# US 7,608,009 B2 · Planetary gear type transmission

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- Number: US 7,608,009 B2
- Document ID: US7608009B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/716,006
- Filed: 2007-03-09
- Published: 2007-09-27
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2006-03-24
- Assignees: Aisin Ai Co., Ltd.; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Daisuke Saito; Satoshi Munakata
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7608009B2

## CPC

- F16H 57/08: of gearings with members having orbital motion
- B60K 17/04: characterised by arrangement, location or kind of gearing
- F16H 3/54: one of the central gears being internally toothed and the other externally toothed
- F16H: GEARING
- B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES

## Abstract

A planetary gear type transmission includes a planetary gear mechanism including a sun gear, a ring gear, and a planetary carrier which all have the same axis, an output shaft having the same axis as the planetary gear mechanism, a sleeve supported movable in an axial direction by the output shaft, an inner piece connected to the sleeve while the sleeve is approaching the planetary gear mechanism and including a first inner spline, and an outer piece connected to the sleeve while the sleeve is separating from the planetary gear mechanism and including a second outer spline. The sleeve includes a first outer spline fitted to the first inner spline and a second inner spline fitted to the second outer spline. A distance between the second inner spline and the planetary gear mechanism is smaller than a distance between the first outer spline and the planetary gear mechanism.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A planetary gear type transmission comprising:
a planetary gear mechanism including a sun gear, a ring gear, and a planetary carrier which all have the same axis, one of the sun gear, the ring gear and the planetary carrier serving as an input element connected to an input shaft, another one apart from the one serving as the input element serving as a reaction element, and the others apart from the one serving as the reaction element each serving as an output element;
an output shaft having the same axis as the planetary gear mechanism;
a sleeve having a cylindrical shape and supported so as to be movable in an axial direction by the output shaft;
one of the output elements provided close to the axis while the other one of the output elements provided at a distance from the axis;
an inner piece connected to the one of the output elements and connected to the sleeve while the sleeve is approaching the planetary gear mechanism, the inner piece including a first inner spline;
an outer piece connected to the other one of the output elements and connected to the sleeve while the sleeve is separating from the planetary gear mechanism, the outer piece including a second outer spline; and
the sleeve including a first outer spline at an inner peripheral surface and a second inner spline at an outer peripheral surface, the first outer spline fitted to the first inner spline and the second inner spline fitted to the second outer spline, and a distance between the second inner spline and the planetary gear mechanism being smaller than a distance between the first outer spline and the planetary gear mechanism.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A planetary gear type transmission according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve includes an outer spline that is spline fitted to the inner piece and the output shaft.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A planetary gear type transmission according to claim 1, wherein the sun gear serves as the input element and the output element provided close to the axis, the ring gear serves as the reaction element, and the planetary carrier serves as the output element provided at a distance from the axis.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

A planetary gear type transmission according to claim 2, wherein the sun gear serves as the input element and the output element provided close to the axis, the ring gear serves as the reaction element, and the planetary carrier serves as the output element provided at a distance from the axis.