Patent Publication Number: US-11396913-B2

Title: Two-speed transmission for electric driving vehicle

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a two-speed transmission for an electric driving vehicle. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Normally, in electric vehicles (EV) whose driving force is obtained from an electric motor, hybrid vehicles that the driving force is obtained by switching between an engine and the electric power or is obtained from both the engine and the electric power, and vehicle that runs by using only the driving force of the electric motor, transmission to the axle side driving force of the electric motor is provided with only a reduction mechanism that reduces the rotation of the electric motor to the rotational number (rpm) which is appropriate for running without installing other transmissions. This structure is adopted because the driving torque can be generated from a stand-by region in the electric motor, the electric motor has the wide usable rotational regions, and the features that the structure is simple and other transmissions in which the structure is complicate are not needed, are important selling points of the EV. 
     However, even in the EV, advantages that the transmission is utilized are existed. Even in the electric motor, it is hard to keep on working at a high efficiency in the all vehicle velocity region, and particularly the rotational number of the electric motor becomes higher in the high vehicle velocity driving region of the vehicle and then the efficiency is lowered. For improving the above efficiency, a two-speed transmission is disposed between the electric motor and the reduction mechanism. In the above high vehicle velocity driving region of the vehicle that the efficiency is lowered, the low reduction ratio side is used in the two-speed transmission and then the high vehicle velocity driving of the vehicle can be realized even when the rotational number of the electric motor is reduced. Thereby, the high efficiency region of the electric motor can widely be used. As such a two-speed transmission, in Patent Document 1, the first electromagnetic clutch and the second electromagnetic clutch are installed. In the low velocity region, the rotation of the electric motor is transmitted to the output side via the first reduction mechanism by the first clutch, and in the high vehicle velocity driving region, the rotation of the electric motor is transmitted to the output side via the second reduction mechanism by the second clutch. In the same rotational number of the same electric motor, the output axis rotational number reduced by the second reduction mechanism is higher than the output axis rotational number reduced by the first reducer. Thus, comparing with the low velocity region, in the high vehicle velocity driving region, since the reduction ratio becomes the small value, the high velocity running can be performed with reducing the rotational number of the electric motor, the efficiency in the all vehicle velocity region can be improved. 
     THE LIST OF PRIOR ART DOCUMENTS 
     Patent Documents 
     
         
         Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent No. 5568229 B2 
       
    
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Problems to be Solved by the Invention 
     In the prior art, the two-speed transmission between the large reduction ratio (the first speed gear) in the low velocity region and the small reduction ratio (the second speed gear) in the high vehicle velocity driving region are performed. Even in both the large and small reduction ratios, the respective reduction ratios by the electromagnetic clutch engagement are ensured. In order to keep the electromagnetic clutch engagement in both the large and small reduction ratios, the electromagnetic force is needed. Consequently, the electric power consumption amount increases, and the load to the battery also increases. In the EV, for reducing the load to the battery, saving the electric power consumption amount in the low velocity region which is frequently used is required. In the above viewpoint, an improvement from the conventional structure has been desired. Conventionally, installing the two actuators (two armatures) for the respective clutches is needed. This is a factor that the size of the transmission increases, and a disadvantage in the layout restriction due to an increase in size is occurred. 
     The present invention has been developed in view of the above-described technical problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to use only one actuator in the two-speed for the electric vehicle, reduce the load of the electric power consumption and resolve the layout restriction of the transmission. 
