CN206797106U - A kind of single motor hybrid drive system based on power coupler - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a kind of single motor hybrid drive system based on power coupler, including housing, engine, motor, first clutch, second clutch and planetary wheeling mechanism；Housing is provided with gear ring brake, and gear ring engages with planetary gear, and planetary gear engages with sun gear, and planetary gear is set in planet carrier, and planet carrier is provided with planet carrier output revolving shaft；Engine is connected by rotating shaft first clutch and motor connection, motor by second clutch with gear ring, and the rotating shaft of engine and the rotating shaft of sun gear are connected, and the rotating shaft of engine, the rotating shaft of motor, the rotating shaft of sun gear and power output shaft are coaxially disposed；By when the setting of double clutches, first clutch sets engine and electric machine support, second clutch is arranged on motor and planetary carrier, the vehicle allow is with the various modes of the operation of simple structure single-power and double dynamical operation, adapt to the various operating conditions of vehicle, relatively existing various patented technologies, pattern is more and flexible, and reliability is high.
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Technical field
It the utility model is related to a kind of new-energy automobile dynamical system, more particularly to a kind of single electricity based on power coupler
Machine hybrid drive system.
Background technology
To be cost-effective, the single electric machine mixed power system for possessing pure electric drive mode is still the selection of many vehicles.
Patent CN102501754A and CN103802654 individually disclose a kind of mixing of achievable motor and motor torque coupling and moved
Power-driven system.Patent CN103273835A discloses a kind of hybrid drive system in type of multiple series connection based on double-rotor machine.
Patent CN103963625A discloses a kind of hybrid electric drive system based on parallel-axis geara speed changer.Patent
CN101439668A discloses one kind and is based on planetary gear train hybrid electric drive system.Patent CN10333212A discloses one kind
Hybrid electric drive system based on double-clutch automatic gearbox.
Above patent has the following disadvantages
Shortcoming 1：
The arrangement that patent CN102501754A is connected with CN103802654 due to engine crankshaft with rotor, thus it is dynamic
Rotating speed both when couple of force closes is consistent, can only realize torque coupling, engine speed changes with speed, can not avoid non-efficient Qu works
Make.
Shortcoming 2：
Patent CN103273835A realizes that series parallel type drives using double-rotor machine, and birotor is required under its paralleling model
Rotating speed is close and clutch be in semi-linkage state, therefore can be only in the instantaneous or short time and work (referring to 44 sections of its specification).
This essentially can not realize of conventional parallel type hybrid dynamic double dynamical drive pattern for a long time, engine or motor
It is still larger with power.
Shortcoming 3：
Patent CN103963625A sets up motor power input in Conventional parallel shaft type automatic transmission, is suitable for state
Interior manufacturing technology level.However, the problems such as inevitable drive assembly size is big, control is difficult, and can not equally realize engine
The decoupling of rotating speed and speed during work.
Shortcoming 4：
Fixed shaft gear train automatic transmission of the patent CN101439668A based on double clutch realizes hybrid power multi-mode
Driving, equally exist assembly size is big, gear-tooth strength requirement is high, can not engine speed and speed decoupling.
Shortcoming 5：
Patent CN10333212A is arranged using motor and engine alternating axis, therefore is additionally arranged one group of tumbler gear.This
Outside, motor without planetary gear train independent electric drive when need to increase by one group of fixed axis gear to reduce the matching moment of torsion of motor.It is aobvious
So, the system architecture is relative complex and improves cost.
