Patent
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
| العنوان: | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM |
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| Document Number: | 20080006635 |
| تاريخ النشر: | January 10, 2008 |
| Appl. No: | 11/774225 |
| Application Filed: | July 06, 2007 |
| مستخلص: | A transmission system for either a manual shift transmission, an automatic transmission or an automated transmission in which the electrical connections and the pneumatic connections including any ventilation port, for the internal components of the transmission are combined with one another so as to exit the transmission housing via a single unified connection formed in the housing wall of the transmission. |
| Inventors: | Bader, Josef (Friedrichshafen, DE); Birkenmaier, Gerhard (Tettnang, DE); Graf, Andreas (Stockach-Wahlwies, DE); Fuhrer, Kim (Lindau, DE); Heinrich, Kai (Waldburg, DE); Gessler, Frank (Grunkraut, DE); Wohr, Klaus (Meckenbeuren, DE); Konig, Hubert (Meckenbeuren, DE); Vetter, Manfred (Friedrichshafen, DE); Horing, Gerhard (Hagnau, DE); Ronge, Ludger (Eriskirch, DE); Schuh, Henrik (Friedrichshafen, DE); Ulbricht, Markus (Tettnang, DE); Steinborn, Mario (Friedrichshafen, DE); Heinzelmann, Karl-Fritz (Meckenbeuren, DE); Walter, Bernhard (Friedrichshafen, DE) |
| Assignees: | ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, DE) |
| Claim: | 1. A transmission system for one of a manual shift, an automatic and an automated transmission, wherein air and electric connections for transmission system components are combined and, if the design so permits, one respective connection is provided for each transmission system. |
| Claim: | 2. The transmission system for one of a manual shift, an automatic and an automated transmission according to claim 1, wherein the air and electric connections of the transmission, the auxiliary output drives, the retarder, the shift elements and/or the control elements are combined. |
| Claim: | 3. The transmission system for one of a manual shift, an automatic and an automated transmission according to claim 1, wherein the vents of the transmission, auxiliary output drives and transmission controls are combined in a central vent. |
| Claim: | 4. The transmission system for one of a manual shift, an automatic and an automated transmission according to claim 1, wherein a hose vent is provided in the cabin of the vehicle. |
| Claim: | 5. A transmission assembly comprising: a transmission housing, a plurality of transmission elements including at least two of transmission shift elements, transmission control elements and transmission cooling paths contained within the transmission housing; and a single combined connector providing connections to each of the plurality of transmission elements contained within the transmission; and the connections including at least one of electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic lines and a gas vent through the transmission housing. |
| Claim: | 6. A transmission assembly comprising: a transmission housing; a plurality of transmission elements being located within the transmission housing and at least some of the plurality of transmission elements require at least one of an electrical connection, a hydraulic connection and a pneumatic connection to facilitate operation thereof; a side wall of the transmission housing having a single common connector provided therein, and each one of the plurality of transmission elements, which requires at least one of an electrical connection, a hydraulic connection and a pneumatic connection, to facilitate operation thereof, being coupled to the common connector to facilitate operation and control of the transmission via at least one control component located outside the transmission housing. |
| Claim: | 7. The transmission system for one of a manual shift, an automatic and an automated transmission according to claim 6, wherein the at least one control component located outside the transmission housing comprises at least one of: a hydraulic pump, an air compressor, an air pump, a pneumatic source, and a power supply, which is located externally of the transmission housing and communicates with the common connector. |
| Claim: | 8. The transmission system for one of a manual shift, an automatic and an automated transmission according to claim 6, wherein the common connector includes a central vent for venting at least two of the plurality of transmission elements. |
| Claim: | 9. The transmission system for one of a manual shift, an automatic and an automated transmission according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of transmission elements comprise at least two of: a central connection, a transmission shift element, a transmission controller, a transmission cooling path, an auxiliary output drive, a retarder, a transmission clutch, and a transmission brake. |
| Claim: | 10. The transmission system for one of a manual shift, an automatic and an automated transmission according to claim 8, wherein an outlet/inlet end of a hose vent, coupled to the central vent of the common connector, communicates with in a cabin of the vehicle. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 220/374 |
| Current International Class: | 16 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspap.20080006635 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Applications |
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