Transmission Assembly for a Motor Vehicle Powertrain, Powertrain, and Method for Controlling Same
20220185095 · 2022-06-16
Inventors
- Stefan Beck (Eriskirch, DE)
- Johannes Kaltenbach (Friedrichshafen, DE)
- Matthias Horn (Tettnang, DE)
- Michael WECHS (Weißensberg, DE)
- Thomas MARTIN (Weissensberg, DE)
- Max Bachmann (Friedrichshafen, DE)
- Martin Brehmer (Tettnang, DE)
- Peter Ziemer (Tettnang, DE)
- Oliver Bayer (Hörbranz, AT)
- Thomas Kroh (Lindau, DE)
- Fabian Kutter (Kressbronn, DE)
Cpc classification
F16H3/091
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B60W10/08
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60W10/02
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60K6/387
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60K2006/4825
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
F16H3/006
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F16H2003/0807
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B60K6/547
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
F16D13/385
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F16D21/06
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F16H2003/0811
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B60Y2400/421
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
F16H3/16
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F16H3/093
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B60W10/113
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
F16H2200/0052
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B60Y2400/428
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60K6/40
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60K6/442
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60K2006/4816
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B60K6/547
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60K6/387
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60K6/40
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
F16D21/06
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F16H3/091
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Abstract
A transmission arrangement for a motor vehicle drive train (10) includes a first input shaft (12), a second input shaft (24), a countershaft (40), a first sub-transmission (26), which includes a first plurality of engageable gear sets (30, 32) for establishing a number of gear steps, a second sub-transmission (28), which includes a second plurality of engageable gear sets (34, 36) for establishing a number of gear steps, and a bridge clutch (S3), which is configured for coupling the first sub-transmission (26) and the second sub-transmission (28) in order to establish at least one winding-path gear step (V1, V6).
Claims
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16. A transmission arrangement for a motor vehicle drive train (10), comprising: a first input shaft (12); a second input shaft (24); a countershaft (40); a first sub-transmission (26) comprising a first plurality of engageable gear sets (30, 32) for establishing gear steps; a second sub-transmission (28) comprising a second plurality of engageable gear sets (34, 36) for establishing gear steps; and a bridge clutch (S3) configured for selectively coupling the first sub-transmission (26) and the second sub-transmission (28) in order to establish at least one winding-path gear step (V1, V6).
17. The transmission arrangement of claim 16, wherein the bridge clutch (S3) is arranged at the countershaft (40).
18. The transmission arrangement of claim 17, wherein the bridge clutch (S3) is arranged axially between the first sub-transmission (26) and the second sub-transmission (28).
19. The transmission arrangement of claim 16, further comprising a further countershaft (52) coupled to the first sub-transmission (26) via a first coupling gear set (54) and to the second sub-transmission (28) via a second coupling gear set (56), the bridge clutch (S3″) arranged at the further countershaft (52).
20. The transmission arrangement of claim 19, wherein the bridge clutch (S3″) is arranged axially outside an axial gap between the first coupling gear set (54) and the second coupling gear set (56).
21. The transmission arrangement of claim 16, wherein one or both of the first sub-transmission (26) and the second sub-transmission (28) has precisely two gear sets associated with regular forward gear steps.
22. The transmission arrangement of claim 16, wherein one or both of: ratios of one or both of the first plurality of engageable gear sets (30, 32) and the second plurality of engageable gear sets (34, 36) are matched to one another such that a first forward winding-path gear step (V1) has a shorter ratio than all of the first and second pluralities of engageable gear sets (30, 32, 34, 36) associated with regular forward gear steps; and ratios of one or both of the first plurality of engageable gear sets (30, 32) and the second plurality of engageable gear sets (34, 36) are matched to one another such that a second forward winding-path gear step (V6) has a longer ratio than all of the first and second pluralities of engageable gear sets (30, 32, 34, 36).
23. A drive train (10) for a motor vehicle, comprising: an internal combustion engine (12); a dual-clutch assembly (20) comprising an input element connected to the internal combustion engine (12) and two output elements; and the transmission arrangement of claim 16, wherein the first input shaft (22) and the second input shaft (24) are each connected to a respective one of the two output elements.