Utility model content
In view of above-mentioned the deficiencies in the prior art, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of list based on power coupler
Motor hybrid drive system, it is intended to which solution can not realize parallel type hybrid dynamic long-play, nothing with simple structure at present
When method realizes engine work the decoupling of rotating speed and speed the problems such as, and can not just start when engine is broken, Huo Zhe
Motor can not start in the case of being broken.To reach above-mentioned purpose, the technical solution adopted in the utility model is：One kind is based on
Single motor hybrid drive system of power coupler, including housing, engine, motor, first clutch, second clutch and row
Star-wheel mechanism；The planetary gear includes gear ring, planetary gear, sun gear and planet carrier, and the housing is provided with gear ring brake, institute
State gear ring to engage with planetary gear, the planetary gear is engaged with sun gear, and the planetary gear is set in planet carrier, the planet carrier
Provided with planet carrier output revolving shaft；Engine passes through second clutch by rotating shaft first clutch and motor connection, the motor
It is connected with gear ring, the rotating shaft of engine and the rotating shaft of sun gear connect, the rotating shaft of the engine, the rotating shaft of motor, sun gear
Rotating shaft and planet carrier output revolving shaft be coaxially disposed.
As a kind of preferred structure of the present utility model, the rotating shaft of the engine passes through one-way clutch and sun gear
Rotating shaft connects.
As a kind of preferred structure of the present utility model, the rotating shaft of the motor is axle sleeve structure, the engine shaft
It is connected through machine shaft axle sleeve with sun gear rotating shaft.
As a kind of preferred structure of the present utility model, in addition to differential mechanism, the differential mechanism sets planet carrier to export
End, the input connection of the planet carrier output revolving shaft and differential mechanism, two output ports of differential mechanism respectively by semiaxis with
Left and right sidesing driving wheel connects.
As a kind of preferred structure of the present utility model, the planet carrier output revolving shaft is arranged on housing by bearing.
Beneficial effect：By the setting of double clutches, first clutch sets engine and electric machine support, and the second clutch is set
In motor and planetary carrier, the vehicle allow realizes a variety of moulds of single-power operation and double dynamical operation with simple structure
Formula, and the double dynamical driving for a long time of prolonged parallel type hybrid dynamic can be realized；Rotating speed and car when realizing engine work
The decoupling of speed the problems such as, and can engine or motor have one be it is bad in the case of can start, leave for repairing
Depot；The various operating conditions of vehicle are adapted to, relatively existing various patented technologies, pattern is more and flexible, and configuration is not multiple
Miscellaneous, reliability is high.
Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is a kind of single motor hybrid drive system sketch based on power coupler of the utility model；
The whole performance map of Fig. 2 engines.
Label declaration：
101. engine；
102. motor；
103. axle sleeve；
104. bearing；
201. first clutch；
202. second clutch；
203. single clutch；
300. planetary wheeling mechanism；
301. gear ring；
302. sun gear；
303. planetary gear；
304. planet carrier；
305. brake；
306. planet carrier output revolving shafts；
401. housing.
Embodiment
To describe technology contents of the present utility model, construction feature, the objects and the effects in detail, below in conjunction with implementation
Mode simultaneously coordinates accompanying drawing to be explained in detail.
Please with reference to Fig. 1, understand as shown in the figure, a kind of single motor combined drive based on power coupler of the utility model
Dynamic system, it is characterised in that：Including housing 401, engine 101, motor 102, first clutch 201, the and of second clutch 202
Planetary wheeling mechanism 300；The planetary gear includes gear ring 301, planetary gear 303, sun gear 302 and planet carrier 304, the housing
401 are provided with gear ring brake 305, and the gear ring engages with planetary gear, and the planetary gear engages with sun gear, the planetary gear
Set in planet carrier, the planet carrier is provided with planet carrier output revolving shaft 306.The planet carrier output revolving shaft passes through bearing 104
It is arranged on housing；Engine passes through second clutch and gear ring by rotating shaft first clutch and motor connection, the motor
Connection, first clutch are mainly used in torque coupling, and the second clutch is mainly used in rotating speed coupling, and the rotating shaft of the engine passes through
One-way clutch 203 is connected with the rotating shaft of sun gear, the rotating shaft of the engine, the rotating shaft of motor, the rotating shaft of sun gear and row
Carrier output revolving shaft is coaxially disposed.
