of a powertrain for a vehicle according to the present invention includes: a first clutch connecting or disconnecting power from an engine; a driving motor disposed between the first clutch and a transmission, including a stator and a rotor, and having a recess, such that a center of a side of the rotor that faces the first clutch concaves toward the transmission; and an actuator at least partially inserted in the recess to operate the first clutch.
STRUCTURE OF POWER TRAIN FOR VEHICLE
A structure of a powertrain for a vehicle according to the present invention includes: a first clutch connecting or disconnecting power from an engine; a driving motor disposed between the first clutch and a transmission, including a stator and a rotor, and having a recess, such that a center of a side of the rotor that faces the first clutch concaves toward the transmission; and an actuator at least partially inserted in the recess to operate the first clutch.