Double Clutch Gearbox Component Sharing

The patent applies universality by designing a common gearbox base structure that can serve both double clutch and single clutch transmission configurations. The gearbox includes shared components such as the input shaft, output shaft, gear wheels (including first, third, fourth, fifth, and reverse gear), and clutch units that can function in both transmission types. This multi-functional design allows the same physical hardware to be used across different transmission variants, reducing component diversity while maintaining optimized performance for each specific transmission type through configuration rather than structural modification.

The patent applies merging by combining the gear trains for odd gears (first, third, fifth, reverse) and even gears (second, fourth, sixth) onto shared input and output shafts within a common gearbox housing. Specifically, the first input shaft carries gear wheels for first, third, fourth, fifth, and reverse gears, while the second input shaft carries gear wheels for second, fourth, and sixth gears. The output shafts similarly share final reduction pinions and driven gear wheels. This merged configuration allows multiple gear components to occupy the same axial space efficiently, reducing the overall axial size of the gearbox while accommodating all necessary gear components for both double clutch and single clutch transmissions.

The patent applies dynamics by designing a flexible configuration system where the same physical gearbox can be dynamically reconfigured between double clutch and single clutch modes through selective engagement and control logic rather than physical modification. The gearbox includes clutch units (first and second friction clutches) that can be selectively activated or deactivated, and control systems that can route power flow differently depending on the desired transmission type. This dynamic reconfiguration capability allows the transmission to adapt between different configurations without requiring physical modifications, additional components, or complex conversion processes, thereby maintaining ease of manufacture while achieving high adaptability.