TRANSMISSION DEVICE HAVING A SHAFT

Abstract

A transmission device includes a shaft and two idler gears having gear toothings arranged coaxially with respect to an axis of rotation of the shaft and axially next to each other on the shaft. A switch element is fixed against rotation and arranged axially shiftably in relation to a first idler gear. With regard to the axis of rotation of the shaft, the switch element extends axially from between the two gear toothings up to a side of the first idler gear facing away from the second idler gear. The first idler gear has a passage through which the switch element passes in the axial direction. The switch element has a first switch toothing arranged axially between the idler gears and a second switch toothing arranged on the side of the first idler gear facing away from the second idler gear. The first switch toothing is connected to the second switch toothing in a manner fixed against rotation.

Claims

1-10. (canceled)

11. A transmission device comprising: a shaft; first and second idler gears arranged coaxially with respect to an axis of rotation of the shaft and axially next to each other on the shaft, wherein the first idler gear has a first gear toothing and the second idler gear has a second gear toothing; a switch element fixed against rotation and arranged axially shiftably with respect to the first idler gear, wherein, with regard to the axis of rotation of the shaft, the switch element extends axially from a region between the first and second gear toothings of the first and second idler gears, respectively, up to a side of the first idler gear facing away from the second idler gear, wherein the first idler gear has at least one passage through which the switch element is passable in the axial direction, wherein the switch element has a first switch toothing arranged axially between the first and second idler gears and a second switch toothing arranged on the side of the first idler gear facing away from the second idler gear, and wherein the first switch toothing is connected to the second switch toothing in a manner fixed against rotation.

12. The transmission device of claim 11, wherein the at least one passage is arranged radially within the first gear toothing.

13. The transmission device of claim 11, wherein the switch element has a splined shaft toothing in the switch element, wherein the splined shaft toothing is configured so that the switch element is permanently coupled with the first idler gear in a manner fixed against rotation and axially shiftably, wherein the splined shaft toothing in the switch element is formed separately from the second switch toothing in the switch element.

14. The transmission device of claim 11, wherein the switch element has a groove arranged axially between the first and second idler gears, and the transmission device includes a shift fork that is engageable in the groove to shift the switch element in the axial direction.

15. The transmission device of claim 11, wherein the first idler gear has several passages for the switch element, the several passages being evenly distributed over a periphery of the first idler gear.

16. The transmission device of claim 11, wherein the first switch toothing and the second switch toothing are aligned radially inwards with regard to the axis of rotation of the shaft in the switch element.

17. The transmission device of claim 13, wherein the splined shaft toothing in the switch element is aligned radially inwards with regard to the axis of rotation of the shaft.

18. The transmission device of claim 11, wherein, in a first axial position of the switch element, the first switch toothing is configured to couple the first idler gear with the second idler gear in a manner fixed against rotation.

19. The transmission device of claim 18, wherein, in a second axial position of the switch element, the second switch toothing is configured to couple the first idler gear with the shaft in a manner fixed against rotation.

20. The transmission device of claim 19, wherein, in a third axial position in relation to the shaft, the switch element is configured to revolve freely with the first idler gear without coupling the second idler gear with the switch element.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

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[0018] FIG. 1 shows a schematic three-dimensional view of a possible switch element of a transmission device according to the invention;

[0019] FIG. 2 shows a very schematic side view of a first idler gear in a possible embodiment of the transmission device according to the invention; and

[0020] FIG. 3 shows a sectional depiction of a possible embodiment of the transmission device in a very schematic view.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] In the depiction of FIG. 1, in a possible embodiment for a transmission device 10 according to the invention, a switch element labelled 1, which can be seen in FIG. 3 is depicted. The switch element 1 is formed rotationally symmetrically and, on its right-hand side in the depiction of FIG. 1, comprises a partial element labelled 2 with a second switch toothing 3 aligned radially inwards. This is adjoined by a rotationally symmetrical body having several spokes 4 and apertures 5 arranged alternately with the spokes 4. On the side of the switch element 1 lying opposite the partial element 2 in the axial direction a, a first switch toothing labelled 6 of the switch element 1 is indicated by the dashed lines. This first switch toothing is also aligned inwards. A splined shaft toothing 7 is additionally arranged in the region of the spokes 4 and is indicated via dashed lines in the aperture 5 depicted above in the depiction of FIG. 1.

