WO2013032477A1 - A forward carrier assembly with a reversible inter-axle differential for a tadem axle vehicle, a powertrain for a tandem axle vehicle, and a tandem axle vehicle - Google Patents
A forward carrier assembly with a reversible inter-axle differential for a tadem axle vehicle, a powertrain for a tandem axle vehicle, and a tandem axle vehicle Download PDFInfo
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- the present invention relates generally to a tandem axle vehicle and, more particularly, to a forward carrier assembly for a tandem axle vehicle.
- thai a vehicle have at least one reverse gear in addition to one or more forward gears.
- this is accomplished by providing a transmission including one or more coimtershafts with a plurality of countershaft gears thereon, the countershafts usually being driven by a geared connection with an input shaft driven by an engine.
- the gears on the countershaft mesh, with gears mounted on, for example, an output shaft.
- one of the gears on the output shaft dri ves is drivingly coupled to the output shaft, suc as by a gear shift, to drive the output shaft.
- an idler gear is disposed between the countershaft gear and the output shaft gear so that rotation of the output shaft when the reverse gear is engaged is in the opposite direction from rotation of the output shaft when any of the forward gears is engaged, without having to alter the direction of rotation of the input shaft or the countershaft. Providing additional reverse gears adds complexity to the transmission.
- a tandem axle vehicle comprises a powertrain, the powerirain comprising an input shaft, a forward drive axle assembly comprising a forward carrier assembly including a forward differential, a rear drive axle assembly coupled to the forward drive axle assembly via a connecting drive-shaft and comprising a rear carrier assembly including a rear differential, the forward carrier assembly comprising an inter-axle differential ⁇ IAD), the IAD comprising an IAD housing, a differential spider comprising a plurality of legs attached to the IAD housing and a plurality of spider gears mounted on the legs, a.
- a forward carrier assembly for a tandem axle vehicle comprises an inter-axle differential (IAD), the LAD comprising an IAD housing having a internal spline, a differential spider composing a plurality of legs attached to the IAD housing and a plurality of spider gears mounted on the legs, a first side gear engaged with the spider gears on a first side of the spider, the first side gear having an internal spline, a second side gear engaged with the spider gears on a second side of the spider, and a collar having one more external splines, the collar being movable between a first position in which the one or more external splines engage with the internal spline of die IAD housing and the internal spline of the first side gear, and a second position in which the one or more external splines is
- FIG. I is a schematic view of a tandem axle vehicle according to an aspect of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a portio of a powertrain for a tandem, axle vehicle according to an aspect of the present invention.
- FIGS. 3 A, 3B, and 3C are cross-sectional views of a portion of a forward carrier assembly for a tandem axie vehicle according to an aspect of the present invention showing operation in a locked, unlocked, and reverse mode, respectively.
- a tandem axle vehicle 21 is shown schematically (and in phantom) in FIG. I .
- the vehicle 21 comprises owertrain 23 comprising an engine 25 and. a transmission 27 arranged in a conventional manner to drive an input shaft 29.
- the input shaft 29 is connected to a forward drive axle assembiy 31.
- the forward drive axle assembly 31 comprises a forward carrier assembly 33 including a forward differential 35 operably connected to a pair of forward axle shafts 37.
- a rear drive axie assembly 39 is coupled to the forward drive axie assembly 1 vi a connecting driveshaft 41 and comprises a rear carrier assembiy 43 including a rear differential 45 operably connected to a pair of rear axle shafts 47,
- the forward carrier assembly 33 comprises an inter-axle differential ( IAD) 49 seen in FIG, 2.
- the IAD 49 comprises an IAD housing 51 , a differential spider 53 comprising a plurality of legs 55 attached to the I AD housing and a plurality of spider gears 57 mounted on the legs.
- the IAD 49 further comprises a first side gear 59 engaged with the spider gears 57 on a first side of the spider 53 and arranged to drive a shaft 6.1 for driving the driveshaft 41.
- the IAD 49 further comprises a second side gear 63 engaged with the spider gears 57 on. a second side of the spider 53 and arranged to drive the forward differential 35.
- a clutch 65 is associated with the forward carrier assembly and is movable between a "locked” position as shown in FIG. 3 A, a "normal” or “unlocked” position as seen in FIG. 3B, and a reverse position as seen in FIG. 3C.
- the clutch 65 rotational ly couples the input shaft 29 and the IAD housing 51.
- the clutch 65 is in a position such that the input shaft 29 is rotationally decoupled from the IAD housing 51.
- the input shaft 29 only drives the first side gear 59 when the clutch 65 is in the reverse position (FIG. 3C).
