US 11,994,212 B2
Automatic gearbox for a motor vehicle as well as a motor vehicle
Michael Baraga, Stuttgart (DE); Markus Brandenburg, Esslingen (DE); Henrik Kalczynski, Stuttgart (DE); and Nico Kronimus, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 18/016,028
Filed by MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/067575
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/012905, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 004 244.9 (DE), filed on Jul. 15, 2020; and application No. 10 2020 004 982.6 (DE), filed on Aug. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0323948 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 63/34 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F16H 61/00 (2006.01); F16H 61/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/30 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 63/3483 (2013.01) [F16H 57/0436 (2013.01); F16H 57/0446 (2013.01); F16H 57/045 (2013.01); F16H 57/0476 (2013.01); F16H 61/0031 (2013.01); F16H 61/0206 (2013.01); F16H 61/30 (2013.01); F16H 63/3433 (2013.01); F16H 2061/0037 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic gearbox for a motor vehicle, the automatic gearbox comprising:
a lubricating or cooling device;
a hydraulic pump having a first pump connection via which, during a forward operation of the hydraulic pump, the lubricating or cooling device is suppliable with a hydraulic fluid conveyed by the hydraulic pump during the forward operation and thus flows through the first pump connection, wherein the hydraulic pump has a second pump connection;
a parking lock movable between an engaged state and a disengaged state and having a first operating space into which the hydraulic fluid conveyed by the hydraulic pump during the forward operation is introducible so that the parking lock is hydraulically operable to effect an adjustment of the parking lock from one of the engaged and disengaged states into the other one of the engaged and disengaged state, wherein the parking lock comprises
a second operating space, into which the hydraulic fluid conveyed the hydraulic pump during a reverse operation and thus flows through the second pump connection is introducible via the second pump connection so that the parking lock is hydraulically operable and an adjustment of the parking lock from the other one of the engaged and disengaged state into the one of the engaged and disengaged state can thereby be effected,
a first hydraulic cylinder configured to hydraulically adjust the parking lock from the one of the engaged and disengaged state into the other one of the engaged and disengaged state, wherein the first hydraulic cylinder has the first operating space and is configured for a spring-actuated adjustment of the parking lock from the other one of the engaged and disengaged state into the one of the engaged and disengaged state, and
a second hydraulic cylinder having the second operating space and hydraulically adjustable from an initial state to a released state so that the adjustment of the parking lock from the other one of the engaged and disengaged state into the one of the engaged and disengaged state is releasable,
a cooling valve configured to be supplied with the hydraulic fluid conveyed by the hydraulic pump during the forward operation via the first pump connection so that the lubricating or cooling device is suppliable with the hydraulic fluid conveyed by the hydraulic pump during the forward operation via the cooling valve;
at least one switching element configured to non-rotatably connect two gear elements of the automatic gearbox with each other;
a third hydraulic cylinder suppliable with the hydraulic fluid conveyed by the hydraulic pump during the forward operation via the cooling valve so that, via the third hydraulic cylinder, the switching element is operatable,
wherein the cooling valve comprises
a cooling valve input connection suppliable with the hydraulic fluid conveyed by the hydraulic pump during the forward operation so that the hydraulic fluid conveyed by the hydraulic pump during the forward operation is suppliable to the cooling valve to provide the cooling valve with the hydraulic fluid,
a cooling valve output connection, via which the lubricating or cooling device is suppliable with the hydraulic fluid supplied to the cooling valve via the cooling valve input connection and conveyed by the hydraulic pump during the forward operation,
a second cooling valve output connection, via which the third hydraulic cylinder is suppliable with the hydraulic fluid supplied to the cooling valve via the cooling valve input connection and conveyed by the hydraulic pump during the forward operation,
wherein supplying the lubricating or cooling device, the third hydraulic cylinder, and a parking lock valve of the parking lock with hydraulic fluid respectively occurs exclusively by the hydraulic fluid conveyed during the forward operation of the hydraulic pump.