# US 10,480,583 B2 · Vehicle with transmission having a spline connection

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- Number: US 10,480,583 B2
- Document ID: US10480583B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/714,010
- Filed: 2017-09-25
- Published: 2018-04-26
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2016-10-24
- Assignees: Volvo Car Corporation
- Applicants: Volvo Car Corporation
- Inventors: Mathias Jorgensson; Jonas Forssell; Jan Christian Holmstrom; Per-Arne Malm; Ahmet Dzafic
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480583B2

## CPC

- F16D 1/10: Quick-acting couplings in which the parts are connected by simply bringing them together axially
- F16D 1/06: for attachment of a member on a shaft or on a shaft-end (attachment of marine propellers on shafts B63H23/34)
- F16D 1/116: the interengaging parts including a continuous or interrupted circumferential groove in the surface of one of the coupling parts (circlips for retaining hubs on shafts F16B21/18)
- F16F 15/1207: {characterised by the supporting arrangement of the damper unit (F16F15/1238, F16F15/13164 take precedence)}
- F16H 47/00: Combinations of mechanical gearing with fluid clutches or fluid gearing
- F16H 57/0006: {Vibration-damping or noise reducing means specially adapted for gearings (devices for varying tension of belts, ropes or chains with damping means F16H7/0829; toothed members with construction providing vibration damping F16H55/14; reducing vibrations or noise of the gearbox casing F16H57/028; suppression of vibrations or noise of gear selectors F16H59/0208; control of hydrostatic fluid gearing preventing or reducing vibrations or noise F16H61/4183)}
- F16D 2001/103: {the torque is transmitted via splined connections}
- F16H 2045/0221: {with damping means}
- F16H 2045/0252: {having a damper arranged on input side of the lock-up clutch}
- F16D: COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
- F16F: SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION
- F16H: GEARING

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine operable to rotate a crank shaft of the internal combustion engine; a transmission; at least one driving wheel rotationally connected to the transmission; a damping system arranged between the internal combustion engine and the transmission for dampening irregularity motions of the crank shaft, the damping system comprising an output splined portion; wherein the transmission is arranged for controllably rotationally connecting the output splined portion of the damping system to provide torque from the internal combustion engine to the at least one driving wheel via the transmission, wherein the output splined portion of the damping system is adapted to mate with a splined portion of a coupling shaft of the transmission for connecting the crank shaft to the transmission via the damping system.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle comprising:
an internal combustion engine operable to rotate a crank shaft of said internal combustion engine;
a transmission;
at least one driving wheel rotationally connected to said transmission; and
a damping system arranged between said internal combustion engine and said transmission for dampening irregular motions of said crank shaft, said damping system comprising an output splined portion;
wherein said transmission is arranged for controllably rotationally connecting the output splined portion of said damping system for providing torque from the internal combustion engine to said at least one driving wheel via said transmission, wherein
said output splined portion of said damping system is adapted to mate with a splined portion of a coupling shaft of said transmission for connecting the crank shaft to said transmission via said damping system,
wherein said transmission comprises a torque converter arranged for controllably rotationally connecting the output splined portion of said damping system to said transmission, wherein said splined portion of said coupling shaft is configured to connect said torque converter to said damping system.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said splined portion of said coupling shaft comprises splined teeth externally arranged on said coupling shaft, and wherein said splined portion of said damping system comprises splined teeth arranged on an inner surface of said splined output portion and adapted to engage with said splined teeth of said coupling shaft.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said coupling shaft comprising the splined portion is directly attached to said torque converter.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising:
a connecting arrangement for connecting said torque converter with said damping system, said connecting arrangement comprising said coupling shaft and a lock plate on which said coupling shaft is attached, said connecting arrangement further comprising a locking mechanism for locking said lock plate to said torque converter in such a way that the output splined portion of said damping system is rotationally connected to said transmission via said torque converter.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a snap ring is arranged to prevent said coupling shaft to be disconnected from said splined output portion of said damping system.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The vehicle according to claim 5, wherein said coupling shaft comprises an outer circumferential groove, wherein said snap ring is adapted to be arranged in said groove, wherein when said coupling shaft is operably connected to said damping system said snap ring is expanded into an inner circumferential groove in said output splined portion of said damping system such to prevent movement of said coupling shaft in an axial direction with respect to said splined output portion of said damping system.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said damping system comprises a primary side connected with said crank shaft, a damping member connected with said primary side for dampening said motions of the crank shaft, and a secondary side connected to said damping member and comprising said output splined portion.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said damping system comprises a spring configured to absorb torsional vibrations in the crank shaft.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said damping system is a hydraulic damping system.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said damping system is a friction damping system.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is a hybrid vehicle or an automatic transmission vehicle.