Power train apparatus

Abstract

A power train may include an engine having a crankshaft and an engine block, a motor housing connected to the engine block and of which a housing hole is formed, a rotor portion connected to the crankshaft through the housing hole and of which a magnet is connected to a first side thereof, a stator portion disposed between the rotor portion and the motor housing, connected to the motor housing and including a coil corresponding to the rotor portion, a transmission connected to the engine block and a clutch selectively transmitting rotation of the rotor portion to the transmission.

Claims

1. A power train apparatus comprising: an engine including a crankshaft and an engine block; a motor housing connected to the engine block and of which a housing opening is formed; a rotor portion connected to the crankshaft through the housing opening and of which a magnet is connected to a first side thereof; a stator portion disposed between the rotor portion and the motor housing, connected to the motor housing and including a coil corresponding to the rotor portion; a transmission connected to the engine block; and a clutch selectively transmitting rotation of the rotor portion to the transmission, wherein a balance portion is formed at the rotor portion for compensating for imbalance rotational energy transmitted from the crankshaft.

2. The power train apparatus of claim 1, wherein the stator portion comprises: a core plate of which the coil wraps along a radial direction thereof; and a stator plate on which a coil groove where the coil is inserted therein is formed.

3. The power train apparatus of claim 2, wherein the coil groove comprises: a wrapping portion in which the coil is inserted; and an inlet portion of which width is narrower than width of the wrapping portion.

4. The power train apparatus of claim 1, wherein the engine is a two-cylinder engine.

5. The power train apparatus of claim 1, wherein the clutch is a friction clutch which selectively contacts with a second side of the rotor portion for transmitting rotation of the rotor portion to the transmission.

6. The power train apparatus of claim 1, wherein a receiving portion for seating the stator portion is formed at the motor housing.

7. The power train apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rotor portion includes: a protrude portion connected to the crankshaft through the housing opening; and a disk connected to the protrude portion and to which the magnet is connected.

8. The power train apparatus of claim 1, wherein a radiate portion is formed at the rotor portion.

9. The power train apparatus of claim 8, wherein the radiate portion is formed at an external circumference of the rotor portion.

10. The power train apparatus of claim 8, wherein the radiate portion is formed as a concave shape to an external circumference of the rotor portion.

11. The power train apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rotor portion includes: a protrude portion connected to the crankshaft through the housing opening; and a disk connected to the protrude portion and to which the magnet is connected, wherein the balance portion is formed at a side of the disk as a concave shape.

12. The power train apparatus of claim 11, wherein the balance portion is formed as a fan shape along a circumferential direction of the disk.

13. The power train apparatus of claim 11, wherein the balance portion includes a material of which density is lower than density of the disk.

14. The power train apparatus of claim 1, wherein the engine is a two-cylinder engine; and the balance portion is formed at a position corresponding to a connecting rod journal of the crankshaft.

15. A power train apparatus comprising: an engine including a crankshaft and an engine block; a rotor portion including a disk of which a magnet is connected to a side thereof vertical to the crankshaft and the rotor portion connected to the crankshaft; a stator portion disposed between the rotor portion and the motor housing and including a coil corresponding to the magnet and disposed vertical to the crankshaft; a transmission; and a clutch selectively transmitting rotation of the rotor portion to the transmission, wherein a balance portion is formed at the rotor portion for compensating for imbalance rotational energy transmitted from the crankshaft.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a front view of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(2) FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(3) FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an engine of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(4) FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are exploded perspective views of a rotor portion and a stator portion of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(5) FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(6) FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a rotor portion of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(7) FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a rotor portion of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(8) FIG. 9 is a front view of a rotor portion of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(9) FIG. 10 is a graph showing power applied to a crankshaft induced by rotation of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(10) It should be understood that the appended drawings are not necessarily to scale, presenting a somewhat simplified representation of various features illustrative of the basic principles of the invention. The specific design features of the present invention as disclosed herein, including, for example, specific dimensions, orientations, locations, and shapes will be determined in part by the particular intended application and use environment.

