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2) United States Patent Renner DUAL-CLUTCH GROUP TRANSMISSION AND METHOD FOR ACTUATING © DUAL-CLUTCH GROUP TRANSMISSION 6a os) Stefan Renner, Bodian-L udwigshafon (DE) Inventor Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE) Note pateat is extended or adjusted under 38 USC. 1540) by 0 days (21) Appl.Nos —1M6x7,384 (22) PCTTited: Mar. 2,2011 (86) PCT Nos PCTBPZ011/053086 $371 (ot), (2),(4)Date: Sep. 26,2012 PCT Pub, Nos WO2011/128148 PCT Pui, Date: Oct. 20, 2011 (7) 6) Prior Publication Data US 2013002337541 Jan, 24,2013 G0) Foreign Application Priority Data Apr 13,2010 (DE) 10 2010 003 924 Gb InecL F161 806 (2) US.CL spc «475/221; 74/330; 74/331 eld of Clasifcation Search 741329-331, 74/339; 475/220, 221, 329 ‘See pplication ile for complete search history. (2006.01) (58) ov 'US008419582B2 (10) Patent No. 4s) Date of Patent: US 8,419,582 B2 Apr. 16, 2013 66) References Cited US. PATENT DOCUMENTS Tol4at? BE 32011 Git 38564 B2* 102011 Fath etal ans2is aoosionses2 81 |X 2008 Jackeon Sonompsiol Al* 42007 Gie 7430 dowworis6s AL 92010 Gate 20110259187 Al 102011 Hofmann aD1201IS674 AL* "82012 Tkepam a3 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Dr 10133609 AL 12003 DE — 102006013 661 AL 1072007 DE 102008001 200 AL 102009 DE 102008084477 AL ‘62010, Ep 2a0n28 Ar 22010 (OTHER PUBLICATIONS Inverasional Search Report Comespoing to PCTIEP201 1053086, Written Opinion Coorexponlng to PCT/EP2011 053086 * cited by examiner Justin Folmes Davis & Bujold, PLLC Primary Examiner (74) Attorney, Agent, oF Firm on ABSTRACT A dual-clutch group transmission having spliter, main and ‘ange groups, The range group is a planetary wansmission ‘with # ring gear, sun gear and planetary gears that are supported by a carrier. Inner and outer transmission input shafts are connected to respective ist and second clutch, A ‘main transmission shaft and shifting elements for engaging gears or forming fictional connections, Power-gearsifts, involving a shift ofthe range group, are enabled because the inner input shaft can be diecly connected. via a shift ele- ‘meat, the main shat, hollow shaft extends ccaxially over themin shaft and supports a loose wheel of «forward gear of ‘themain group. Tae wheel canbe rotationally fixed, via shit clement, tothe hollows shaft which ean be connected to the ‘main shaft and the carier by respective shiing elements, 8 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets Wg e 226 & 50 | / \\ is & | \ \ \ cice Pte eee r\edus [os] & & Lat US 8,419,582 B2 Sheet 1 of 4 Apr. 16,2013 U.S, Patent 1814 Ig 12 LT § 4 6z Lz foe! 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US 8,419,582 B2 Sheet 4 of 4 Apr. 16,2013 U.S, Patent y 614 4 x xB x x x x L X X x x [3 X x x |x s X x x [a x x x X X g x xX x x x te x x X x [x I $a9[7d9]seo/te[ MH [ou [ot [mn [sx [ex] im [eo [to 9s $s %S es 1S | wou ONITANOD UVAD/SLINAWATA ONLLATHS: 4YOLOW [yya9| US 8,419,582 B2 1 DUAL-CLUTCH GROUP TRANSMISSION AND METHOD FOR ACTUATING 4. DUAL-CLUTCH GROUP TRANSMISSION ‘This application is a National Stage completion of PCT/ EP201 1053086 filed Mar. 2, 2011, which claims priority fm German patent application serial no, 10 20100038 924.1 filed Ape 13, 2010, FIELD OF THE INVENTION ‘The invention concems a dual clutch group transmission and a method for aetwating a dual lutch group transmission, BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Group transmissions and dual clutch transmissions are known transmission types. Moreover, group transmissions that comprise a dual hutch are also known. ‘Group, or multi-group transmissions have the advantages that by combining two or three transmission groups they provide lane mumber of gears, they operate eficiently, and ‘ith regand to their amber of gears they ean be produced in 4 siructurlly compact form. However, in common with all, ‘manual or automated variable-speed transmissions they are ‘nhereatly associated with an interuption oF the tactic force. In contrast, dual clutch transmissions have the advan- tage that over a sequential series of shils, in which in each sea gear associated with one of the clutches is active while ‘8 connection gear associated with tho other clutch has been preselected, they can basically be powershifted. ic. they ‘enable gearshifs that are largely free from traction force lntcrroption and therefore proce a high level of deving ‘confor. “Accordingly # combination of both transmission types seems appropriate particulary in commercial vehicles such as long-haul tracks, which musthave, ontheone hand, lange number of gears with a corresponding transmission spread and, on the other hand, a high level of diving comfort along ‘with high operational reliability. However, in transmissions designed in sich manner not all the gears ean necessarily be power-shifted. When as is usual, the group transmission has fn inpot or spliter group and a main group of countersblt ‘configuration as wel a a downstream range group of plans ‘etary design, such thatthe range group ean be shifted between, ‘wo gear ranges, then itis tre that in accordance with the torque flow of the suecessive gears most of the gears within the two gear anges ean, with the help ofthe dual clutch, be made as power-shifing gears. However, the shilling process ‘of the range group itself is as a rule not traction-force-sup> ported. Since in addition the shifting process laste a compant- tively ong time, this is reyularly sensed by the driver and perovived as annoying, Inthe not previously published DF 102008 084 477 A1 by: the present applicant a multi-zronp transmission is proposed, ‘which enables tracion-foree-supportedgearshifs. This rmulti-group