DIFFERENTIAL GEAR AND DRIVE TRAIN WITH SUCH A DIFFERENTIAL GEAR
20230332678 ยท 2023-10-19
Inventors
- Friedrich Philipp Brezger (Karlsruhe, DE)
- Oliver Groneberg (St. Leon-Rot, DE)
- Tobias Kaufhold (Sandhausen, DE)
- Florian Schneider (Hockenheim, DE)
- Yun Kai Lim (Mannheim, DE)
Cpc classification
F16H2048/202
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B60K17/356
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
F16H48/30
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B60K17/354
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
F16H48/30
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B60K17/356
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
F16H48/08
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Abstract
A differential gear with an input side that can be rotated about an axis of rotation, which has a rotary drive contour for the rotary drive engagement with a drive wheel and at least one pinion gear that can be rotated about a pinion axle, and an output side that can be rotated about the axis of rotation, which has a first axle wheel and a second axle wheel which are in rotary drive engagement with the at least one pinion gear, wherein the input side has a rotary drive section on which the rotary drive contour is provided, and a support section on which the at least one pinion gear is arranged. The rotary drive section and the support section can optionally be brought into a rotary drive connection with one another by means of a shiftable pawl freewheel.
Claims
1. A differential gear with an input side that can be rotated about an axis of rotation, which has a rotary drive contour for the rotary drive engagement with a drive wheel and at least one pinion gear that can be rotated about a pinion axle, and an output side that can be rotated about the axis of rotation, which has a first axle wheel and a second axle wheel which are in rotary drive engagement with the at least one pinion gear, wherein the input side has a rotary drive section on which the rotary drive contour is provided, and a support section on which the at least one pinion gear is arranged, wherein the rotary drive section and the support section can optionally be brought into a rotary drive connection with one another by means of a shiftable pawl freewheel.
2. The differential gear according to claim 1, wherein the pawl freewheel has an outer race, an inner race and in the radial direction between the inner and outer races pivotably arranged pawls which can be or are preferably supported in the radial direction on the inner and outer race and particularly preferably are pivotable about a pivot axis extending in the axial direction, and/or the pawl freewheel, preferably at least one pawl of the pawl freewheel, and/or the rotary drive contour is arranged nested in the radial direction with the at least one pinion gear, particularly preferably aligned with the pinion axle.
3. The differential gear according to claim 1, wherein the input side forms a gear housing in which the first and second axle wheel are arranged and/or on which the first and second axle wheel in the axial and/or radial direction, optionally by means of a plain bearing, can be or are supported, wherein the gear housing preferably has two shaft openings for axle shafts assigned to the first and second axle wheels and at least one of the shaft openings is formed in a tubular axial section of the gear housing, which particularly preferably has a smaller radial extent than an axial section accommodating the pinion gear of the gear housing.
4. The differential gear according to claim 3, wherein the rotary drive section forms the gear housing in which the support section is accommodated, which is annular and can be moved in the radial direction, preferably by means of a plain bearing or via the pawl freewheel, and/or can be or is supported in the axial direction, preferably with play, on the gear housing, wherein the inner race of the pawl freewheel is particularly preferably in one piece with the annular support section and/or the outer race of the pawl freewheel is formed in one piece with the rotary drive contour and/or the gear housing.
5. The differential gear according to claim 3, wherein the support section forms the gear housing, wherein the inner race is preferably formed in one piece with the gear housing and/or the outer race is preferably formed in one piece with the rotary drive contour or is formed separately from an input gear which has the rotary drive contour and which is fixed in a non-rotatable manner to the outer race, wherein the outer race or the input gear is particularly preferably arranged in the radial direction, preferably by means of a roller or needle bearing, and/or can be or is supported on the gear housing in the axial direction, possibly via a radial section on the outer race or the input gear and/or on the tubular axial section of the gear housing.
6. The differential gear according to claim 1, wherein the rotary drive contour is formed as an outer rotary drive contour in the radial direction or as an inner rotary drive contour in the radial direction, wherein the inner rotary drive contour is preferably in rotary drive engagement with a tubular drive wheel arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation, which is particularly preferably rotatably mounted on the gear housing, possibly the tubular axial section of the gear housing.
7. The differential gear according to claim 1, wherein an activating element which can be displaced in the axial direction is provided for shifting the pawl freewheel, wherein the activating element is arranged on the input side so that it is displaceable in the axial direction, preferably directly or via a support element fixed to the input side and particularly preferably the activating element has a tubular supporting section which can be or is slidably supported on a circumferential outer side of the input side or a tubular support element section of the support element.
