Patent · US Active

Dual clutch transmission

US10288155B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Johann Märkl · Nassenfels, DE
Axel Heitmann · Friedrichshafen, DE
Steffen Hummel · Diez, DE
Frank Vollmer · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 23, 2013
Grant date	May 14, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 21, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H2200/2035
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A dual clutch transmission as a speed-change transmission for motor vehicles, includes two coaxially arranged input shafts, each being activatable via a clutch, an output shaft and gearwheel sets that are mounted on the shafts and can be shifted by means of shifting clutches to allow a plurality of forward gears and a reverse gear, the gearwheel sets being subdivided into a sub-transmission having the one input shaft and a sub-transmission having the other input shaft. To achieve a wider gear-ratio spread in a structurally compact construction, a shifting unit that can be shifted between two gear ratio stages is mounted upstream of the sub-transmission having the hollow input shaft.

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