24. A hybrid drive train (10A), comprising: the transmission arrangement of claim 16; a dual-clutch assembly (20) comprising two output elements; a first electric machine (60) connected to an input element of the dual-clutch assembly (20); and a second electric machine (70) connected to the first input shaft (22) or to the second input shaft (24), wherein one or both of the first input shaft (22) and the second input shaft (24) are each connected to a respective one of the two output elements, and one of the two output elements is connected with the second electric machine (70).
25. The hybrid drive train of claim 24, further comprising an internal combustion engine-decoupling device (62) configured for selectively connecting an internal combustion engine (12) to the input element, the input element of the dual-clutch assembly (20) connected to the internal combustion engine-decoupling device (62).
26. The hybrid drive train of claim 24, wherein one or both of: the first electric machine (60) is connected to the input element via a first machine-coupling gear set (66); and the second electric machine (70) is connected to the first input shaft (22) or to the second input shaft (24) via a second machine-coupling gear set (72).
27. The hybrid drive train of claim 24, wherein: the first electric machine (60) is connected to the input element of the dual-clutch assembly (20); the second electric machine (70) is connected to the first input shaft (22) or to the second input shaft (24); and gear sets of the one or the first and second sub-transmissions that is associated with the second electric machine (70) are engageable by unsynchronized gearshift clutches and/or dog clutches (S2″, S1″; S4V, S5V).
28. The hybrid drive train of claim 24, wherein: the first electric machine (60) is connected to the input element of the dual-clutch assembly (20); the second electric machine (70) is connected to the first input shaft (22) or to the second input shaft (24); and the dual-clutch assembly (20IV) includes one or both of a first and a second unsynchronized gearshift clutch or dog clutch.
29. The hybrid drive train of claim 25, wherein the internal combustion engine-decoupling device (62IV) comprises an unsynchronized gearshift clutch or dog clutch.
30. A method for operating the hybrid drive train (10A) of claim 24, comprising synchronizing gear changes of unsynchronized gearshift clutches with one or both of the first electric machine (60) and the second electric machine (70).
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0053] Exemplary embodiments of the invention are represented in the drawings and are explained in greater detail in the following description, wherein:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0065] Reference will now be made to embodiments of the invention, one or more examples of which are shown in the drawings. Each embodiment is provided by way of explanation of the invention, and not as a limitation of the invention. For example, features illustrated or described as part of one embodiment can be combined with another embodiment to yield still another embodiment. It is intended that the present invention include these and other modifications and variations to the embodiments described herein.
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[0067] The dual-clutch transmission 14 includes a dual-clutch assembly 20, which includes two clutches K1, K2. The clutches K1, K2 are preferably designed as friction clutches, unless otherwise stated, for example, as wet-running multi-disk clutches.
[0068] The dual-clutch transmission 14 includes a first input shaft 22 and a second input shaft 24. The first input shaft 22 is designed as a hollow shaft and is connected to an output element of the clutch K2. The second input shaft 24 is arranged concentrically to the first input shaft 22 and is designed as an inner shaft. The second input shaft 24 is connected to an output element of the clutch K1.
[0069] The first input shaft 22 is associated with a first sub-transmission 26, which includes regular forward gear steps, in the present case the regular even forward gear steps 2 and 4. The second input shaft 24 is associated with a second sub-transmission 28, which is associated with regular odd forward gear steps, in the present case the regular odd forward gear steps 3 and 5.
[0070] The two sub-transmissions 26, 28 are arranged axially offset with respect to each other.
[0071] The first sub-transmission 26 includes a gear set 30 for the regular second forward gear step 2, and a gear set 32 for the regular fourth forward gear step 4. The second sub-transmission 28 includes a gear set 34 for the regular third forward gear step 3 and a gear set 36 for the regular fifth forward gear step 5.
[0072] The gear sets 30, 32, 34, 36 each include a fixed gear and an idler gear and, in each case, connect one of the input shafts 22, 24 to a countershaft 40.