- Rotation of the input shaft 29 in a first direction say, clockwise — rotates the first side gear 59 in the first direction, i.e., clockwise, the first side gear turns the spider gears 57, and the spider gears turn the second side gear 63 in a direction opposite from the first direction, i.e., counterclockwise.
- the clutch 65 comprises a collar 67 comprising one or more external splines 69 adapted to mate with internal splines 7.1 and 73 on the IAD housing 51 and the first side gear 59, respectively.
- the collar 67 is axialSy s!idable on and non-rotatable relative to the input shaft 2 (which is supported by structures such as bearings shown in phantom and not numbered in FIG. 2) and axially slidable to move the one or more externa! splines 69 of the collar into and out of engagement with the internal splines 1 and 73 on the IAD housing 51 and the first side gear 59, respectively.
- the one or more external splines 69 of the collar 67 is always engaged with at least one of the internal spline 71 on. the IAD housing 51 and the internal spline 73 on the first side gear 59.
- a suitable driving means 103 such as a pneumatic or hydraulic piston and cylinder arrangement (ordinarily a three position piston) that advances or withdraws a pin 105 and fork 97 connected to tire collar 67, can be provided to slide the collar relative to the input shaft 29.
- the forward drive axle assembly 31 is configured for normal forward drive operation in. which the pair of forward axle shafts 37 are driven in a forward direction and the pair of tear axle shafts 47 are driven in the forward direction, with the IAD 49 splitting the driving force from the input shaft 29 between the forward axle shafts and the rear axle shafts. More particularly, when the input shaft 29 rotates, the collar 67 and the IAD housing 51 rotate with the input shaft.
- the spider 53 rotates with the IAD housing 5.1 , and the first side gear 59 and the second side gear 63, which are both engaged with spider gears 57 on the spider, rotate with the spider.
- the spider gears 57 are able to rotate on the spider legs 55 which accommodates any necessary differential in speed between the first side gear 59 and the second side gear 63 and, ultimately, the forward differential 35 (FIG. I) and the rear differential 45 (FIG. 1).
- the first side gear 59 drives the shaft 61 which, in turn, drives the driveshaft 4 i that is connected to the rear carrier assembly 43 (FIG. 1) for ultimately driving the rear axle shafts 47.
- the second side gear 63 is arranged to drive a pinion gear 75 (FIG. 2), such as by a spiined connection between an internal opening in the second side gear and external splines on a shaft 77 extending from the pinion gear.
- a shaft of the second side gear 63 can be supported relative to the forward, carrier assembly housing 95 by bearings (seen in FIGS, 2 ⁇ 3 € and not numbered).
- the pinion gear 75 is in meshing engagement with a ring gear 79 (a portion of which is shown in phantom in FIG. 2), and the ring gear is operab!y coupled to the forward differential 35 for driving the forward axle shafts 37 (FIG. I ).
- the shaft 61 can extend through the pinion gear 75, and may be coaxial with the pinion gear, which can facilitate providing a space-efficient arrangement.
- a second clutch 81 can be arranged to connect the shaft 61 and the driveshaft 41 when the clutch 65 is in the normal position shown in FIG. 3B or the locked position shown in FIG. 3 A, and to disconnect the shaft and the driveshaft when the clutch is in the reverse position shown in FIG 3C.
- the particular embodiment of the second clutch shown in FIG. 2 comprises a first collar 83 slidable axially but non-rotatable relative to the shaft 61, such as by being attached via a splined connection, and a second collar 85 non-rotatably (and usually non-slidabiy) attached to the driveshaft 41.
- the first collar 83 has external splines 87 that are adapted to engage internal splines 89 on the second collar 85 to connect the shaft 1 and the driveshaft 41.
- a suitable driving means 91 such as a pneumatic or hydraulic piston and cylinder arrangement (ordinarily a two position piston), can be provided to slide the first collar S3 relative to the shaft 61 between a position in which the first collar is connected to the second collar 85 and a position in which it is disconnected from the second collar.
- a controller (not shown) can be provided to control the driving means 1 to position the collars 83 and 85 so that they connect the shaft 6.1 and the drivesliaft 41 when the clutch 65 is in the unlocked position (FIG. 3 A) or locked position (FIG. 3C) and to control the driving means to position the collars so that they are disengaged and the shaft and the drivesliaft axe not connected when the clutch is in the reverse position (FIG. 3B).
- a third clutch 93 is provided and is arranged to rotationally lock the IAD housing 5.1 relative to a forward carrier assembly housing 95 when the clutch 65 is in the reverse position.
- the particular embodiment of the third clutch shown in FIG . 2 comprises a fork 97 mounted on the collar 7 and a spring-loaded member, referred to here as a piston 99, arranged to be moved by the fork to compress a spring 101 when the collar moves as tire clutch moves to the reverse position.