8. The differential gear according to claim 7, wherein the activating element is assigned a locking device for locking the activating element in at least one axial position, preferably in at least two or at least three axial positions, relative to the pawl freewheel, wherein the latching device is arranged particularly preferably between the tubular supporting section and the circumferential outer side of the input side, between the tubular supporting section and the tubular support element section or between the activating element and a second tubular support element section of the support element lying opposite the tubular support element section in the radial direction and possibly has at least one spring-loaded latching element on the one hand, which can be latched into two or more latching depressions on the other hand.
9. The differential gear according to claim 7, wherein the activating element, optionally via axially protruding activating pins on the activating element, interacts with the pawls of the pawl freewheel, wherein the activating element is movable particularly preferably between a first axial position, in which the rotary drive section is rotary drive coupled in a first and second relative direction of rotation to the support section via the pawls, a second axial position, in which the rotary drive section is rotary drive coupled to the support section in the first relative direction of rotation, but not in the second relative direction of rotation, via at least one pawl, and a third axial position, in which the rotary drive section is rotary drive coupled neither in the first nor in the second relative direction of rotation with the support section via the pawls.
10. A drive train for a motor vehicle with a first wheel axle which can be driven by a first drive unit, possibly an electric drive unit, preferably an electric machine and/or an internal combustion engine, and a second wheel axle, wherein the second wheel axle can be optionally driven via a differential gear according to claim 1 by a second drive unit, possibly an electric drive unit, wherein the input side, particularly preferably the rotary drive contour of the rotary drive section, is in rotary drive connection preferably with the second drive unit, particularly preferably a drive wheel of the second drive unit, and the output side, particularly preferably the first and second axle wheel, is in rotary drive connection preferably with the second wheel axle, particularly preferably with a first and second axle shaft of the second wheel axle.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
[0031] The invention is explained in more detail below using exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached drawings. In the following:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0039] In the Figures, the mutually opposite directions of the differential gear 2 are indicated by means of corresponding arrows, namely the axial directions 4, 6, the radial directions 8, 10 and the circumferential directions 12, 14, wherein the differential gear 2 has an axis of rotation 16 extending in the axial directions 4, 6.
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[0041] The input side 18 has a rotary drive contour 36 for the rotary drive engagement with a drive wheel of a drive unit, not shown in detail. The rotary drive contour 36 is provided on the rotary drive section 20 of the input side 18, wherein the rotary drive contour 36 is a rotary drive contour 36 pointing outwards in the radial direction 8, and therefore an outer rotary drive contour 36. In the illustrated embodiment, the rotary drive contour 36 is designed as a toothing, here an external toothing, wherein the external toothing shown is designed as a helical toothing, for example. The two differential pinions 28, 30, on the other hand, are arranged on the support section 22.
[0042] The input side 18 of the differential gear 2 likewise forms a gear housing, wherein the gear housing can also be referred to as a so-called differential basket. The gear housing substantially has three axial sections, namely a first axial section in the form of a tubular axial section 38, a second axial section in the form of an axial section 40 accommodating the differential pinions 28, 30 and the axle wheels 32, 34, and a third axial section in the form of a tubular axial section 42, which follow one another in the axial direction 6. As can be seen from the Figures, the two tubular axial sections 38, 42, which also form end sections of the housing, have a smaller extension in the radial direction 8, 10 than the central axial section 40. The first and second axle wheels 32, 34 are not only arranged in the gear housing formed by the input side 18, but can also be or are supported in the axial direction 4, 6 and the radial direction 8, 10, preferably by means of a plain bearing. Thus, the first axle wheel 32 is supported in the axial direction 4 via an axial bearing 44 and also in the radial direction 8, 10 on the gear housing. The second axle wheel 34, on the other hand, is supported on the gear housing via an axial bearing 46 in the axial direction 6 and also in the radial direction 8, 10.
[0043] As can be seen from
[0044] In the illustrated embodiment according to
[0045] The previously mentioned support section 22 of the input side 18 is accommodated within the gear housing formed by the rotary drive section 20. The support section 22 is annular and has a shaft 62 which extends in the radial direction 8, 10 and on which the pinion gears 28, 30 are mounted so as to be rotatable about the pinion axle 26. In principle, each of the two pinion gears 28, 30 could also be assigned their own separate shafts. The annular support section 22 can be supported in the axial direction 4, 6 on the gear housing formed by the rotary drive section 20 of the input side 18, wherein the support section 22 is arranged with play in the axial direction 4, 6 within the gear housing. In the illustrated embodiment, the support section 22 can be or is supported in the axial direction 4 on a section of the annular disk 60 protruding in the radial direction 10 and in the axial direction 6 on a section of the opposite annular disk 60 protruding in the radial direction 10.
