Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Configuration design of ten-speed automatic transmissions with twelve-link three-DOF Lepelletier gear mechanism

  • Published:
Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Many Lepelletier-type automatic transmissions are in production. Some of Lepelletier related configurations are still far from reaching maximum possible sequential speed ratios. This work focuses on analyzing and developing twelve-link three-DOF Lepelletier-type automatic transmissions to attain maximum speed ratios. Following the general trend of increased shift stages and a wider range of speed ratios, new ten-speed automatic transmissions are enumerated from the twelve-link three-DOF Lepelletier gear mechanisms. Furthermore, a ten-speed automatic transmission is modified from an existing eight-speed Lepelletier-type automatic transmission. The results show that the twelve-link three-DOF Lepelletier gear mechanism could reach eleven forward speeds at most. Nomographs are shown to be practical in detecting possible configurations and their clutching sequences.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. F. Buchsbaum and F. Freudenstein, Synthesis of kinematic structure of geared kinematic chains and other mechanisms, J. of Mechanisms, 5 (1970) 357–392.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. H. I. Hsieh and L. W. Tsai, Kinematic analysis of epicyclictype transmission mechanisms using the concept of fundamental geared entities, ASME J. of Mechanical Design, 118 (1996) 294–299.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. C. A. Nelson and R. J. Cipra, Simplified kinematic analysis of bevel epicyclic gear trains with application to power-flow and efficiency analyses, J. of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, 127 (2005) 278–286.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. E. L. Esmail, Kinematic nomographs of epicyclic-type transmission mechanisms, Emirates J. for Engineering Research, 12 (3) (2007) 47–55.

    Google Scholar 

  5. E. L. Esmail, Teaching planetary gear trains with the aid of nomographs, Advances in Mechanical Engineering Hindawi, Publishing Corporation, 2013 (2013).

  6. S. Ebrahimi and P. Eberhard, Rigid-elastic modeling of meshing gear wheels in multibody systems, Multibody System Dynamics, 16 (2006) 55–71.

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  7. L. Mangialardi and G. Mantriota, Power flows and efficiency in infinitely variable transmissions, Mechanism and Machine Theory, 34 (1999) 973–994.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. E. L. Esmail and H. A. Hussien, Nomographs for kinematic, statics and power flow analysis of epicyclic gear trains, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE09), November 13-19, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, 13 (2009) 631–640.

    Google Scholar 

  9. E. L. Esmail, Nomographs for analysis of power circulation through closed epicyclic gear trains, Emirates J. for Engineering Research, 16 (2) (2011) 39–47.

    Google Scholar 

  10. C. S. Ross and W. D. Route, A method for selecting parallel-connected, Planetary gear train arrangements for automotive automatic transmissions, SAE Transactions, 100 (6) (1991) 1765–1774.

    Google Scholar 

  11. H.-S. Yan and L.-C. Hsieh, Conceptual design of gear differentials for automotive vehicles, J. of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, 116 (1994) 565–570.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. G. Chatterjee and L.W. Tsai, Enumeration of epicyclic-type transmission gear trains, Transactions of SAE, 103 (6) (1995) 1415–1426.

    Google Scholar 

  13. H. I. Hsieh and L. W. Tsai, A Methodology for enumeration of clutching sequences associated with epicyclic-type automatic transmission mechanisms, SAE Transactions, J. of Passenger Cars, 105 (1996) 928–936.

    Google Scholar 

  14. H. I. Hsieh, Enumeration and Selection of Clutching Sequences Associated with Epicyclic-Type Transmission Mechanisms, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, USA (1996).

    Google Scholar 

  15. H. I. Hsieh and L.W. Tsai, The selection of most efficient clutching sequences associated with epicyclic-type automatic transmission, ASME J. of Mechanical Design, 120 (1998) 514–519.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. W. M. Hwang and Y. L. Huang, Configuration design of six-speed automatic transmissions with two-degree-offreedom planetary gear trains, Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, 29 (1) (2005) 41–55.

    MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  17. C. H. Hsu and R. H. Huang, Systematic design of fourspeed ravigneaux-type automatic transmissions, J. of Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, 30 (3) (2009) 201–209.

    Google Scholar 

  18. C. H. Hsu and R. H. Huang, Systematic design of six-speed automatic transmissions with an eight-link two-DOF Ravigneaux gear mechanism, Transactions of ASME, J. of Mechanical Design, 131 (1) (2009) 011004-1-011004-8.

    Google Scholar 

  19. E. L. Esmail, Nomographs for enumeration of clutching sequences associated with epicyclic type automatic transmission mechanisms, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE08), Boston, Massachusetts, USA (2008), Emirates J. for Engineering Research, 14 (1) (2009) 29–38.