     Means for Solving the Problems 
     A two-speed transmission for an electric driving vehicle disposed on an output axis of an electric motor according to the present invention in a vehicle which uses the electric motor for driving wheels, comprising: a housing fixed to a vehicle body side, a planetary gear mechanism which is disposed in the housing and comprises three rotational components including a carrier to rotatably support plural pinions disposed at a circumferential direction with an interval, a first gear whose rotational center is common to the carrier and which meshes with the pinions, and a second gear whose rotational center is common to the carrier, whose tooth number is different from a tooth number of the first gear, and which meshes with the pinions, an elastic body, an electromagnetic coil, an armature which is movable along an input axis, is rotated with the input axis, is moved to and is urged to a first direction by the elastic body, and is moved to and is urged to a second direction which is opposite to the first direction by an electromagnetic force generated from the electromagnetic coil, a first clutch which is engaged by movement of the armature to the first direction by an elastic force of the elastic body when the electromagnetic coil is not electrically energized, and is not engaged by movement of the armature to the second direction by the electromagnetic force against the elastic force when the electromagnetic coil is electrically energized, and a second clutch which is engaged by the movement of the armature to the second direction by the electromagnetic force against the elastic force when the electromagnetic coil is electrically energized, and is not engaged by the movement of the armature to the first direction by the elastic force when the electromagnetic coil is not electrically energized, wherein a ring gear or a sun gear as a first rotational component of the planetary gear mechanism is fixed to the housing side, arrangements of second and third rotational components which are rest rotational components, and the first and second clutches between an input side and an output side are determined so that rotational number of an input side is equal to that of an output side when one of the first and second clutches is engaged and the other of the first and second clutches is not engaged, and the rotational number of the input side rotational component is not equal to that of the output side rotational component and a rotational direction of the input side rotational component is same as that of the output side rotational component when one of the first and second clutches is not engaged and the other of the first and second clutches is engaged, and wherein, comparing a first case that the first clutch is engaged and the second clutch is not engaged by the movement of the armature to the first direction under the elastic force when the electromagnetic coil is not electrically energized with a second case that the first clutch is not engaged and the second clutch is engaged by the movement of the armature to the second direction under the electromagnetic force against the elastic force when the electromagnetic coil is electrically energized, the output side to the input side in the first case rotates more slower than that in the second case. 
     It is preferable that the first clutch is a dog clutch and the second clutch is a friction clutch. As the more preferable configuration, the dog clutch comprises a first portion which is integrated with the armature and a second portion which is integrated with the planetary gear mechanism side including the housing. The first portion is engaged with the second portion by the movement of the armature to the first direction and the dog clutch is engaged. The first portion is separated from the second portion by the movement of the armature to the second direction and the dog clutch is not engaged. The armature is integrated with friction clutch driving portions, the friction clutch driving portions are separated from an opposite surface of the friction clutch and the friction clutch is not engaged in the movement of the armature to the first direction, and the friction clutch is engaged by the movement of the armature to the second direction. In the structure of the transmission according to the present invention, two-speed transmission is realized by engaging and non-engaging the two clutches which move like a seesaw. In this case, in order to keep the surely switch operation regardless of the parts tolerance or the like, when the switch from the first speed to the second speeds or the switch from the second speed to the first speed is performed, an intermediate state that the two clutches become a non-engaging state has to be provided. Although this intermediate state is continued for extremely short time, the shift shock can be occurred by torque interruption. As the countermeasure of such torque interruption, in the intermediate state, a one-way clutch can be provided in order to surely transmit the driving force of the rotational axis of the electric motor side to the output axis side. As such a one-way clutch, one use that the rotation of the input axis when switching is transmitted to the output side so that the rotation of the output side is not lowered, and the other use that driving force transmission is ensured by disposing the one-way clutch between a ring gear that is the rotational component which should be fixed and a sun gear, and locking the ring gear or the sun gear to the housing side when switching. 
     Effects of the Invention 
     In the two-speed transmission of the present invention, comparing with the second case that the first clutch is not engaging and the second clutch is engaging against the elastic force when the electromagnetic coil is not electrically energized, in the first case that the first clutch is engaging and the second clutch is not engaging under the elastic force when the electromagnetic coil is electrically energized, the output side to the input side is more reduced the velocity. Therefore, the first case is covered to the low velocity region and the second case is covered to the high vehicle velocity driving region. In the normal driving region which is a low velocity, because the electric power is not required for the first clutch engagement, the electric power consumption efficiency can be improved. In the high vehicle velocity driving region, since the reduction ratio becomes small, the rotational number of the electric motor can be lowered and the electric motor can operate in the high efficiency region. These features can also lead to improve the electric power consumption efficiency. It makes possible to switch the engagement with the first clutch and the second clutch efficiently by one movement of the armature back and forth by the electromagnetic force. Since the rotational number of the electric motor is reduced in the high vehicle velocity region and the efficiency of the electric motor is improved, the performance in the maximum vehicle velocity region can be improved and an increase in the maximum vehicle velocity can be achieved. 