[0073] The first sub-transmission 26 includes a first gearshift clutch assembly 42 with shift elements S5, S4 for engaging the second and fourth regular forward gear steps 2 and 4. The second sub-transmission 28 includes a second gearshift clutch assembly 44 with shift elements S2 and S1 for engaging the third and fifth regular forward gear steps 3 and 5.
[0074] The gearshift clutch assemblies 42, 44 are preferably arranged at the countershaft 40. In a corresponding way, the fixed gears of the gear sets 30, 32, 34, 36 are preferably connected to the associated input shafts 22 and 24, and idler gears of the gear sets 30, 32, 34, 36 are rotatably mounted at the countershaft 40 and are connectable to the countershaft 40 by the particular shift elements.
[0075] The countershaft 40 is connected to an output gearwheel 46, by which the differential 16 is driven.
[0076] By engaging one of the shift elements S1, S2, S4, S5, a regular forward gear step can be engaged in each case.
[0077] A bridge clutch arrangement 48 is arranged axially between the two sub-transmissions 26, 28 and includes a shift element S3, which is designed for connecting the first sub-transmission 26 and the second sub-transmission 28 to each other. Upon establishment of regular forward gear steps, the shift element S3 of the bridge clutch arrangement 48 is generally disengaged.
[0078] When the shift element S3 of the bridge clutch arrangement 48 is engaged, and when, simultaneously, one of the shift elements S1, S2, S4, S5 is engaged, a winding-path gear step can be established, in which power is transmitted from one of the clutches K1, K2 via the associated sub-transmission, then via the bridge clutch arrangement 48 to the other sub-transmission and, from there, to the countershaft 40. These types of gear steps, in which the shift element S3 of the bridge clutch arrangement 48 is engaged and one of the further shift elements S1, S2, S4, S5 is also engaged, are also referred to as winding-path gear steps in the present case.
[0079] The ratios of the gear sets 30, 32 of the first sub-transmission 26 and the ratios of the gear sets 34, 36 of the second sub-transmission 28 are matched to each other in such a way that a first forward winding-path gear step has a shorter ratio than all gear sets of the first sub-transmission 26 and of the second sub-transmission 28 that are associated with regular forward gear steps. Moreover, a second forward winding-path gear step has a longer ratio than all gear sets of the first sub-transmission and of the second sub-transmission that are associated with regular forward gear steps.
[0080] The transmission arrangement, which is formed, in the present case, by the two sub-transmissions 26, 28 and the output pinion 46, preferably does not include a reverse gear step. The transmission arrangement made up of the sub-transmissions 26, 28 is therefore preferably provided for a hybridization, in which a reverse gear step is established by an electric machine, the direction of rotation of which is easily reversible (in contrast to an internal combustion engine).
[0081] In general, it is also conceivable to integrate a gear set for a reverse gear step into the first or into the second sub-transmission 28, for which a further shift element is then generally necessary, however. In the present case, it is advantageous that the shift elements S1 through S5 are actuatable by only three actuators.
[0082] The transmission arrangement has a simple configuration and a compact design. Due to the clever arrangement of the gear sets, low component loads result. In particular, the gear set with the shortest ratio (the gear set for the second forward gear step 2) is arranged adjacent to one axial end of the transmission arrangement, i.e., at the point where a mounting of the shafts 22, 24, 40 takes place.
[0083] Due to the fact that only the lowest and the highest forward gear steps are implemented as a winding-path gear step, low transmission losses also result. A good gearing efficiency results. In addition, the transmission ratio range can be implemented in a very good way.
[0084] Further example embodiments of drive trains, which generally correspond to the drive train 10 from
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[0086] In the drive trains 10, 10′, the shift elements are designed as synchronized shift elements, in particular in the form of lock-synchronizer mechanisms.
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[0088] For example, the forward gear step V1 is established, in that the clutch K1 of the dual-clutch assembly 20 is engaged, as well as the shift element S3 of the bridge clutch arrangement 48 and the shift element S5 of the gear set 30 for the regular forward gear step 2.
[0089] In order to engage the forward gear step V2, the shift element S5 remains engaged. The shift element S3 and the clutch K1 are disengaged and the clutch K2 is engaged.