[0046] In order to bring the rotary drive section 20 and the support section 22 into a rotary drive connection with each other only if necessary for the purpose of transmitting a torque between the input side 18 and the output side 24, a shiftable pawl freewheel 64 is arranged between the rotary drive section 20 and the support section 22, by means of which the rotary drive section 20 and the support section 22 can be optionally brought into rotary drive connection together. The pawl freewheel 64 has an outer race 66 and an inner race 68, wherein the outer race 66 surrounds the inner race 68 in the radial direction 8 on the outside. Pivotable pawls 70, 72 are arranged in the radial direction 8, 10 between the outer and inner races 66, 68. The pawls 70, 72 are in rotary drive connection with the outer race 66, wherein the pawls 70, 72 are each pivotable from a release position into a locked position. The pawls 70, 72 can be pivoted about pivot axes 74 extending in the axial direction 4, 6, wherein the pawls 70 are pivotable in the opposite direction to the pawls 72 from the release position to the locked position and vice versa. In addition, the pawls 70, 72 can be or are supported in the radial direction 8, 10 on the sides of the inner and outer races 68, 66 that face one another in the radial direction 8, 10. The pawls 70, 72 are also pretensioned into their locked position via corresponding spring elements 76.
[0047] The outer race 66 of the pawl freewheel 64 is formed in one piece with the annular housing part 56 of the gear housing and therefore also in one piece with the rotary drive contour 36, especially since the rotary drive contour 36 is provided on the side of the annular housing part 56 pointing outwards in the radial direction 8. Furthermore, the inner race 68 of the pawl freewheel 64 is formed in one piece with the annular support section 22 to achieve a particularly compact design. In principle, the support section 22 could be or is supported by an additional radial bearing, preferably a plain bearing, in the radial direction 8 on the gear housing, but in the illustrated embodiment the annular support section 22 is supported in the radial direction 8 by the pawl freewheel 64, more precisely on the sides of the outer and inner races 66, 68 facing each other in the radial direction 8, 10, so that in this way a plain bearing is also created and the pawl freewheel 64 has a dual function.
[0048] In addition, the pawl freewheel 64, in particular its outer and inner races 66, 68, and the rotary driver contour 36 are arranged nested in the radial direction 8, 10 with the pinion gears 28, 30 in order to achieve the most direct and reliable possible torque transmission between rotary drive section 20 and support section 22. In particular, the pawls 70, 72 are arranged nested with the pinion gears 28, 30 in the radial direction 8, 10. It has proven to be particularly advantageous if-as in
[0049] In order to be able to shift the pawl freewheel 64 into different shifting positions, the pawl freewheel 64 is assigned an activating element 78 that can be displaced in the axial direction 4, 6. In principle, the activating element 78 can be arranged directly on the input side 18 of the differential gear 2; in the embodiment according to
[0050] The activating element 78 has a tubular supporting section 82 which can be or is supported on a tubular support element section 84 of the support element 80 in the radial direction 8, 10 and in the axial direction 4, 6 in a sliding manner. The support element 80 is subsequently fixed to the gear housing, here the housing half 54, and is preferably designed as a sheet metal or shaped sheet metal part, wherein the tubular support element section 84 extends in the axial directions 4, 6. On its side facing away from the pawl freewheel 64, the activating element 78 has a radial section 86 adjoining the supporting section 82 in the axial direction 6, via which the activating element 78 can be gripped and moved in the axial direction 4, 6 by an actuating device. On a further radial section 88 of the activating element 78 adjoining the supporting section 82 in the axial direction 4, activating pins 90 of the activating element 78 protruding in the axial direction 4 are provided, which can interact directly with the pawls 70, 72 of the pawl freewheel 64 in order to convert the pawl 70, 72 into the respective release or locking position. Each pawl 70, 72 is assigned an activating pin 90 in each case.