     Further, in the driving force transmission in the low velocity region, because the dog clutch integrated with the armature is used, the shift shock which becomes the problem is not occurred and the high efficient driving force transmission can be achieved with a simple structure. These features can lead to improve the energy efficiency in the low velocity region. The advantage of the costs can also be enhanced because of a reduction in the number of the components. 
     Furthermore, the torque interruption when switching (operating the transmission) is prevented by the installation of the one-way clutch, and this feature has an advantage that the shift shock which the driver can feel is reduced. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       In the accompanying drawings: 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic view of a wheel driving train of an electric vehicle according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view of an upper side portion along a central axis of a two-speed transmission apparatus of the first embodiment according to the present invention, and shows a state that a dog clutch is engaged and a friction clutch is not engaged; 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of the clutch driving plates of  FIG. 2  viewed from an input axis side; 
         FIG. 4  is a back view of the clutch driving plates viewed from an opposite side (an output axis side) of  FIG. 3 ; 
         FIG. 5  is a back view of the clutch driving plate taken along a V-V line of  FIG. 4 ; 
         FIG. 6  is a front view of a sun gear of  FIG. 2  viewed from the input axis side; 
         FIG. 7  is a back view of the sun gear of  FIG. 6  viewed from the opposite side (the output axis side); 
         FIG. 8  is a back view of the sun gear taken along a VIII-VIII line of  FIG. 6 ; 
         FIG. 9  shows the two-speed transmission apparatus of the first embodiment according to the present invention as well as  FIG. 2 , and shows a state that the dog clutch is not engaged and the friction clutch is engaged; 
         FIG. 10  is a cross-sectional view of an upper side portion along a central axis of the two-speed transmission apparatus of the second embodiment according to the present invention, and shows a state that the dog clutch is engaged and the friction clutch is not engaged; 
         FIG. 11  is a front view of the sun gear of  FIG. 10  viewed from the input axis side; 
         FIG. 12  is a back view of the sun gear of  FIG. 11  viewed from the opposite side (the output axis side); 
         FIG. 13  is a back view of the sun gear taken along a XIII-XIII line of  FIG. 11 ; 
         FIG. 14  is a cross-sectional view of an upper side portion along a central axis of the two-speed transmission apparatus of the third embodiment according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 15  is a cross-sectional view of an upper side portion along a central axis of the two-speed transmission apparatus of the fourth embodiment according to the present invention, and shows a state that the dog clutch is engaged and the friction clutch is not engaged; 
         FIG. 16  shows the two-speed transmission apparatus of the fourth embodiment according to the present invention as well as  FIG. 15 , and shows a state that the dog clutch is not engaged and the friction clutch is engaged; 
         FIG. 17  is a schematic view showing a one-way clutch for preventing torque interruption in the two-speed transmission apparatus of the fourth embodiment; 
         FIG. 18  is a cross-sectional view of an upper side portion along a central axis of the two-speed transmission apparatus of the fifth embodiment according to the present invention, and shows a state that the dog clutch is engaged and the friction clutch is not engaged; 
         FIG. 19  shows the two-speed transmission apparatus of the fifth embodiment according to the present invention as well as  FIG. 18 , and shows a state that the dog clutch is not engaged and the friction clutch is engaged; 
         FIG. 20  is a schematic view showing a one-way clutch for preventing torque interruption in the two-speed transmission apparatus of the fifth embodiment; 
         FIG. 21  is a cross-sectional view of an upper side portion along a central axis of the two-speed transmission apparatus of the sixth embodiment according to the present invention, and shows a state that the dog clutch is engaged and the friction clutch is not engaged; 
         FIG. 22  shows the two-speed transmission apparatus of the sixth embodiment according to the present invention as well as  FIG. 21 , and shows a state that the dog clutch is not engaged and the friction clutch is engaged; and 
         FIG. 23  is a schematic view showing a one-way clutch for preventing torque interruption in the two-speed transmission apparatus of the sixth embodiment. 