The rotating shaft of motor is axle sleeve structure described in a kind of preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and the engine shaft runs through
Machine shaft axle sleeve 103 is connected with sun gear rotating shaft.
A kind of preferred embodiment of the present utility model also includes differential mechanism, and the differential mechanism sets planet carrier output end,
The input connection of the planet carrier output revolving shaft and differential mechanism, two output ports of differential mechanism pass through semiaxis and left and right respectively
Driving wheel connects.
In single motor hybrid drive system of another embodiment based on power coupler, it includes one kind described above
Single motor hybrid drive system based on power coupler, its mode of operation include：Idling generates electricity, motor low speed list drives, started
The drive of machine low speed list, the drive of motor middling speed list, the drive of medium engine speed list, middling speed dual drive, high speed dual drive；
Idling generates electricity：Engine is opened, and motor is standby, and second clutch separation, first clutch is combined, and brake is released
Put；Engine drives sun gear to rotate by rotating shaft；Engine is identical with motor speed, and gear ring rotates freely, and engine passes through
Electric power generation；
Motor low speed list drives：Tail-off, motor are opened, and second clutch separation, first clutch combines, brake
Braking fixes gear ring；Gear ring is motionless, and sun gear rotates with motor, drives planet carrier to rotate, and output gearratio is i=1+k, its
Middle i is output gearratio, and k is the ratio between the gear ring number of teeth and the sun gear number of teeth, and the pure electric low of vehicle drives；
Low engine speed list drives：Engine is opened, and motor is standby, second clutch separation, first clutch separation, braking
Device is braked；Gear ring is motionless, and sun gear drives planet carrier to rotate with engine rotation, and output gearratio is i=1+k, the pure hair of vehicle
Motivation driven at low speed；
Motor middling speed list drives：Tail-off, motor are opened, and second clutch combines, and first clutch combines, brake
Release；Ring gear against rotation, sun gear rotate with motor, and gear ring and sun gear drive planet carrier to rotate, and its gearratio is i=1, vehicle
Pure electric drive under middling speed；
Medium engine speed list drives：Engine is opened, and motor is standby, and second clutch combines, and first clutch combines, braking
Device discharges；Ring gear against rotation, sun gear drive planet carrier to rotate with engine rotation, gear ring and sun gear, and its gearratio is i=1,
Pure engine driving under vehicle middling speed；
Middling speed dual drive：Engine is opened, and motor is opened, and second clutch combines, and first clutch combines, and brake is released
Put；It is 1 in second clutch and first clutch effect lower planet train gearratio, motor torque and motor torque poststack warp
Planetary gear train externally exports, and vehicle is high pulling torque middling speed dual drive；
High speed dual drive：Engine is opened, and motor is opened, and second clutch combines, and first clutch separation, brake is released
Put；Motor driven gear ring rotates, and the rotation of driven by engine sun gear, gear ring and sun gear drive planet carrier to rotate, motor torque
It is superimposed on after planet carrier with motor torque and externally exports, vehicle is high speed dual drive.
Its operation principle and mode of operation are as follows in another specific embodiment：
The drive system is mainly provided by engine Engine (hereafter abbreviated with E) and motor Motor (hereafter abbreviated with M)
Driving force, first clutch CT (hereafter abbreviated with CT) is arranged between rotor and engine crankshaft, is mainly used in torque coupling
Close；Second clutch CS (hereafter abbreviated with CS) is arranged between rotor and gear ring R, is mainly used in rotating speed coupling；On gear ring R
One brake B (hereafter abbreviated with B) is set, and engine crankshaft passes through one-way clutch CD (hereafter abbreviated with CD) and sun gear
It is connected, power can only be from engine unidirectional delivery to sun wheel shaft, and planet carrier is connected with power output shaft, through main reducing gear and difference
Fast device is to differential mechanism.The drive system can realize that multiple drive modes meet vehicle Effec-tive Function, and ginseng table 1 analyzes various driving moulds
Formula is as follows：
Table 1
In table：G represents that electric power generation state, M motors represent that driving condition, W represent that engine behavior, × expression are non-
Working condition, √ represent working condition.Wherein CD occurs that CD exports the rotating shaft torsion of engine to sun gear when not working,
The rotation that CD working conditions then refer to sun gear can not drive the rotation of engine.
