SINGLE-MOTOR TRANSMISSION ACTUATOR WITH GATE FOR SELECTING AND SHIFTING GEARS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION DEVICE
20170152941 ยท 2017-06-01
Inventors
- Volker Kretz-Busch (Ottersweier, DE)
- Maximilian Haas (Karlsruhe, DE)
- Jerome Malitourne (Drusenheim, FR)
Cpc classification
F16H2061/2884
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F16H2061/2869
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F16H2061/2838
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
Abstract
A transmission actuator has gear steps for forming gears and a selector shaft supported rotatably for shifting gears and supported axially movably for selecting gears. The actuator has a gate with a fixed first gate part and an axially movable and rotatable second gate part, the one gate part having slots and lands alternating in a direction and the other gate part having at least one element which can interact with one of the lands at a time and is movable into one of the slots at a time. The element is moved in a prescribed direction past the lands and slots in a selecting motion and is moved into one of the slots in a shifting motion. When there is a collision between element and land during a shifting motion the movable gate part can be moved further in the prescribed direction of the selecting motion by an insertion chamfer and when there is a the movable gate part is not movable contrary to the prescribed direction of the selecting motion, but the shifting motion is stopped.
Claims
1-13. (canceled)
14. A transmission actuator for a motor vehicle transmission device, the transmission actuator comprising: a plurality of gear steps for forming gears; a selector shaft supported rotatably for shifting the gears and supported axially movably for selecting the gears; a gate with a fixed first gate part and an axially movable and rotatable second gate part, one of the first and second gate parts having slots and lands alternating in a direction and the other of the first and second gate parts having at least one element interactable with one of the lands at a time and movable into one of the slots at a time; wherein the at least one element is moved in a prescribed direction past the lands and slots in a selecting motion and is moved into one of the slots in a shifting motion; an insertion chamfer at least on the lands or on the element, so that when there is a collision between the element and the one land during the shifting motion, the second gate part is movable further in the prescribed direction of the selecting motion via the insertion chamfer and the shifting motion can be continued; and right-angled transitions, so that then when there is a collision between the element and the one land during the shifting motion the second gate part is not movable contrary to the prescribed direction of the selecting motion, but the shifting motion is stopped.
15. The transmission actuator as recited in claim 14 wherein the element has a first wall pointing in the prescribed direction and has an end face pointing toward the one slot, the insertion chamfer being present between the end face and the first wall, and wherein the element has a second wall pointing contrary to the prescribed direction, one of the right-angled transitions being between the end face and the second wall.
16. The transmission actuator as recited in claim 14 wherein the second gate part has the slots and the lands.
17. The transmission actuator as recited in claim 14 wherein the second gate part is positioned immovably on the selector shaft and is movable with the selector shaft relative to the fixed first gate part.
18. The transmission actuator as recited in claim 17 wherein the second gate part has the slots and the lands and is positioned coaxially to the selector shaft and extends around the selector shaft, while the slots and the lands extend in a circumferential direction and the second gate part has in addition at least one track, the one element movable in the at least one track during the selecting motion.
19. The transmission actuator as recited in claim 18 wherein the second gate part has the slots and the lands on both sides of the at least one track, and in the case of the selecting motion in the first direction the shifting motion occurs only in a first circumferential direction, and in the case of a selecting motion in a second direction contrary to the first direction it occurs only in a second circumferential direction, the at least one element accordingly having two end faces.
20. The transmission actuator as recited in claim 17 wherein the second gate part is attachable non-rotatingly through first profile toothing on an internal circumferential surface to second profile toothing on an external circumferential surface (26) of the selector shaft, a coding tooth being present on each of the sets of profile toothing that allows only one installation position of the second gate part and the selector shaft relative to one another.
21. The transmission actuator as recited in claim 20 wherein a marking is positioned on the second gate part so that the installation position is recognizable.
22. The transmission actuator as recited in claim 18 wherein the first gate part is ring-shaped and is positioned coaxially to the selector shaft, and extends around the selector shaft and around the second gate part.
23. The transmission actuator as recited in claim 18 wherein the first gate part has two elements of the at least one element located opposite one another and the second gate part has two tracks located opposite one another.
24. The transmission actuator as recited in claim 14 further comprising a spindle having a spindle nut forming a toothed rack and operatively connected to a shaft gear via one of two gear wheels at a time, the shaft gear being firmly connected to the selector shaft, wherein the spindle nut forms the second gate part and the slots and the lands run parallel to a spindle axis and the element is of the first gate part and is formed by at least one pin.
25. The transmission actuator as recited in claim 24 wherein the first gate part has two pins positioned parallel to one another and on opposite sides of the spindle axis.
