# US 11,439,067 B2 · Shifting device for transmission having shifting device and harvesting machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,439,067 B2 - Document ID: US11439067B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/017,091 - Filed: 2020-09-10 - Published: 2021-05-13 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-10 - Assignees: Deere & Company - Applicants: Deere & Company - Inventors: Prashant M. Jundale; Prathamesh Dhoke; Parag Kolte; Jorge Florez J. Moreno - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11439067B2 ## CPC - A01D 69/06: Gearings - F16H 63/30: Constructional features of the final output mechanisms - F16H 3/22: with gears shiftable only axially - F16H 9/26: with members having orbital motion - F16H 63/38: Detents - A01F 12/56: Driving mechanisms for the threshing parts - B60Y 2200/22: Agricultural vehicles - B60Y 2200/222: Harvesters - F02B 67/06: driven by means of chains, belts, or like endless members - F05D 2260/40311: of the epicyclical, planetary or differential type - F16H 2055/178: {combined with clutch means, e.g. gear with integrated synchroniser clutch} - F16H 2057/02039: {Gearboxes for particular applications} - F16H 2061/243: {Cams or detent arrays for guiding and providing feel} - F16H 2063/3093: {Final output elements, i.e. the final elements to establish gear ratio, e.g. coupling sleeves or other means establishing coupling to shaft} - A01D: HARVESTING; MOWING - F16H: GEARING - A01F: PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE; HAY OR STRAW PRESSES; DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE (devices for topping or skinning onions or flower bulbs A23N15/08) - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY - F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G) - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ## Abstract A shifting device for a transmission is disclosed. The shifting device comprises a transmission shaft, a shift gear being mounted thereon, wherein the shift gear is configured with a connecting hub which is axially displaceable relative to the transmission shaft, wherein the connecting hub has an internal toothing in engagement with an external toothing of the transmission shaft, so that the shift gear is drive-connected to the transmission shaft in an axially displaceable manner therewith. A latching device is further provided, the shift gear being axially displaceable thereby into a plurality of latching positions. The latching device comprises a spring-pretensioned setting pin displaceably mounted radially to the transmission shaft and in engagement with a setting shaft rotatably mounted in the transmission shaft, such that the setting shaft and the setting pin can be brought out of an unlocked position into a locked position and vice-versa by rotating the setting shaft. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A shifting device for a transmission, having a transmission shaft, a shift gear being mounted thereon, wherein the shift gear is configured with a connecting hub which is axially displaceable relative to the transmission shaft, wherein the connecting hub has an internal toothing which is in engagement with an external toothing of the transmission shaft, so that the shift gear is drive-connected to the transmission shaft in an axially displaceable manner therewith, wherein a latching device is provided, the shift gear being axially displaceable thereby into a plurality of latching positions, and the latching device comprises a spring-pretensioned setting pin which is displaceably mounted radially to the transmission shaft and which is in engagement with a setting shaft which is rotatably mounted in the transmission shaft, by means of which setting shaft the setting pin is able to be brought out of an unlocked position into a locked position and vice-versa by rotating the setting shaft. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The shifting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the setting pin is guided in a through-bore which extends radially to the transmission shaft and which extends from the setting shaft to the connecting hub, wherein the through-bore has a first opening relative to the setting shaft and a second opening relative to the connecting hub. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The shifting device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the setting pin comprises a first pin part and a second pin part and a tension spring extends between the first and the second pin part of the setting pin, said tension spring tensioning the first pin part and the second pin part of the setting pin along the through-bore in opposing directions, wherein the first pin part of the setting pin extends into the first opening and the second pin part of the setting pin extends into the second opening, such that the setting pin is in engagement at one end with the connecting hub and at the other end with the setting shaft. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The shifting device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the setting pin is configured in one piece and the setting pin and the through-bore in each case are provided with a shoulder, wherein a tension spring, which pretensions the setting pin in the direction of the connecting hub, extends between the shoulders, wherein the setting pin extends at one end into the first opening and at the other end into the second opening, so that the setting pin is able to be brought into engagement at one end with the connecting hub and at the other end with the setting shaft. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The shifting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting hub is provided on the transmission shaft side with a plurality of annular grooves which are axially spaced apart from the transmission shaft and which in each case are able to be brought into engagement with the setting pin. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The shifting device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the setting pin comprises spherically rounded ends and the annular grooves which are configured on the connecting hub are configured with an annular groove shape which corresponds to the spherically rounded ends of the setting pin, wherein control edges, which are characterized by a flatter path relative to the curvature of the spherically configured ends of the setting pin, are configured on the flanks of the respective annular grooves. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The shifting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the setting shaft is rotatable about its longitudinal axis, wherein the setting shaft is mounted at one end so as to be axially displaceable in a guide bore which is coaxially arranged in the transmission shaft and at the other end so as to be axially fixed in a bearing bush connected to the connecting hub. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The shifting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the setting shaft has a rotational axis arranged coaxially to the transmission shaft, wherein an eccentric portion which is able to be brought into engagement with the setting pin is arranged on the setting shaft, wherein the eccentric portion is configured by a cylinder extending axially to the setting shaft, the cylinder center axis thereof being radially spaced apart from the rotational axis of the setting shaft, and the diameter thereof being smaller than the diameter of the setting shaft such that by rotating the setting shaft the spring-pretensioned setting pin is able to be brought out of a locked position into an unlocked position and vice-versa. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The shifting device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the cylinder is provided with a plurality of annular grooves which are axially spaced apart from the transmission shaft and which in each case are able to be brought into engagement with the setting pin and are aligned with the annular grooves configured in the connecting hub. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A transmission comprising a drive element and a transmission step, characterized by a shifting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shift gear is able to be brought into a first latching position, in which the shift gear is in engagement with the transmission step, and into a further latching position in which the shift gear is directly in engagement with the drive element. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The transmission as claimed in claim 10, wherein the shift gear is able to be brought into a further latching position in which the shift gear is moved into a neutral position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The transmission as claimed in claim 10, wherein the transmission step is configured by a planetary transmission which is connected to the drive element, wherein a planet carrier of the planetary transmission is arranged on the drive element and a sun gear in engagement with the planets is rotatably mounted on the transmission shaft and on the drive element and is fixed relative to the drive element and the transmission shaft. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The transmission as claimed in claim 10, wherein the drive element is configured as a belt pulley and the transmission shaft is able to be connected to a processing device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) A harvesting machine comprising at least one processing device and a transmission as claimed in claim 13, wherein the belt pulley is driven by a belt drive and the transmission shaft is connected to the processing device.