Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Mariko Shibamura

Soichi Sugino

Kohei Iizuka

Rico Resch

Mirko Leesch

Noriaki Saitoh

Jorg Muller

Shoji Machida

Toshikazu Kouno

Isamu Muramatsu

An annular first thrust bearing () includes a first race () which is in contact with a sun gear (Sb), a second race () which is in contact with a ring gear side member (), and a rolling body () disposed therebetween, and the second race has a flange portion protruding radially outward. A second connection member () is disposed on a radially outer side of the first thrust bearing () to face the second race (), and a restricting portion () is disposed at a position facing the first race () or the rolling body () on the rolling element () side of the second race (). A distal end of the restricting portion () is located radially inward of a distal end of the flange portion ().

Structure with thrust bearing

A first clutch, a first planetary gear mechanism, a second planetary gear mechanism, a third planetary gear mechanism, a fourth planetary gear mechanism, and a third clutch are arranged along an input shaft in that order from a driving source. The input shaft includes first and second input shafts that are coaxially connected together through a first spline engagement portion and capable of being separated from each other in an axial direction. The first spline engagement portion is disposed between the first clutch and a first element of the third planetary gear mechanism on the input shaft. The first clutch is connected to the first input shaft. The first element of the third planetary gear mechanism and the third clutch are connected to the second input shaft. The first element of the third planetary gear mechanism is removably connected to the second input shaft through a second spline engagement portion.

Power transmission device

An automatic transmission includes a thrust bearing &#x3b1; disposed between a third sun gear of a third planetary gear mechanism and a second sun gear of a second planetary gear mechanism. Accordingly, transmitting a thrust load acting on the second sun gear of the second planetary gear mechanism from the thrust bearing to an input shaft via the third sun gear of the third planetary gear mechanism can avoid, as much as possible, a case where the thrust load is transmitted from the third planetary gear mechanism to the input shaft via a fourth planetary gear mechanism, and reduce friction loss of multiple thrust bearings interposed among elements or the like of the third planetary gear mechanism and the fourth planetary gear mechanism.

Automatic transmission

In an automatic transmission, a connection member which connects a carrier of a planetary gear mechanism PGSa to a clutch hub of a clutch is made to abut on the carrier of the planetary gear mechanism PGSa in an abutting portion, a thrust bearing Tis disposed between the connection member and a clutch drum of the clutch, a thrust bearing Tis disposed between a transmission case and the clutch drum of the clutch, and a clearance between the thrust bearing Tand the clutch drum of the clutch is adjusted by using a shim. Accordingly, a thrust load inputted from a sun gear Sb of a planetary gear mechanism PGSb can be transmitted to the transmission case without passing through a sun gear Sa, which rotates at a high speed, of the planetary gear mechanism PGSa, and friction loss is reduced.

An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear sets, a plurality of engagement mechanisms, and an output member. The input shaft is rotatably supported inside a transmission case to be rotated by a driving force received from a drive source. The first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear sets are arranged in sequence along an axis line of the input shaft and each include three elements having a sun gear, a carrier, and a ring gear. The plurality of engagement mechanisms each releasably connect two of the three elements with each other or releasably connect one of the three elements to the transmission case. The output member is disposed on outer circumferences of the second and third planetary gear sets and connected to the ring gear of one of the second and third planetary gear sets to output rotation of the input shaft.

An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, an output member, a first planetary gear system, a second planetary gear system, a third planetary gear system, a fourth planetary gear system, and an engagement mechanism. The input shaft is configured to be rotated with power of a driving source relative to the transmission case. The output member is to output rotation of the input shaft using multiple gear-shifting. The multiple gear-shifting is provided by setting at least three of first to third clutches and first to third brakes in a connection state.

An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, an output member, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, and an engagement mechanism. Each of a plurality of gear ratios is provided by setting at least three of first to third clutches and first to third brakes in a connection state.

An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, an output member, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, and an engagement mechanism. The engagement mechanism includes first to sixth engagement assemblies. Each of a plurality of gear ratios is provided by setting three of the first to sixth engagement assemblies in a engagement state.

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Wako, Japan

Mariko Shibamura