26. A method for selecting and shifting gears using a transmission actuator as recited in claim 14, wherein a control system is provided and the method comprises the following steps: a. performing the shifting motion and positioning the element in the one slot; b. performing the selecting motion so that the element and the one land are in contact with one another; c. determining a present actual position of the one land or of the element in the direction of the selecting motion; and d. equalizing a target position and the present actual position in the control system and determining wear of the transmission actuator.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0038] The invention as well as the technical environment will be explained in greater detail below on the basis of the figures. The figures show especially preferred exemplary embodiments, although the invention is not limited to these. In particular, it must be pointed out that the figures, and especially the depicted size proportions, are only schematic. Like reference labels designate like objects. The figures show the following:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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[0055] A spindle nut 31 is situated on the (threaded) spindle 30. The spindle nut 31 meshes by means of toothing 56 (see
[0056] If the spindle nut 31 is moved along the spindle 30, the engagement with a third gear wheel 49 is enlarged; that is, areas of overlap are gained. It would also be possible for a meshing to come about only with this motion. As long as the spindle nut 31 is in a first axial position range 50 of the threaded spindle 30 and is meshed with a detent mechanism 48, the spindle nut 31 cannot move axially against the holding force of the detent mechanism 48. A rotation of the selector shaft 3, that is, a shifting procedure, does not become possible until the spindle nut 31 has been moved far enough out of this first axial position range 50 and along the spindle 30 into a different axial range, until the holding force between the spindle nut 31 and the detent mechanism 48 has been overcome. The spindle nut 31 is now connected to the free-wheel mechanism 51 through the third gear wheel 49. The free-wheel mechanism 51 allows a rotary motion only in a second direction of rotation 45, so that the spindle nut 31 is able to perform a rotary motion exclusively in a first direction of rotation 44. Also positioned on the axis of rotation of the free-wheel mechanism 51 is a selector wheel 52, by means of which the rotation of the spindle nut 31 and of the motor spindle 43 is transmitted to a selector pot 53. The selector pot 53 may also be driven accordingly exclusively in one direction of rotation, and with the help of a trajectory 54 on its circumference transforms the rotary motion into an up-and-down motion of guide pins 55, which engage with the trajectory 54 and are connected to the selector shaft 3. The up-and-down motion of the guide pins 55 thereby corresponds to a selecting motion 11 of the selector shaft 3. This selecting motion 11 is carried out as long as the motor 41 is moving in the first direction of rotation 44. If the motor 41 is turning, its direction of rotation stops the selecting motion 11 because of the free-wheel mechanism 51. But the spindle 30 is now turning and the stationary spindle nut 31 moves back along the spindle 30 into the first axial position range 50, in which further axial motion is stopped again by the detent mechanism 48. With this first axial movement 60 of the spindle nut 31, the spindle nut 31 is again meshed by means of the toothing 56 with one of two gear wheels 33, 34 at a time, which are operatively connected to the selector shaft 3. The shifting motion 12 is thus performed by means of the axial movement of the spindle nut 31.
[0057] The specification description of DE 10 2013 207 871 is referenced in its entirety.
[0058] The gear wheel pairings, which transmit the motion of the motor 41 to the spindle 30, to the free-wheel mechanism 51, to the selector pot 53 and to the shaft gear 35 and thereby bring about the selecting motion 11 and the shifting motion 12 of the selector shaft 3, are referred to as the connecting device 18.
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[0062] In the depiction shown here, the selector finger 62 is positioned directly before a gearshift rail 57, so that when the selector shaft 3 makes a shifting motion 12 a gear may be engaged. This position of the selector finger 62 before the gearshift rail 57 is set by the gate 4. To this end, the gate 4 has a second gate part 6 with lands 9 and slots 8, the second gate part 6 being positioned around the selector shaft 3 and coaxial to the selector shaft 3. Here, a first gate part 5 with an element 10 extends around the second gate part 6 in such a way that the element 10 can reach in from outside into the slot 8 between lands 9. This makes it possible when the selector shaft 3 makes a shifting motion 12 for the second gate part 6, which is firmly connected to the selector shaft 3, to be turned in a circumferential direction 19, 20 relative to the first gate part 5, so that the element 10 dips into the slot 8 in the course of a shifting motion 12.
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[0065] It can be seen here that in the case of the second gate part 6 shown, another track 21 is positioned opposite. This would enable the second gate part 6 to be installed (for example if there are two coding teeth 27) also rotated by 180 and also possibly tilted by 180.