(1) idling generates electricity：Now CS is separated, and CT is combined, and engine power is delivered to sun wheel shaft by B releases, CD.Start
Machine is identical with motor speed, and gear ring rotates freely, i.e. ne=nmAnd nC=0.Engine can be operated in efficient rotating speed and torque point
And pass through electric power generation.The pattern, which is applied to realize under vehicle power power supply dump energy deficiency and vehicle idling, rapidly and efficiently fills
Electricity.Engine high-efficiency rate has similar characteristics as shown in Fig. 2 whole performance maps, for different engines.Most fuel-efficient work
Area 245 region in fig. 2, there is torque and the rotating speed section of one fixed width.
(2) M low speed list drives：Now CS is separated, and CT is combined, and B brakings, CD makes sun wheel shaft power not to be delivered to start
Machine.Gear ring fixation lower planet train acts as " decelerator ", and its gearratio is that (k is the gear ring number of teeth and sun gear to i=1+k
The ratio between number of teeth), i.e. nC=(1/ (1+K)) nm, TC=(1+k) Tm.Power transmission line is：M → CT → sun gear → planet carrier →
Power output shaft → drive axle.The pattern is applied to during electricity abundance pure electric drive under vehicle low speed, real due to closing engine
Existing zero-emission.
(3) E low speed list drives：Now CS is separated, CT separation, B brakings, and engine power is delivered to sun wheel shaft by CD.Should
Mode power transfer route is：E → sun gear → planet carrier → power output shaft → drive axle.Because gearratio is 1+k, i.e. nC
=(1/ (1+k)) ne, TC=(1+k) Te, pure low engine speed driving can be met.The pattern is applied to avoid dragging during electrical fault
Car.
(4) M middling speeds list drives：Now CS is combined, and CT is combined, and B releases, CD makes sun wheel shaft power not to be delivered to start
Machine.Due to sun gear and gear ring gear ring under CS and CT effects equivalent to being connected together, planetary gear train acts as " transmission
Axle ", its gearratio are i=1, i.e. nC=nm.Power transmission line is：M → planetary gear train → planet carrier → power output shaft → drive
Dynamic bridge.The pattern is applied to during electricity abundance pure electric drive under vehicle middling speed, and zero-emission is realized due to closing engine.
(5) E middling speeds list drives：Now CS is combined, and CT is combined, and engine power is delivered to sun wheel shaft by B releases, CD.Class
Antitype 4, power transmission line are：E → planetary gear train → planet carrier C → power output shaft → drive axle.The pattern is applied to
Pure engine driving under vehicle middling speed during not enough power supply.
(6) low speed torque couples：Now CS is separated, and CT is combined, and engine power is delivered to sun wheel shaft by B brakings, CD.
Motor torque and motor torque are superimposed on sun gear under CT effects, and are externally exported after planetary gear train slows down and increases torsion, i.e.,
TC=(1+k) (Te+Tm).Power transmission line is：E+M → sun gear → planetary gear train → planet carrier C → power output shaft → drive
Dynamic bridge.The pattern is applied to the high pulling torque demand operating mode such as the climbing of vehicle low speed or anxious acceleration.
(7) mid-range torque couples：Now CS is combined, and CT is combined, and engine power is delivered to sun wheel shaft by B releases, CD.
It is 1 in CS and CT effect lower planet train gearratios, motor torque and motor torque poststack externally export through planetary gear train, i.e.,
nC=nm=ne, TC=Te+Tm.Power transmission line is：E+M → planetary gear train → planet carrier C → power output shaft → drive axle.