[0022] The switch element 1 works together with a first idler gear 8, which can be seen in a side view in the axial direction a in the depiction of FIG. 2. The idler gear 8 has a first gear toothing 9 on the outer periphery. Individual passages 11 can be seen radially within this first gear toothing 9. In the later assembled state, the spokes 4 of the switch element 1 protrude through these passages 11, with the switch element, during assembly, being mounted on the first idler gear 8 from the direction of view depicted in FIG. 2 by the structure of the switch element 1, still without the partial element 2, being pushed on such that the spokes 4 pass through the passages 11 of the first idler gear 8, and the part provided with the first switch toothing 6 comes to lie on the side of the observer. The partial element 2 is then arranged on the back of the first idler gear 8 from the perspective of the observer, and connected, for example welded, to the spokes 4. The splined shaft toothing 7 of the switch element 1 comes into contact with an idler gear splined shaft toothing 12 of the first idler gear 8, which is here formed in three parts around the periphery. The switch element 1 can thus be shifted in the axial direction a in relation to the first idler gear 8, towards or away from the observer in relation to FIG. 2, but is connected to this first idler gear 8 in a manner fixed against rotation due to the splined shaft toothing 7 in the switch element and the corresponding splined shaft toothing 12 on the side of the first idler gear 8. The axial displacement path is delimited by the size of the apertures 5 and the thickness of the idler gear 8 in the region between the passages 11.

[0023] In the depiction of FIG. 3, the transmission device 10 can be seen in a schematic sectional depiction, as already mentioned above. The section is analogous to the line Ill-Ill in FIG. 2. The first idler gear 8 having the first gear toothing 9 thus serves as a synchronization body connected to the switch element 1 via the splined shaft toothing 7, 12 in a manner fixed against rotation, wherein the first idler gear 8 revolves on a shaft 13 which rotates around its axis of rotation R. The first idler gear 8 is arranged coaxially on this shaft 13. A second idler gear 14 is additionally arranged coaxially on the shaft 13 next to the first idler gear 8. This second idler gear also has a gear toothing 15, the second gear toothing. The mounting of the idler gears 8, 14 on the shaft 13 is not depicted.

[0024] The switch element 1 has a groove 16, which can thus also be seen in the depiction of FIG. 1. A shift fork 17 indicated in the depiction of FIG. 3 can engage in a known manner in this groove 16, which lies between the two idler gears 8 and 14. Via this shift fork 17, the switch element 1 can be shifted out of the position shown here, which is a quasi-neutral position, and is described in the following as a third axial position, either to the right into a second axial position or to the left into a first axial position. Shifting into the first axial position would cause the first switch toothing 6 to come into engagement with a first switch toothing 18 in the region of the second idler gear 14 on the side of the switch element 1. This leads the switch element 1 to be coupled with the second idler gear 14 in a manner fixed against rotation, because the two switch toothings 6, 18 engage in each other. The switch element 1 is further connected to the first idler gear 8 serving as a synchronization body via the splined shaft toothing 7, 12, such that, in this first axial position of the switch element 1, and thus the axial position of the switch element 1 shifted to the left in relation to the depiction of FIG. 3, the two idler gears 8, 14 are coupled with each other in a manner fixed against rotation and can revolve together in relation to the shaft 13.

[0025] To obtain the second axial position, the switch element 1 is shifted to the right in the axial direction a in the depiction of FIG. 3 beyond the third axial position shown in FIG. 3. If the splined shaft toothing 7, 12 is still engaged, and thus if the first idler gear 8 is connected to the switch element 1 in a manner fixed against rotation, the second switch toothing 3 on the partial element 2 of the switch element 1 now engages in a switch toothing 19 in the shaft, which is here connected to the shaft 13 in a manner fixed against rotation via an intermediate gear 20.

[0026] Via this engagement of its second switch toothing 3 with the switch toothing 19 in the shaft, the switch element 1 is thus coupled with the shaft 13 in a manner fixed against rotation, and correspondingly revolves with the shaft 13. Because the splined shaft toothing 7, 12 is still engaged, the switch element 1 remains coupled with the first idler gear 8 in a manner fixed against rotation, such that the first idler gear 8 also revolves with the shaft 13 in a manner fixed against rotation. The switch element 1 itself, which extends in the axial direction a from a region between the two idler gears 8, 14 up to a region of the first idler gear 8 facing away from the second idler gear 14, is exceptionally compact and efficient, and can thus correspondingly be built over in the regions in which no access is necessary for the shift fork 17, and thus in particular to the right of the groove 16 in the depiction of FIG. 3, which has been realized here via the first idler gear 8, and which would also be possible without issue via further elements in the region on the right next to the first idler gear.

[0027] Although the invention has been illustrated and described in detail by way of preferred embodiments, the invention is not limited by the examples disclosed, and other variations can be derived from these by the person skilled in the art without leaving the scope of the invention. It is therefore clear that there is a plurality of possible variations. It is also clear that embodiments stated by way of example are only really examples that are not to be seen as limiting the scope, application possibilities or configuration of the invention in any way. In fact, the preceding description and the description of the figures enable the person skilled in the art to implement the exemplary embodiments in concrete manner, wherein, with the knowledge of the disclosed inventive concept, the person skilled in the art is able to undertake various changes, for example, with regard to the functioning or arrangement of individual elements stated in an exemplary embodiment without leaving the scope of the invention, which is defined by the claims and their legal equivalents, such as further explanations in the description.