- the piston 99 is splined to the IAD housing 51 and the spring 101 is disposed between a portion of the I AD housing 5 J and the piston.
- the first side gear 59 will turn, the first side gear 59 will turn the spider gears 57, the spider gears will turn the second side gear 61 in the direction opposite the direction that the first side gear is turned (e.g., reverse).
- the IAD housing 51 By preventing movement of the IAD housing 51 relative to the forward carrier assembly housing 95 via the third, clutch 93, the IAD housing will not rotate as the result of, e.g., force applied to the IAD housing from the first side gear through the spider gears 57 and the spider legs 55. which will ordinarily interfere with and/or prevent operation in the reverse mode, in this manner, what is here denominated as a "reversible inter- axle differential" can be provided,
- the clutch 65 can be .movable to the locked position shown in FIG. 3A in which the clutch rotational!y couples the input shaft 29 with both the IAD housing 51 and the first side gear 59. More particularly, the collar 67 can be positioned so thai the external splines 69 on the collar simultaneously mate with the internal splines 71 and 73 on both the S AD housing 51 and the first side gear 59, respectively, hi this locked position, the rotation speed of the first side gear 59 and the IAD housing 51 are always equal. Particularly in exceptionally severe operating conditions, such as where road surfaces are so slippery that it is difficult to achieve traction, it is common to utilize the locked position to couple tandem carriers together in a straight-through positive drive arrangement to enable the operator to achieve maximum traction.
- the spider gears 57 transfers, through the spider gears 57, a driving force to the second side gear 63 i the same rotational direction as the rotational direction of the IAD housing (and the input shaft 29 and the first side gear 59).
- the rotational speed of the second side gear 63 is equal to the rotational speed of the IAD housing 51.
- the first side gear 59 if the spider gears 57 turn on the spider legs 55, then the rotational speed of the second side gear 63 will differ from the rotational speed of the IAD housing 51 and the first side gear 59.
- the pin 105 on which the fork 97 on the coiiar 67 is moonted is ordinarily slidably received in an opening 107 in the forward carrier assembly housing 95.
- the pin 105 is moved by the driving means 103, ordinarily a hydraulic or pneumatic a piston, to move the fork 97 and collar 67.
- the pin 105 and opening 107 will be of sufficient length so that some length of the pin is always disposed in the opening, however, the pin and opening may be sized to permit the pi to be removed from the opening under certain circumstances, such as is shown in FIG. 3B.
- the coiiar 67 of the clutch 65 is positioned, so that the external splines 69 on the collar mate only with the internal splines 71 of the IAD housing 51 and are disengaged from the internal splines 73 of the first side gear 59.
- Rotation of the in ut shaft 29 and the collar 67 drives the IAD housing at the same rotational speed and in the same rotational direction as the input shaft.
- the rotation of the IAD housing 51 and the spider 53 attached thereto transfers, through the spider gears 57, a driving force to both the first side gear 59 and the second side gear 63 in the same rotational direction as the rotational direction of the input shaft 29 the IAD housing.
- the spider gears 57 will tarn on the spider legs 55 to permit the different rotational speeds.
- the collar 67 of the clutch 65 is positioned so that the external splines 69 on the collar mate only with the internal splines 73 of the first side gear 59 arid are disengaged from the internal splines 71 of the IAD housing 51.
- the drive 103 moves the pin 105 to move the collar 67 and the fork 97 and the pin is received in the opening 107 in the forward carrier assembly housing.
- the fork 97 or the collar 67
- the spring loaded piston 99 contacts the spring loaded piston 99 and compresses the spring 101 against the IAD housing 51.
- Splines oil the piston 99 and the forward carrier housing assembly engage so that the IAD housing is substamiaiiy unable to rotate relative to the forward carrier assembly housing.
- the first collar S3 of the second clutch 81 is moved relati ve to the second collar 85 of the second clutc to disconnect the driveshaft 1. from the shaft 61. notation of the input shaft 29 and the collar 67 causes rotation of the first side gear 59 and the shaft.61 in the same di rec tion and at the same speed of rotation as the input shaft.
- the disconnected driveshaft 41 is not driven.
- Rotation of the first side gear 59 causes rotation of the spider gears 57 which, in turn, causes rotation of the second side gear 63 in the opposite direction and, ordinarily, at the same (hut opposite direction) rotational speed as the first side gear.
- Rotation of the second side gear 63, in turn, ultimatel causes rotation of t e forward axle shafts in the reverse directi n.
- a pcnvertrain 23 that can drive a vehicle in forward and reverse and that does not require a transmission 27 with a reverse gear can be provided.
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