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[0067] The gate 4 now has the following functions, which are depicted schematically in
[0068] Furthermore, the gate 4 makes it possible for greater production tolerances of the elements involved in the shifting motion, such as the selector finger, to be permissible; even larger mis-positionings of these elements relative to each other can be compensated for, thus reducing the number of unsuccessful attempts at shifting procedures, while at the same time a tightening of the connecting device 18 is avoided. That is, particularly with the single-motor transmission actuator 1, it is important to avoid a movement of the selector shaft 3 being provoked or forced which acts in the blocked direction of rotation of the free-wheel mechanism 51.
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[0072] The slots 9 and lands 8 are now moved in the prescribed direction 58 past the element 10 under the selecting motion 11, while under a shifting motion 12 the second gate part 6 is swiveled in a circumferential direction 19, 20 relative to the element 10 in such a way that the element 10 can be moved into one of the slots 9. If a shifting motion 12 occurs in the depicted position of the element 10, then by means of the insertion chamfer 13 the right element 10 can push the second gate part 6 further in the prescribed direction 58 of the selecting motion 11, so that the slot 8 is reached and the element 10 can be pushed into the slot 8. Thereby, the selector finger 62 is also positioned correctly, so that mis-positionings of the selector finger 62 and/or of the slot 8 are also compensated for and thus the available window for shifting the gear has been enlarged. But if a shifting motion 12 is carried out in circumferential direction 20, the left element 10 interacts with the slots 9 and lands 8 of the other side 26 of the track 21.
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[0075] The insertion chamfer 13 is thus at an angle 63 of less than 90 degrees relative to the prescribed direction 58, in particular between 50 and 70 degrees. At the same time, the insertion chamfer 13 has a length 65 in the direction of the shifting motion 12 (here circumferential direction 20) such that the second gate part 6 is movable further in the prescribed direction 58 by a distance 64 beyond the length 65 of the insertion chamfer 13. These statements are transferable correspondingly to insertion chamfers 13 on the second gate part 6 (or to the gate for 4 according to the second variant embodiment in
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[0078] Here, the spindle nut 31 forms the second gate part 6. Slots 9 and webs 8 run parallel to a spindle axis 36, and the element 10 of the first gate part 5 is formed by at least one pin 37 (here by two pins which are positioned parallel to one another and on opposite sides of the spindle axis 36).
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[0080] Independent of the configuration described above, it is of course possible to reverse the operating principle of the described transmission actuators. For a person skilled in the art, it is easily possible here to attach a gate rail in a fixed location which corresponds to the gate 4 described above, but is constructed essentially complementarily to that gate 4, i.e., among other things hollow inside. This gate rail would then be fixed with respect to a housing and would provide slots 8 for elements 10 positioned non-rotatingly on the selector shaft 3. The first gate part would then be constructed correspondingly complementarily to the first gate part 6 and would be connected to the selector shaft 3.
REFERENCE LABELS
[0081] 1 transmission actuator [0082] 2 motor vehicle transmission device [0083] 3 selector shaft [0084] 4 gate [0085] 5 first gate part [0086] 6 second gate part [0087] 7 first direction [0088] 8 slot [0089] 9 land [0090] 10 element [0091] 11 selecting motion [0092] 12 shifting motion [0093] 13 insertion chamfer [0094] 14 transition [0095] 15 first wall [0096] 16 end face [0097] 17 second wall [0098] 18 connecting device [0099] 19 first circumferential direction [0100] 20 second circumferential direction [0101] 21 track [0102] 22 second direction [0103] 23 first profile toothing [0104] 24 internal circumferential surface [0105] 25 slot [0106] 26 side [0107] 27 coding tooth [0108] 28 installation position [0109] 29 marking [0110] 30 spindle [0111] 31 spindle nut [0112] 32 toothed rack [0113] 33 first gear wheel [0114] 34 second gear wheel [0115] 35 shaft gear [0116] 36 spindle axis [0117] 37 pin [0118] 38 control system [0119] 39 present actual position [0120] 40 target position [0121] 41 motor [0122] 42 spur gearing [0123] 43 motor spindle [0124] 44 first rotation direction [0125] 45 second rotation direction [0126] 46 ring gear toothing [0127] 47 gearshift lever [0128] 48 detent mechanism [0129] 49 third gear wheel [0130] 50 first axial position range [0131] 51 free-wheel mechanism [0132] 52 selector wheel [0133] 53 selector pot [0134] 54 trajectory [0135] 55 guide pin [0136] 56 toothing [0137] 57 gearshift rail [0138] 58 prescribed direction [0139] 59 external circumferential surface [0140] 60 axial movement [0141] 61 throw-out cams [0142] 62 selector finger [0143] 63 angle [0144] 64 distance [0145] 65 length