[0051] Thus, the activating element 78 is displaceable in the axial direction 4 between a first axial position shown in
[0052] In order to be able to set and hold the various shifting positions of the pawl freewheel 64 in a particularly targeted manner, the activating element 78 is also assigned a latching device 92 for latching the activating element 78 in at least one axial position, preferably in at least two or at least three axial positions, relative to the pawl freewheel 64, wherein the latching device 92 in the illustrated embodiment enables latching in the first, second and third axial position. In the embodiment according to
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[0054] In contrast to the first embodiment, the gear housing in the second embodiment is still formed by the input side 18, but here by the support section 22 of the input side 18. The inner race 68 of the pawl freewheel 64 is formed in one piece with the support section 22 forming the gear housing. The outer race 66, on the contrary, is formed separately from an input gear 98 of rotary drive section 20 on the input side 18, which has the rotary drive contour 36, wherein the input gear 98 of rotary drive section 20 is fixed in a non-rotatable manner to the outer race 66 of the pawl freewheel 64, for example by means of screws. The input gear 98 has an outer section 100 in the radial direction 8, which is tubular here by way of example and on which the rotary drive contour 36 is provided, and an inner section adjoining the outer section 100 in the radial direction 10 in the form of a radial section 102 formed in one piece with the outer section 100. The input gear 98 can be or is supported in the radial direction 10 inwards via a radial bearing 104, which is designed here by way of example as a roller bearing or needle bearing, on the gear housing formed by the support section 22, more precisely on the tubular axial section 38 of the gear housing. In the opposite axial directions 4, 6, too, the input gear 98 is supported directly or indirectly on the gear housing and is thus fixed.
[0055] A support element 80 and a latching device 92 are also provided in the second embodiment according to
[0056] In the second embodiment according to
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[0058] In contrast to the second embodiment according to
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[0060] In the fourth embodiment, the rotary drive contour 36 of the rotary drive section 20 is designed as an inner rotary drive contour 36 in the radial direction 10, thus for example as an internal toothing. In the fourth embodiment, the rotary drive contour 36 is also formed in one piece with the inner race 68 of the pawl freewheel 64. The inner rotary drive contour 36 pointing inwards in the radial direction 10 is in rotary drive engagement with a tubular drive wheel 110 which is arranged coaxially to the input and output side 18, 24 and which can preferably be driven by an electric machine. The tubular drive wheel 110 is supported and mounted via a radial bearing 112 on the gear housing, more precisely on the tubular axial section 38 of the gear housing. The radial bearing 112 is arranged nested in the radial direction 8, 10 with the rotary drive contour 36.
[0061] It can also be seen from
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[0063] In addition, the drive train 118 has a second wheel axle 130, wherein the second wheel axle 130 is substantially defined by a first axle shaft 132 and a second axle shaft 134, at the outer ends of which wheels 126 of the motor vehicle or of the drive train 118 are in turn arranged. A differential gear 2 of the type according to the invention is arranged between the first and second axle shafts 132, 134, wherein the first axle shaft 132 protrudes through the first shaft opening 48 into the gear housing in order to be connected to the first axle wheel 32 in a non-rotatable manner. In the opposite axial direction 4, the second axle shaft 134 protrudes into the second shaft opening 50 of the gear housing in order to be connected to the second axle wheel 34 in a non-rotatable manner. The second wheel axle 130 or its axle shafts 132, 134 can be optionally driven by a second drive unit 136 via the differential gear 2, wherein the second drive unit 136 is preferably an electric drive unit, particularly preferably an electric machine, wherein an electrical machine can then also be operated advantageously as a generator. In order to ensure this drive of the second wheel axle 130, the rotary drive contour 36 of the rotary drive section 20 is in rotary drive connection with a drive wheel of the second drive unit 136, while the first and second axle wheel 32, 34 - as already explained above - are in rotary driving connection with the first and second axle shaft 132, 134 of the second wheel axle 130.
TABLE-US-00001 LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 2 differential gear 41 axial direction 6 axial direction 8 radial direction 10 radial direction 12 circumferential direction 14 circumferential direction 16 axis of rotation 18 input side 20 rotary drive section 22 support section 24 output side 26 pinion axle 28 pinion gear 30 pinion gear 32 first axle wheel 34 second axle wheel 36 rotary drive contour 38 tubular axial section 40 axial section 42 tubular axial section 44 axial bearing 46 axial bearing 48 first shaft opening 50 second shaft opening 52 housing half 54 housing half 56 annular housing part 58 screw connections 60 annular disks 62 shaft 64 pawl freewheel 66 outer race 68 inner race 70 pawl 72 pawl 74 pivot axis 76 spring elements 78 activating element 80 support element 82 supporting section 84 tubular support element section 86 radial section 88 radial section 90 activating pin 92 latching device 94 latching element 96 latching depressions 98 input gear 100 outer section 102 radial section 104 radial bearing 106 second tubular support element section 108 radial section 110 drive wheel 112 radial bearing 114 circumferential outer side 116 radial section 118 drive train 120 first wheel axle 122 axle shaft 124 axle shaft 126 wheels 128 first drive unit 130 second wheel axle 132 first axle shaft 134 second axle shaft 136 second drive unit