    Google Scholar 

  20. W. M. Hwang and Y. L. Huang, Connecting clutch elements to planetary gear trains for automotive automatic transmissions via coded sketches, Mechanism and Machine Theory, 46 (2011) 44–52.

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  21. E. L. Esmail, Nomographs and Feasibility graphs or enumeration of ravigneaux-type automatic transmissions, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Hindawi Publishing Corporation (2013) http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/120324.

    Google Scholar 

  22. P. A. G. Lepelletier, Multispeed automatic transmission for automobile vehicles, U. S. patent no. 5106352 (1992).

  23. H. Scherer, ZF 6-Speed Automatic transmission for passenger cars, SAE Paper No. 2003-01-0596 (2003).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  24. B. A. Nadel and J. Lin, Automobile transmission design as a constraint satisfaction problem: first results, Proc. 7th IEEE Conf. on Artificial Intelligence Applications, 1 (1991) 248–256.

    Google Scholar 

  25. B. A. Nadel and J. Lin, Automobile transmission design as a constraint satisfaction problem: Modeling the kinematic level, Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 5 (3) (1991) 137–171.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. B. A. Nadel, X. Wu and D. Kagan, Multiple abstraction levels in automobile transmission design: constraint satisfaction formulation and implementation, Int’l. J. of Expert Systems, 6 (4) (1993) 489–559.

    Google Scholar 

  27. N. Hattori, T. Oshidari and Y. Morimono, Application of a new complex planetary gear set to five-speed automatic transmission gear train, Transactions of the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, 26 (1) (1995) 79–82.

    Google Scholar 

  28. L. W. Tsai, Mechanism Design: Enumeration of Kinematic Structures According to Function, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (2001).

    Google Scholar 

  29. C. H. Hsu, An analytic methodology for the kinematic synthesis of epicyclic gear mechanisms, ASME J. Mech. Des., 124 (2002) 574–576.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. B. Bonsen, T. W. G. L. Klaassen, R. J. Pulles, S. W. H. Simons, M. Steinbuch and P. A. Veenhuizen, Performance optimisation of the push-belt CVT by variator slip control, International J. of Vehicle Design, 39 (2005) 232–256.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. M. Kondo, Y. Hasegawa, Y. Takanami, K. Arai, M. Tanaka and M. Kinoshita, Toyota AA80E 8-Speed automatic transmission with novel powertrain control system, SAE Paper 2007-01-1311 (2007).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  32. Y. Nozaki, Y. Tanaka, H. Tomomatsu, H. Tsukamoto and F. Hanji, Toyota’s new six-speed automatic transmission a761e for rwd vehicles, SAE Paper 2004-01-0650 (2004).

    Google Scholar 

  33. H. Naunheimer, B. Bertsche, J. Ryborz and W. Novak, Automotive Transmissions, Fundamentals, Selection, Design and Applications, 2nd ed., DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16214-5_6, © Springer Berlin Heidelberg (2011).

    Google Scholar 

  34. N. Katou, T. Taniguchi and K. Tsukamoto, Aisin AW new six-speed automatic transmission for FWD vehicles, SAE Paper No. 2004-01-0651 (2004).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  35. P. Ravigneaux, Gear box with freewheeling gear, U.S. Patent No. 2195783 (1940).

  36. P. Ravigneaux, Speed changing device, U.S. Patent No. 2220174 (1940).

  37. P. Ravigneaux, Epicyclic change-speed gear, U.S. patent no. 2761333 (1956).

  38. E. Wilfinger and J. Thompson, Borg-warner australia model 85 automatic transmission, SAE Paper No. 880480 (1988).

  39. E. L. Esmail, Nomographs for synthesis of epicyclic-type automatic transmissions, Meccanica, 48 (8) (2013) 2037–2049 DOI 10.1007/s11012-013-9721-z.

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. College of Engineering, University of Qadisiyah, Al Diwaniyah, Iraq

    Essam L. Esmail

Authors
  1. Essam L. Esmail
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Essam L. Esmail.

Additional information

Essam Lauibi Esmail received the B.S. and M.S. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq, in 1980 and 1985, respectively. His Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering is from the University of Technology in 2009. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Qadisiyah. His research interests include mechanisms, machine theory, design methodology, automotive engineering, hybrid transmissions, robot manipulators, fuzzy logic control, and genetic algorithm optimization.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Esmail, E.L. Configuration design of ten-speed automatic transmissions with twelve-link three-DOF Lepelletier gear mechanism. J Mech Sci Technol 30, 211–220 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-015-1225-4

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-015-1225-4

Keywords

Search

Navigation