(11) In the figures, reference numbers refer to the same or equivalent parts of the present invention throughout the several figures of the drawing.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(12) Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments of the present invention(s), examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described below. While the invention(s) will be described in conjunction with exemplary embodiments, it will be understood that the present description is not intended to limit the invention(s) to those exemplary embodiments. On the contrary, the invention(s) is/are intended to cover not only the exemplary embodiments, but also various alternatives, modifications, equivalents and other embodiments, which may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

(13) In the following detailed description, only certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, simply by way of illustration.

(14) As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention

(15) A part irrelevant to the description will be omitted to clearly describe the present invention, and the same or similar elements will be designated by the same reference numerals throughout the specification.

(16) Throughout the specification and the claims, unless explicitly described to the contrary, the word comprise and variations such as comprises or comprising, will be understood to imply the inclusion of stated elements but not the exclusion of any other elements.

(17) An exemplary embodiment of the present invention will hereinafter be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(18) FIG. 1 is a front view of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(19) FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an engine of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are exploded perspective views of a rotor portion and a stator portion of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(20) Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, a power train 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include an engine 10 including a crankshaft 12 and an engine block 14, a motor housing 30 connected to the engine block 14 and of which a housing hole 32 is formed, a rotor portion 40 connected to the crankshaft 12 through the housing hole 32 and of which a magnet 42 is connected to a first side thereof, a stator portion 50 disposed between the rotor portion 40 and the motor housing 30, connected to the motor housing 30 and including a coil 42 corresponding to the rotor portion 40, a transmission 60 connected to the engine block 14 and a clutch 70 selectively transmitting rotation of the rotor portion 40 to the transmission 60.

(21) In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the power train 1 includes a motor/rotor portion 20 disposed between the engine 10 and the transmission 60 and functioning as a flywheel and a motor and thus the motor/rotor portion 20 may reduce vibration of the engine 10 and assists outputs of the engine 10.

(22) In the instant case, the motor/rotor portion 20 includes the rotor portion 40 and the stator portion 50.

(23) The rotor portion 40 is directly connected with the crankshaft 12 and stores rotational energy of the crankshaft 12 functioning as a flywheel such that the rotator portion 40 may reduce vibration of the engine 10.

(24) The stator portion 50 and the rotor portion 40 functions as a motor for assisting output of the engine 10 and may be a main driving power source when the engine 10 is not operated. Also, the stator portion 50 and the rotor portion 40 outputs compensation torque corresponding to vibration of the engine 10 so that the stator portion 50 and the rotor portion 40 may function as a balance weight.

(25) The stator portion 50 includes a core plate 54 of which the coil 52 wraps along radial direction thereof and a stator plate 56 on which a coil groove 57 where the coil 52 is inserted therein is formed. And the stator plate 56 is connected to the motor housing 30.

(26) The motor housing 30 and the stator plate 56 may be assembled by a bolt such that assembly and disassembly may be easily performed.

(27) Since the stator portion 50 is disposed between the rotor portion 40 and the motor housing 30, thus assembly may be easily performed and thus the motor/rotor portion 20 may be stable.

(28) A receiving portion 34 for seating the stator portion 50 may be formed at the motor housing 30 and thus increase in length of the motor/rotor portion 20 may be suppressed.

(29) The rotor portion 40 includes a protrude portion 45 connected to the crankshaft 12 through the housing hole 32 and a disk 44 connected to the protrude portion 45 and to which the magnet 42 is connected.

(30) The magnet 42 and the coil 52 corresponded to the magnet 42 are disposed vertical to the crankshaft 12.

(31) That is, the magnet 42 and the coil 52 is disposed along radial direction and thus increase in length of the motor/rotor portion 20 may be suppressed.

(32) The coil groove 57 includes a wrapping portion 58 in which the coil 52 is inserted and an inlet portion 59 of which width is narrower than that of the wrapping portion 58 for the coil 52 not to be separated.

(33) Since the coil 52 is inserted into the coil groove 57 thus the coil 52 may be stably fixed at a predetermined position without additional parts.

(34) Two connecting rod journals 13 are formed at the crankshaft 12. That is, the engine 10 may be a two-cylinder engine.

(35) Two-cylinder engine may be reduced in size and fuel consumption may be enhanced. However, output of a two-cylinder engine is narrow and relatively excessive vibration may occur.

