# US 9,435,407 B2 · Transmission > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,435,407 B2 - Document ID: US9435407B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/549,646 - Filed: 2014-11-21 - Published: 2015-06-18 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-12-18 - Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG - Applicants: ZF Friedrichshafen AG - Inventors: Stefan Beck; Johannes Kaltenbach; Ulrich Kehr; Michael Trubenbach - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9435407B2 ## CPC - F16H 3/666: {with intermeshing orbital gears (F16H3/663 takes precedence)} - F16H 3/66: composed of a number of gear trains without drive passing from one train to another - F16H 2003/445: {without permanent connection between the input and the set of orbital gears} - F16H 2200/0039: the gear ratios comprising three forward speeds - F16H 2200/2007: with two sets of orbital gears - F16H 2200/201: with three sets of orbital gears - F16H 2200/2038: with three engaging means - F16H 2200/2064: using at least one positive clutch, e.g. dog clutch - F16H 2200/2094: using positive clutches, e.g. dog clutches - F16H: GEARING ## Abstract A transmission having a drive input shaft (AN), a drive output shaft (AB), a housing (G), at least two planetary gearsets (PR1, PR2), and at least three shifting elements (A, B, C) whose selective engagement produces various transmission ratios between the drive input shaft (AN) and the drive output shaft (AB), so that at least three gears can be obtained. To obtain a gear in each case, two shifting elements are engaged and a further shifting element is disengaged. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transmission comprising: a drive input shaft (AN), a drive output shaft (AB), a housing (G), at least first and second planetary gearsets (PR1, PR2), and each of the at least first and second planetary gearset comprising a sun gear, a carrier and a ring gear, at least first, second and third shifting elements (A, B, C), and selective engagement of the at least first, second and third shifting elements (A, B, C) producing various transmission ratios between the drive input shaft (AN) and the drive output shaft (AB) so that at least first, second and third gears are implementable, the drive input shaft (AN) and the ring gear (H1) of the first planetary gearset (PR1) being directly connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner for forming a first shaft (1), the drive output shaft (AB) and the carrier (ST1) of the first planetary gearset (PR1) being directly connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner for forming a second shaft (2), the carrier (ST2) of the second planetary gearset (PR2) forming a third shaft (3), the ring gear (H2) of the second planetary gearset (PR2) forming a fourth shaft (4), the sun gear (S1) of the first planetary gearset (PR1) and the sun gear (S2) of the second planetary gearset (PR2) both being directly connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner for forming a fifth shaft (5), the first shifting element (A) being arranged in a force flow between the third shaft (3) and the housing (G) of the transmission, the second shifting element (B) being arranged in a force flow between the second shaft (2) and the fourth shaft (4), and the third shifting element (C) being arranged in a force flow between either: the third shaft (3) and the fourth shaft (4); the fourth shaft (4) and the fifth shaft (5); or the third shaft (3) and the fifth shaft (5). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The transmission according to claim 1, wherein a first gear is implemented by engagement of the first and the second shifting elements (A, B), a second gear is implemented by engagement of the first and the third shifting elements (A, C), and a third gear is implemented by engagement of the second and the third shifting elements (B, C). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The transmission according to claim 1, wherein the first, the second and the third shifting elements (A, B, C) are each frictional shifting elements. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The transmission according to claim 1, wherein the first shifting element (A) and the second shifting element (B) are each interlocking shifting elements and the third shifting element (C) is a frictional shifting element. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The transmission according to claim 1, wherein a third planetary gearset (PR3) is connected upstream of the transmission, and a sun gear (S3) of the third planetary gearset (PR3) forms a sixth shaft (6) of the transmission, a ring gear (H3) of the third planetary gearset (PR3) is a rotationally fixed element, and a carrier (ST3) of the third planetary gearset (PR3) is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the first shaft (1) of the downstream transmission so that the drive input shaft (AN) and the ring gear (H1) of the first planetary gearset (PR1) are directly connected to one another through the carrier (ST3) of the third planetary gearset (PR3) and the first shaft. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The transmission according to claim 1, wherein the transmission is a main transmission of a group transmission which comprises at least one of: at least one upstream group in driving connection with the main transmission and located upstream thereof, and at least one downstream group in driving connection with the main transmission and located downstream thereof. ### Claim 7 A method for operating a transmission comprising a drive input shaft (AN), a drive output shaft (AB), a housing (G), at least first and second planetary gearsets (PR1, PR2), each of the at least first and second planetary gearset comprises a sun gear, a carrier and a ring gear, and at least first, second and third shifting elements (A, B, C) whose selective engagement produces various transmission ratios between the drive input shaft (AN) and the drive output shaft (AB), so that at least first, second and third gears are implementable; the ring gear (H1) of the first planetary gearset (PR1) and the drive input shaft (AN) are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner for forming a first shaft (1), the carrier (ST1) of the first planetary gearset (PR1) and the drive output shaft (AB) are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner for forming a second shaft (2), the carrier (ST2) of the second planetary gearset (PR2) forms a third shaft (3), the ring gear (H2) of the second planetary gearset (PR2) forms a fourth shaft (4), the sun gear (S1) of the first planetary gearset (PR1) and the sun gear (S2) of the second planetary gearset (PR2) are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner for forming a fifth shaft (5), the first shifting element (A) is arranged in a force flow between the third shaft (3) and the housing (G) of the transmission, the second shifting element (B) is arranged in a force flow between the second shaft (2) and the fourth shaft (4), and the third shifting element (C) is arranged in a force flow between either the third shaft (3) and the fourth shaft (4), the fourth shaft (4) and the fifth shaft (5), or the third shaft (3) and the fifth shaft (5), the method comprising the step of: implementing each of the first, the second and the third gears by engaging two of the first, the second and the third shifting elements and disengaging the other of the first, the second and the third shifting elements. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of implementing a gearshift from one gear to either an adjacent higher gear or an adjacent lower gear by engaging the disengaged one of the shifting elements and by disengaging one of the two engaged shifting elements. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of implementing at least a traction upshift from the first gear to the second gear and also a traction downshift from the second gear to the first gear as powershifts. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of implementing an overdrive downshift from the third gear to the second gear, which is a traction force interrupting shift, when a requirement of the drive calls for a change from traction operation to overdrive operation. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The transmission according to claim 1, in combination with a drive-train for a motor vehicle which comprises a drive aggregate, the drive input shaft (AN) of the transmission is either connected or connectable to the drive output shaft of the drive aggregate in either a rotationally fixed or a rotationally elastic manner. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The transmission according to claim 11, wherein the drive aggregate is an electric machine, and depending on a rotational direction of the electric machine the first gear, the second gear and the third gear are obtainable as either forward gears or reverse gears. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The transmission according to claim 12, wherein the drive-train is a hybrid drive-train and comprises an internal combustion engine.