Continuous hydrostatic power division transmission

Abstract

A continuous hydrostatic-mechanical power division transmission has at least two operating ranges between which it is switched by shift elements, with a first, mechanical part (II) including a planetary differential gear (13) and a second, hydrostatic part (I) including two power-linked adjustable hydraulic units (H1 and H2) which can be operated in both directions either as a pump or as a motor and which are coupled to the mechanical part (II). An annulus (19) of a planetary differential (13) is used to control the direction and speed of rotation of a gear box output shaft (12) in the individual operating ranges and is coupled to the first hydraulic unit (H1). In a first operating range, the second hydraulic unit (H2) drives via a gear-shift element (K1, K2) to the output shaft (12). The first hydraulic unit (H1) coupled to the annulus (19) works as a pump while the second hydraulic unit (H2) works as a motor. The hydraulic units (H1, H2) are inclined-axis units with respective input and output shafts (27, 41) parallel to each other. Both hydraulic units (H1, H2) are mounted inside the gearbox casing and next to each other so that their respective input and output shafts (27, 41) are oriented in opposite directions and staggered by at most the length of a hydraulic unit with respect to each other in the direction of the axes of symmetry of the input and output shafts; the axes of the cylinders of the hydraulic units are disposed in the same plane; and at least one additional spur pinion stage is fitted between the planetary differential (13) and the second hydraulic unit (H2).

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