Double clutch transmission

US7231843B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Gumpoltsberger · Friedrichshafen, DE
• Michael Ebenhoch · Friedrichshafen, DE
• Markus Maier · Graz, AT
• Thomas John · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 19, 2007
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/19233
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A dual clutch transmission with two clutches, two relative coaxial input shafts, two relative coaxial countershafts, two drive constants (gear trains, as well as one concentric transmission output shaft to the two drive shafts. Such a transmission structure is to be further embodied in such a way that through minor variations of gear mechanisms based on a construction module concept, seven-speed and eight-speed dual clutch transmissions with different direct gears, a different number of overdrive gears as well as different overall gear ratios can be manufactured. In accordance with a generic dual clutch transmission, the two countershafts by way of a coupling device can be rotationally connected with each other, and that on the countershaft embodied as hollow shaft, an idler gear is rotationally mounted, which meshes with a fixed gear on the transmission output shaft.