POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

Abstract

A powershift transmission has a split group with a plurality of powershift stages and an input shaft that can be rotatably driven by a drive shaft of a motorized drive. The input shaft transmits in a stepped-up manner to an output shaft of the split group a rotational movement corresponding to a selected powershiftable stage transmission. A synchromesh transmission group has at least four gear stages and can be rotatably driven by the output shaft of the split group via an intermediate group located therebetween, and via the output shaft of the synchromesh transmission group an axle transmission of the motor vehicle can be rotatably driven. The intermediate group has first and second switching elements each having an output shaft that can be coupled by means of a switchable clutch to an idler. First and second output gears are arranged on the output shaft of the synchromesh transmission group.

Claims

1-6. (canceled)

7. A powershift transmission of a motor vehicle, comprising: a split group (5) having a plurality of powershift stage, an input shaft (4), and an output shaft, the input shaft configured to be rotatably driven by a drive shaft (2) of a motorized drive (1) and configured to transmit in a stepped-up manner to the output shaft (7) of the split group (5) a rotational movement corresponding to a selection of one of a plurality of powershiftable stage transmissions; and a synchromesh transmission group (19) having at least four gear stages configured to be rotatably driven by the output shaft (7) of the split group (5) via an intermediate group (15) located therebetween and via the output shaft (29) of the synchromesh transmission group (19) and via the output shaft of the synchromesh transmission group 19 an axle transmission 33 of the motor vehicle can be rotatably driven; wherein the intermediate group (15) has a first switching element (16) and a second switching element (17) each having an output shaft (18, 24), wherein the output shaft (18) of the first switching element (16) configured to be coupled by means of switchable clutches (20, 22) to a first idler (21) or to a second idler (23), the first idler having a higher number of teeth of a high gear and the second idler (23) having a lower number of teeth of a low gear, wherein the output shaft (24) of the second switching element (17) is configured to be coupled by means of switchable clutches (25, 27) to a third idler (26) or to a fourth idler (28), the third idler having a higher number of teeth of a high gear and the fourth idler (28) having a lower number of teeth of a low gear, a first output gear (30) securely arranged on the output shaft (29) of the synchromesh transmission group (19) and in which the first idler (21) and the third idler (26) engage, a second output gear (32) arranged on the output shaft (29) of the synchromesh transmission group (19) and in which the second idler (23) and the fourth idler (28) engage, and wherein, when the second idler (23) or the fourth idler (28) is coupled by means of a switching apparatus (31), the second output gear (32) can be connected in a rotationally secure manner to the output shaft (29) of the synchromesh transmission group (19), and when the first idler (21) or the third idler (26) is coupled, the second output gear (32) is decoupled by the switching apparatus (31) from the output shaft (29) of the synchromesh transmission group (19).

8. The powershift transmission of claim 7, wherein the switchable clutches (20, 22, 25, 27. and/or the switching apparatus (31) can be switched magnetically and/or switched electrohydraulically.

9. The powershift transmission as claimed in claim 8, wherein the switchable clutches (20, 22, 25, 27) are non-positive-locking clutches and/or frictionally engaging clutches.

10. The powershift transmission of claim 7, wherein the switchable clutches (20, 22, 25, 27. are dual-synchronous clutches which can be switched from a neutral position into a first clutch switching position and a second clutch switching position.

11. The powershift transmission of claim 7, wherein the second idler (23) is rotatably supported by means of a roller bearing or a plain bearing on the output shaft (18) associated therewith of the intermediate group (15), and/or the fourth idler (28) is rotatably supported by means of a roller bearing or plain bearing on the output shaft (24), which is associated therewith, of the intermediate group (15).

12. The powershift transmission as claimed in claim 11, wherein the roller bearing of the second idler (23) and/or the roller bearing of the fourth idler (28) is/are a needle bearing.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

[0021] One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawings and is described in greater detail below. The single Figure of the drawing shows a schematic illustration of a powershift transmission for motor vehicles.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The illustrated powershift transmission has an internal combustion engine as a motorized drive 1, by the drive shaft 2 of which an input shaft 4 of a split group 5 having a plurality of powershiftable stage transmissions is rotatably driven by means of a hydraulic pump 3.

[0023] The input shaft 4 carries a first fixed gear 6 which meshes with an idler 8, which is rotatably supported on an output shaft 7 of the split group 5, of the split group 5.

