# US 9,435,406 B2 · Multi-stage transmission for vehicle

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- Number: US 9,435,406 B2
- Document ID: US9435406B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/711,546
- Filed: 2015-05-13
- Published: 2016-05-26
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-11-26
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company
- Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company
- Inventors: Won Min Cho; Jae Chang Kook; Myeong Hoon Noh; Seong Wook Ji; Kang Soo Seo; Seong Wook Hwang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9435406B2

## CPC

- F16H 3/66: composed of a number of gear trains without drive passing from one train to another
- F16H 2200/0073: the gear ratios comprising eleven forward speeds
- F16H 2200/2012: with four sets of orbital gears
- F16H 2200/2046: with six engaging means
- F16H: GEARING

## Abstract

A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft, an output shaft, first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices disposed between the input shaft and the output shaft to transmit rotary force, each of the first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices having three rotary elements, and at least six shifting elements connected to the rotary elements of the planetary gear devices.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle comprising:
an input shaft;
an output shaft;
first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices disposed between the input shaft and the output shaft to transmit rotary force, each of the first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices having three rotary elements; and
at least six shifting elements connected to the rotary elements of the planetary gear devices,
wherein a first rotary element of the first planetary gear device is continuously connected to a third rotary element of the second planetary gear device, a second rotary element of the first planetary gear device is continuously connected to a first rotary element of the third planetary gear device and a third rotary element of the fourth planetary gear set, and a third rotary element of the first planetary gear device is installed to be fixable by a first shifting element of the at least six shifting elements,
wherein a first rotary element of the second planetary gear device is selectively connected to a second rotary element of the third planetary gear device, a first rotary element and a second rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device, a second rotary element of the second planetary gear device is continuously connected to the input shaft and selectively connected the first rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device, and the third rotary element of the second planetary gear device is continuously connected to a third rotary element of the third planetary gear device, and
wherein the first rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device is installed to be fixable by a second shifting element of the at least six shifting elements and the second rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device is continuously connected to the output shaft.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The multi-stage transmission according to claim 1, wherein the first planetary gear device, the second planetary gear device, the third planetary gear device and the fourth planetary gear device are sequentially arranged along an axial direction of the input shaft and the output shaft.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The multi-stage transmission according to claim 2,
wherein the third rotary element of the first planetary gear device is installed to be fixable to a transmission case by a third clutch from among the at least six shifting elements,
wherein the first rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device is installed to be fixable to the transmission case by a fourth clutch from among the at least six shifting elements, and
wherein remaining shifting elements from among the at least six shifting elements constitute selective connection structures between the rotary elements of the planetary gear devices.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The multi-stage transmission according to claim 3,
wherein a first clutch from among the at least six shifting elements forms a selective connection structure between the second rotary element of the second planetary gear device and the first rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device,
wherein a second clutch from among the at least six shifting elements forms a selective connection structure between the first rotary element of the second planetary gear device and the second rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device,
wherein a fifth clutch from among the at least six shifting elements forms a selective connection structure between the first rotary element of the second planetary gear device and the second rotary element of the third planetary gear device, and
wherein a sixth clutch from among the at least six shifting elements forms a selective connection structure between the first rotary element of the second planetary gear device and the first rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device.

### Claim 5

A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle comprising:
first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices each having three rotary elements;
six shifting elements configured to selectively provide frictional force; and
first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth rotary shafts connected to the rotary elements of the first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices,
wherein the first rotary shaft is an input shaft directly connected to a second rotary element of the second planetary gear device, the second rotary shaft is directly connected to a first rotary element of the first planetary gear device, a third rotary element of the second planetary gear device and a third rotary element of the third planetary gear device, the third rotary shaft is directly connected to a second rotary element of the first planetary gear device, a first rotary element of the third planetary gear device and a third rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device, the fourth rotary shaft is directly connected to a third rotary element of the first planetary gear device, the fifth rotary shaft is directly connected to a second rotary element of the third planetary gear device, the sixth rotary shaft is directly connected to a first rotary element of the second planetary gear device, the seventh rotary shaft is directly connected to a first rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device, the eighth rotary shaft is an output shaft directly connected to a second rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device, and
wherein the six shifting elements include first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth clutches, the first clutch is disposed between the first rotary shaft and the seventh rotary shaft, the second clutch is disposed between the sixth rotary shaft and the eighth rotary shaft, the third clutch is disposed between the fourth rotary shaft and a transmission case, the fourth clutch is disposed between the seventh rotary shaft and the transmission case, the fifth clutch is disposed between the fifth rotary shaft and the sixth rotary shaft, and the sixth clutch is disposed between the sixth rotary shaft and the seventh rotary shaft.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The multi-stage transmission according to claim 5, wherein the first planetary gear device, the second planetary gear device, the third planetary gear device and the fourth planetary gear device are sequentially arranged along an axial direction of the input shaft and the output shaft.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The multi-stage transmission according to claim 5, wherein the first clutch forms a selective connection between the second rotary element of the second planetary gear device and the first rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device, the second clutch forms a selective connection between the first rotary element of the second planetary gear device and the second rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device, the fifth clutch forms a selective connection between the first rotary element of the second planetary gear device and the second rotary element of the third planetary gear device, and the sixth clutch is forms a selective connection between the first rotary element of the second planetary gear device and the first rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device.