The pattern is applied to high pulling torque demand operating mode under vehicle middling speed.
(8) high speed rotating speed couples：Now CS is combined, CT separation, B releases, and engine power is delivered to sun wheel shaft by CD.
Motor driven gear ring is rotated, and driven by engine sun gear rotation, the rotating speed of planet carrier is determined by gear ring rotating speed and sun wheel speed,
That is nC=(1/ (1+k)) ne+(k/(1+k))nm.Motor torque and motor torque externally export after being superimposed on planet carrier.Power
Transfer route is：(M → gear ring)+(E → sun gear) → planet carrier → power output shaft → drive axle.The pattern is applied to vehicle
High-speed overload operating mode, using the speed governing of motor, engine speed can be made to work in high efficient district under different speeds.
(9) high speed traveling generates electricity：Now CS is combined, CT separation, B releases.Planetary gear train working condition icotype 8, no
Be engine power through planetary gear train a part driving automobilism, a part through motor to power source charges.Power passes
Passing route is：E → sun gear → (planet carrier → output)+(motor → gear ring is wired back).The pattern is applied to vehicle high-speed underloading
Operating mode, engine can be made to be in high efficient district and operate and reclaim part energy simultaneously.The pattern place different from pattern 8 is
Motor is operated in generating state, and motor is operated in driving condition in pattern 8.
(10) braking recovery：When vehicle is braked, according to vehicle difference speed state, CS, CT, B respective action, join table 1
Three kinds afterwards.And motor works in generating state, engine does not export power, realizes power recovery.
When automobile engine is damaged, then from M low speed list drive start, then the later stage be switched to M middling speeds list drive, drive extremely
Vehicle repairing factory is repaired；When vehicle electric motor damages, then from E low speed list drive start, then the later stage be switched to E middling speed lists
Drive, drive to vehicle repairing factory to be repaired.
Embodiment of the present utility model is the foregoing is only, not thereby limits the scope of the claims of the present utility model, it is every
The equivalent shapes or Structural Transformation made using the utility model specification and accompanying drawing content, or directly or indirectly it is used in other
Related technical field, is similarly included in scope of patent protection of the present utility model.
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- A kind of 1. single motor hybrid drive system based on power coupler, it is characterised in that：Including housing, engine, motor, First clutch, second clutch and planetary wheeling mechanism；The planetary gear includes gear ring, planetary gear, sun gear and planet carrier, institute State housing and be provided with gear ring brake, the gear ring engages with planetary gear, and the planetary gear engages with sun gear, the planetary gear Set in planet carrier, the planet carrier is provided with planet carrier output revolving shaft；Engine is connected by rotating shaft first clutch and motor Connect, the motor is connected by second clutch with gear ring, and the rotating shaft of engine and the rotating shaft of sun gear connect, the engine Rotating shaft, the rotating shaft of motor, the rotating shaft of sun gear and planet carrier output revolving shaft be coaxially disposed.
- 2. single motor hybrid drive system according to claim 1 based on power coupler, it is characterised in that：The hair The rotating shaft of motivation is connected by the rotating shaft of one-way clutch and sun gear.
- 3. single motor hybrid drive system according to claim 1 based on power coupler, it is characterised in that：The electricity The rotating shaft of machine is axle sleeve structure, and the engine shaft is connected through machine shaft axle sleeve with sun gear rotating shaft.
- 4. single motor hybrid drive system according to claim 1 based on power coupler, it is characterised in that：Also include Differential mechanism, the differential mechanism set planet carrier output end, the input connection of the planet carrier output revolving shaft and differential mechanism, institute Two output ports for stating differential mechanism are connected by semiaxis with left and right sidesing driving wheel respectively.
- 5. single motor hybrid drive system according to claim 1 based on power coupler, it is characterised in that：The row Carrier output revolving shaft is arranged on housing by bearing.
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