[0024] On the input shaft 4, there is further arranged another idler 12 of the split group 5, which idler meshes with another fixed gear 13 of the split group 5, which gear is arranged in a rotationally secure manner on the output shaft 7 of the split group 5.

[0025] The intermediate group 15 which has two switching elements 16 and 17 is rotatably driven via the output shaft 7 of the split group 5, which forms an input shaft 14 of an intermediate group 15.

[0026] The output shaft 18 of the first switching element 16 of the intermediate group 15 can be coupled by means of a first switchable clutch 20 to a first idler 21 which is arranged thereon with a higher number of teeth of a high gear of the synchromesh transmission group 19 or can be coupled by means of a second switchable clutch 22 to a second idler 23 which is arranged thereon with a lower number of teeth of a low gear of the synchromesh transmission group 19.

[0027] The output shaft 24 of the second switching element 17 of the intermediate group 15 can be coupled by means of a third switchable clutch 25 to a third idler 26 which is arranged thereon with a higher number of teeth of a high gear of the synchromesh transmission group 19, or the output shaft 24 can be coupled by means of a fourth switchable clutch 27 to a fourth idler 28 which is arranged thereon with a lower number of teeth of a low gear of the synchromesh transmission group 19.

[0028] On an output shaft 29 of the synchromesh transmission group 19, there is fixedly arranged a first output gear 30 of the synchronous transmission group 19, in which output gear 30, the first idler 21, and the third idler 26 engage.

[0029] Via a switchable switching apparatus 31, a second output gear 32 of the synchronous transmission group 19 can be coupled to the output shaft 29 of the synchronous transmission group 19, in which output gear 32, the second idler 23, and the fourth idler 28 engage. In this case, the second output gear 32 has a substantially higher number of teeth than the first output gear 30.

[0030] An axle 34 of the motor vehicle can be rotatably driven by the output shaft 29 of the synchromesh transmission group 19 via an axle transmission 33.

[0031] Depending on the selection of the intermediate group 15 and the synchromesh transmission group 19, as a result of a selected switching element 16, 17 of the intermediate group 15 in each case, a considerable increase of the forward gears and the reverse gears of the split group 5 can be achieved.

[0032] It is thus possible, for example, with another powershift transmission which is not illustrated and which has a split group of six forward gears, three reverse gears, a two-stage intermediate group, and a three-stage synchromesh transmission to achieve a number of thirty six forward gears and eighteen reverse gears in a simple manner.

[0033] When switching the first switchable clutch 20 or when switching the third switchable clutch 25, via the first output gear 30, the output shaft 29 of the synchromesh transmission group 19 is driven at a high speed via the first idler 21 or the third idler 26.

[0034] If this is the case, the second output gear 32 is decoupled by the switching apparatus 31 from the output shaft 29 of the synchromesh transmission group 19. Consequently, the high speed of the output shaft 29 of the synchromesh transmission group 19, via the second output gear 32, cannot rotatably drive the second idler 23 and the fourth idler 28 at a high speed and cannot overload the bearings on the output shafts 18 and 24.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0035] 1 Motorized drive [0036] 2 Drive shaft [0037] 3 Hydraulic pump [0038] 4 Input shaft of split group [0039] 5 Split group [0040] 6 First fixed gear [0041] 7 Output shaft of split group [0042] 8 Idler of split group [0043] 12 Idler of split group [0044] 13 Fixed gear of split group [0045] 14 Input shaft of intermediate group [0046] 15 Intermediate group [0047] 16 First switching element [0048] 17 Second switching element [0049] 18 Output shaft of first switching element [0050] 19 Synchromesh transmission group [0051] 20 First switching clutch [0052] 21 First idler of synchromesh transmission group [0053] 22 Second switching clutch [0054] 23 Second idler of synchromesh transmission group [0055] 24 Output shaft of second switching element [0056] 25 Third switching clutch [0057] 26 Third idler of synchromesh transmission group [0058] 27 Fourth switching clutch [0059] 28 Fourth idler of synchromesh transmission group [0060] 29 Output shaft of synchromesh transmission group [0061] 30 First output gear of synchromesh transmission group [0062] 31 Switching apparatus [0063] 32 Second output gear of synchromesh transmission group [0064] 33 Axle transmission [0065] 34 Axle