(36) However, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the power train 1 is provided with the motor/rotor portion 20 disposed between the engine 10 and the transmission 60 functioning as a flywheel and a motor for reducing vibration of the engine and assisting output of the engine.

(37) The clutch 70 may be a friction clutch which selectively contacts with a second side of the rotor portion 40 for transmitting rotation of the rotor portion 40 to the transmission 60.

(38) FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(39) Referring to FIG. 6, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the engine 10 is directly connected with the motor/rotor portion 20 and the clutch 70 is disposed between the transmission 60 and the rotor portion 40 for selectively connecting the transmission 60 with the rotor portion 40.

(40) According to the connection state of the clutch 70, the motor/rotor portion 20 may function as a starter motor by supplied electric power from a battery 72, and also may function as a driving power source assisting the engine 10.

(41) Also, the motor/rotor portion 20 may function as a generator when assisting power is not required and the generated electric power is stored in the battery 72.

(42) FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a rotor portion of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a rotor portion of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(43) For easy comprehension, the same or similar elements of the power train described in FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 will be designated by the same reference numerals and repeated description will be omitted.

(44) A radiate portion 46 is formed at the rotor portion 40.

(45) The radiate portion 46 is formed at an external circumference of the rotor portion 40.

(46) The radiate portion 46 is formed as a concave shape to the external circumference of the rotor portion 40.

(47) That is, as shown in FIG. 7, since the radiate portion 46 is formed as the concave shape to the external circumference of the rotor portion 40 and thus manufacturing process of the rotor portion is simplified. And the rotor portion 40 may circulate air surround the rotor portion 40 to cool the rotor portion 40. Also, area of the surface of the rotor portion 40 is increased due to the radiate portion 46 and thus heat transfer of the rotor portion 40 is increased.

(48) A balance portion 90 is formed at the rotor portion 40 for compensating for imbalance rotational energy transmitted from the crankshaft 12.

(49) The rotor portion 40 is shaped as a disk shape and the balance portion 90 is formed at a first side of the rotor portion 40 as a concave shape.

(50) That is, the balance portion 90 may be a space function as a balance weight having negative value. Thus, total weight of the rotor portion 40 may be reduced such that the rotor portion 40 may be highly efficient in high speed.

(51) The balance portion 90 is formed as a fan shape along a circumferential direction of the rotor portion 40.

(52) Thus, cross section along a diameter direction of the rotor portion 40 may be simplified and be highly efficient in productivity.

(53) In a modified exemplary embodiment, the balance portion 40 may include a material of which density is lower than that of the disk 44 of the rotor portion 40. Thus rigidity of the rotor portion 40 may be maintained.

(54) The balance portion 90 is formed at a position corresponding to a connecting rod journal 16 of the crankshaft 12.

(55) A connecting rod 82 is connected with the connecting rod journal 16 and the connecting rod 82 is connected with a piston 80. And the balance portion 90 is formed at the position corresponding to the connecting rod journal 16 of the crankshaft 12 for compensating for the imbalance rotational energy transmitted from the crankshaft 12.

(56) As shown in drawings, the engine 10 may be two-cylinder engine including two positions 80 reciprocating with the same phase angles each other.

(57) A shape of the balance portion 90, that is shown in FIG. 9 may be determined according to imbalance force due to reciprocal motion of the piston 80.

(58) FIG. 10 is a graph showing power applied to a crankshaft induced by rotation of a power train according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(59) As shown in FIG. 10, power applied to the crankshaft 12 of the rotor portion 40 with the balance portion 90 may be reduced approximately 50% comparing to the rotor portion 40 without the balance portion 90.

(60) For convenience in explanation and accurate definition in the appended claims, the terms upper, lower, inner, outer, up, down, upper, lower, upwards, downwards, front, rear, back, inside, outside, inwardly, outwardly, interior, exterior, inner, outer, forwards, and backwards are used to describe features of the exemplary embodiments with reference to the positions of such features as displayed in the figures.

(61) The foregoing descriptions of specific exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings. The exemplary embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain certain principles of the invention and their practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to make and utilize various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, as well as various alternatives and modifications thereof. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the Claims appended hereto and their equivalents.