[0090] Correspondingly, in the forward gear step V3, the clutch K1 and the shift element S2 are engaged. For the forward gear step V4, the clutch K2 and the shift element S4 are engaged. For the forward gear step V5, the clutch K1 and the shift element S1 are engaged.
[0091] For the forward gear step V6, the clutch K2, the shift element S1, and the shift element S3 of the bridge clutch arrangement 48 are engaged.
[0092] The gearshift table from
[0093] In the following, further example embodiments of drive trains are explained, which correspond to the above-described drive trains with regard to configuration and mode of operation and are based on the same gearshift table as shown in
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[0095] The shift element S3″ of the bridge clutch arrangement 48″ is arranged, viewed axially, outside an axial gap between the first coupling gear set 54 and the second coupling gear set 56. As a result, an axially compact design can be implemented.
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[0098] Due to the internal combustion engine-decoupling device 62, a purely electric operation can be established, without the need to entrain the internal combustion engine. In a purely electric operation, the internal combustion engine-decoupling device 62 is disengaged. In other operating conditions, for example, in a boost mode or for starting the internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine-decoupling device 62 is engaged.
[0099] In a purely internal combustion engine-driven mode as well, the decoupling device 62 is engaged, of course, in order to be able to transmit power from the internal combustion engine 12 to the dual-clutch assembly 20.
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[0106] In the drive trains 10A.sup.IV and 10A.sup.V, the first electric machine 60′ is preferably axially aligned with the dual-clutch assembly 20.sup.IV and the first sub-transmission 26 and 26′, respectively, and extends essentially from the input element of the dual-clutch assembly 20.sup.IV up to the bridge clutch arrangement 48.
[0107] The second electric machine 70 is arranged in the axial direction between the gear sets of the two sub-transmissions 26, 28 situated farthest apart from each other, i.e., in axial overlap with the transmission arrangement, which is formed from the sub-transmissions 26, 28.
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[0110] This is represented accordingly in
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[0113] In all example embodiments, it is understood that, instead of a gear set for connecting an electric machine (machine gear sets 66 and 72), chains or belts are also usable in each case, in order to connect the particular electric machine.
[0114] In the example embodiments, in which only one electric machine is provided, which is connected to a sub-transmission in each case (
[0115] In the example embodiments from
[0116] Modifications and variations can be made to the embodiments illustrated or described herein without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. In the claims, reference characters corresponding to elements recited in the detailed description and the drawings may be recited. Such reference characters are enclosed within parentheses and are provided as an aid for reference to example embodiments described in the detailed description and the drawings. Such reference characters are provided for convenience only and have no effect on the scope of the claims. In particular, such reference characters are not intended to limit the claims to the particular example embodiments described in the detailed description and the drawings.
REFERENCE CHARACTERS
[0117] 10 drive train [0118] 12 internal combustion engine [0119] 14 dual-clutch transmission [0120] 16 differential [0121] 18 driven wheels [0122] 20 dual-clutch assembly [0123] 22 first input shaft [0124] 24 second input shaft [0125] 26 first sub-transmission [0126] 28 second sub-transmission [0127] 30 gear set for regular forward gear step 2 [0128] 32 gear set for regular forward gear step 4 [0129] 34 gear set for regular forward gear step 3 [0130] 36 gear set for regular forward gear step 5 [0131] 40 countershaft [0132] 42 first gearshift clutch assembly (2/4) [0133] 44 second gearshift clutch assembly (3/5) [0134] 46 output pinion [0135] 48 bridge clutch arrangement (S3) [0136] 52 further countershaft [0137] 54 first coupling gear set [0138] 56 second coupling gear set [0139] 60 first electric machine [0140] 62 internal combustion engine-decoupling device [0141] 66 first machine-coupling gear set [0142] 70 second electric machine [0143] 72 second machine-coupling gear set [0144] K1 second clutch (20) [0145] K2 first clutch (20) [0146] S1 shift element (5) [0147] S2 shift element (3) [0148] S3 shift element (48) [0149] S4 shift element (4) [0150] S5 shift element (2)