Gearbox comprising an electromechanical actuator

US7350432B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Somschor · Tettnang, DE
• Frank Miehle · Markdorf, DE
• Norbert Sommer · Rübhausen, DE
• Jurgen Neuenfeld · Friedrichshafen, DE
• Oliver Buchhold · Deggenhausertal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 1, 2008
• Expiry date: Jul 1, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/19251
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transmission (8) for a motor vehicle (2) with a housing (26) and a shifting apparatus arranged therein and with an electromechanical transmission actuator (24) with a first electric motor (32) for exercising a selection motion of the shifting device with a second electric motor (34) for exercising a shifting motion of the shifting apparatus and with a control unit (22) for receiving sensor signals, for processing the sensor signals and for emitting control signals to the electric motors (32, 34) the axis of rotation of the first electric motor (32) and the axis of rotation of the second electric motor (34) lie parallel to each other.