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US 11,015,708 B2Granted
Axle drive unit with a power-shiftable 2-way transmission
AssigneeGKN Automotive AG
InventorsTheodor Gassmann, Dirk Güth, Jan Haupt
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Abstract
In the case of an axle drive unit with a power-shiftable two-speed transmission unit, in order to enable particularly simple and advantageous control of a gear change and to manage with a small number of components and a less complex control logic and control sensor system, the coordination of mechanically-passively implemented shifting thresholds of a friction clutch and a blocking device of a freewheel is provided, which makes it possible to control the friction clutch and the blocking device with the same control variable at always the same level.
Claims16
A system, comprising:
- a transmission unit for a motor vehicle with a two-speed transmission, including a plurality of transmission elements to provide two transmission ratios and a shifting system to shift a gear, the shifting system including:
- a friction clutch shiftable by a clutch actuator and (1) holding one of the transmission elements rotationally fixedly in a locking position or (2) blocking some of the plurality of transmission elements rotationally fixedly with respect to each other, wherein, when the friction clutch is in an open position, the friction clutch releases the one of the transmission elements or the some of the plurality of transmission elements so that the one of the transmission elements rotates or the some of the plurality of transmission elements rotate relative to each other;
- a locking device which interacts with one of the transmission elements and which blocks the one of the transmission elements in a locking rotation direction and allows the one of the transmission elements to rotate in a freewheeling rotation direction, wherein the one of the transmission elements interacting with the locking device for one of the two transmission ratios pushes in the locking rotation direction and rotates in the freewheeling rotation direction for the other of the two transmission ratios;
- a blocking device shiftable by a blocking actuator and arranged to block rotation of the one of the transmission elements that interacts with the locking device in the freewheeling rotation direction when in a blocking position and releases the one of the transmission elements for rotation in the freewheeling rotation direction when in a release position;
- wherein the shifting system provides a clutch shifting threshold at which (1) the friction clutch begins to transition from the open position to a closed position or (2) the transition from the closed position to the open position is carried out;
- wherein the shifting system provides a blocking shifting threshold at which the blocking device changes (1) from the blocking position to the release position or (2) from the release position to the blocking position;
- wherein the blocking shifting threshold is coordinated with the clutch shifting threshold such that:
- (1) the blocking device is in the release position before the one of the transmission elements interacting with the locking device begins to turn in the freewheeling rotation direction;
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- (2) the blocking device only changes to the blocking position when the one of the transmission elements interacting with the locking device begins to push in the blocking rotation direction.
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