transmistion has an input-side spliter group ‘with three gear constants, a theee-gear main group and 3 downstream range group. The splitter group and the sroupare configured in space-saving and load-istibution- balanced manner with two common, axis-paallel counter shafts. The range group is formed as planetary transmission ‘witha central sun gear, a planetary gearset guided by aplan- ‘tary carior and an oster ring gear. By means of a stating ‘lutea transmission input shar ean be connected at one end to adriveshalt ofa drive motor. tits other end the tansise sion input shalt can be directly connected by means of a 0 o 2 shifting element, i, without branching va the countershafis, toa main tamemission shaft arranged aially behind it ALits ‘ouput end the main transmission shaft is connected fixed 10 the sun gear ofthe range group. Furthermore, a power shi clutch is provided, by means of which loose wheel mounted rotate an the transmission int shaft an belonging tothe fist gear constant nearest othe motor ean heconnected tothe rive int shall, so that the power-silt clutch bridges across the stating clutch. The stating clutch and the powershit clutch can for example be made as dal clutch whose com- ‘mon clutch cage is connected t the drive input shaf. "Thanks to the fat that the firs input constant can be engaged rogardless of the shift condition of the starting cluteh, and to the possibility of comecting the transmission ‘input shaft directly to the main transmission sha, itis pos- sible slectat one and the same time a direct anda branched power path and by means of an overlapping opening and closing ofthe two clutches, to have one merge into the other inthe drive-power flow. Itis tue that in tis way a numberof powered gearsbills are posible with his transmission, low {ver a shift of the downstream range group between a loser ear rge stepped down by the planetary transmission and an ‘Upper gear range not stepped down die to blocking of the planetary transmission, isnot taction-force-supported From DE 10 2608 001 200 Al another waction-orce su porting multi-group transmission with spiter group, am soup anda range group as well asa dual cute is known. la {his case one clutch is used as a starting elutch to connect a riveshaft ofa drive motor to a transmission inp shaft and theother clutch susodasapower-shiftcluch for engaging an intermediate gear by conccting the driveshaft with a main transmission shaft that passes through the transmission gps. The transmission input shaft is inthe form ofa holon shatlarranged coaxially over the main transmission shaft. During a geurset the powershft clutch is closed and thereby ‘an intermediate gear is engaged, without disengaging the starting clutch. By vine of the direct connection of the Ariveshaft tothe main transmission shai, the intermediate ‘gear corresponds tothe direct gear ofthe splitter group and the main group. In this case the power-shift clutch operating ‘with sip supports the motor torque atthe drive tpt of the vehicle, whereby the motor speeis synchronized. Due tothe torque support a breakin triction-force during a neural set- ting of he spliter group andr the main group during & change from the original gear othe largel year, s prevented. ‘inthe use way the main transmission shaft iseonnected atitsoutput-side end divetly (oa sun gear ofthe range proup ‘butoaly indieectly to transmission cutput shaft atthe output of the range group, then during a shit ofthe range group in ‘whieh the force flow changes, for example, between a cow pling of aring peartoa bousingand coupling ofthering gear {oa transmission output shat connected planetary carrier, the intermediate peur cannot provide any tction-force sup” port. In this connection DP 10 2008 001 200 AI proposes « ‘cans of assistance in that the main transmission has an additional hollow shaft which is arranged coaxially on the ‘main shalt and on Which the laose wheels and associated shifting elements of the main transmission are arranged. Instead of the main transmission sha itis this hollow shaft ‘whieh at its output-side end is connected to the sun gear, whereas the min transmission shaft passes uncoupled through the range group and is connected directly to the transmission output shaft. Ths, range sits can also be trae- ‘ion-foree-supported by temporary engagement af the direct gear ofthe transmission as whole as an intermediate gear ring a gearshift, However, the range group itself ean stil not be power-shifted. Accontingly, in transmission designs US 8,419,582 B2 3 that do not provide or any intermediate gear engagement, the range shifl is again not tacton-force-supported. Furher- ‘more, the hollow shaft that extends afar a8 the son gear is relatively long, so the mounting of the very Jong main trans- mission shalt passing through te hollow shaft and extending fromthe startingelutchto the transmission output, rater falls short of optimum. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Against this background the purpose ofthe present inven- tion isto propose a dual-clutch group transmission with @ spliter group and a main group of eountershat configuration ‘anda range group of planetary design, which enables power- shif gear changes, especially when the range group issifted, ‘an in which te transmission sha are comparatively short Imaddition a method is described for operating such a trans- mission, which offers a high level of shilling and driving ‘comfort when the range group is shied “The invention is based on the realization tha in group transmission with a dual clutch, having two motor clutches Jor connecting, in exch case, a transmission input shat to a

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