     
    
    
     MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 
       FIG. 1  is a schematic view of a wheel driving train of an electric vehicle according to the present invention. The reference numeral  2  denotes an electric motor for running, the reference numeral  4  denotes a two-speed transmission of the present invention, the reference numeral  6  denotes a reduction mechanism, the reference numeral  8  denotes a differential gear box and the reference numeral  9  denotes wheels. The reduction mechanism  6  is configured to the meshing with gears which are installed in a casing, and is disposed for reducing the high velocity rotation of the electric motor  2  to the rotational number which is appropriate for a running by the wheels  9 . In a case of the normal electric vehicle that the two-speed transmission  4  is not disposed, the setting value of the reduction ratio in the reduction mechanism  6  is roughly eight. This value is suitable for the normal low vehicle velocity driving in which the electric motor  2  is operated in the high efficient rotational number region. In this setting, since the rotational number of the electric motor in the high vehicle velocity driving increases too much and the efficiency does not become the suitable value, the two-speed transmission  4  is disposed. In the first embodiment as described below, the reduction ratio of the first-speed gear is set to “2.4” and the reduction ratio of the second-speed gear is set to “1.0” (direct coupling). If the reduction ratio of the reduction mechanism  6  is set to “3.41”, the total reduction ratio is “8.18” (=2.4×3.41) and becomes a substantially total reduction ratio in a case of the conventional reduction mechanism which is not the two-speed transmission. In a case that the vehicle is driven by the second-speed gear, the total reduction ratio is “3.41” (=1.0×3.41). Because the total reduction ratio is smaller than that in the conventional reduction mechanism in the high vehicle velocity driving region, the electric motor  2  enables to be driven in a low rotational region in which the efficiency is higher than that in the conventional reduction mechanism. 
       FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view of the two-speed transmission for the electric vehicle according to the present invention and an upper side portion along a central axis “L” is depicted. The reference numeral  10  denotes the housing, and the housing  10  and a cover  10 ′ which is welded to the housing  10  forms a closed cavity (lubricant oil is filled for lubricating the mesh portion of the gears) which receives the structure of the two-speed transmission  4  according to the present invention in an interior thereof. A planetary gear mechanism  12  is disposed in the housing  10 , and comprises three rotational components including a carrier  16  to rotatably support plural pinions disposed at a circumferential direction with an interval, a sun gear whose rotational center is common to the carrier and which meshes with the pinions, and a ring gear  20  whose rotational center is common to the carrier and which meshes with the pinions. Pins  21  for supporting the respective pinions  14  to the carrier  16  are disposed (pins  21  are fixed to the carrier  16 ). The reference numeral  22  denotes a needle bearing. 
     In the first embodiment according to the present invention, an armature  26  ( FIGS. 3 to 5 ) is integrated with a dog clutch  28  which is described below, and is also integrated with a driving portion of a friction clutch  30  which is described below. The dog clutch  28  and the friction clutch  30  enable to switch engagement with the dog clutch and the friction clutch by ON-OFF operation of an electromagnetic coil  46 , in other words, by one movement. The armature  26  is an annular disk form as a whole. The armature  26  includes eight clutch projection portions  26 - 1  which are disposed with an equal interval in a circumferential direction of an inner circumference and are extended toward the sun gear  18  in the axial direction, six support portions  26 - 2  which are disposed with an equal interval in a circumferential direction of an intermediate portion and are extended to the axial direction opposite to the clutch projection portions  26 - 1 , outer cylindrical portions  26 - 3  which are extended to the axial direction opposite to the clutch projection portions  26 - 1  and flange portions  26 - 4  (friction clutch driving portions) which are extended in the radial direction at the end portion of the respective cylindrical portions  26 - 3 . 
     The sun gear  18  ( FIGS. 6 to 8 ) of the planetary gear mechanism  12  includes tooth portions  18 - 1  which mesh with tooth portions  14 - 1  of the pinion  14  at the outer circumference, and eight clutch recess portions  18 - 2  which are separately disposed to the opposite surface against the armature  26  of the sun gear  18  in the circumferential direction. The eight clutch recess portions  18 - 2  of the sun gear  18  are oppositely and respectively disposed to the eight clutch projection portions  26 - 1 . The dog clutch  28  of the first embodiment according to the present invention comprises the eight pairs in which the clutch projection portions  26 - 1  are opposite to the clutch recess portions  18 - 2 . That is, the clutch projection portions  26 - 1  are integrated with the clutch recess portions  18 - 2  in the rotational direction by relatively moving to the facing direction of the axial direction and meshing with each other (the dog clutch is engaged). The engagement of the clutch projection portions  26 - 1  and the clutch recess projections  18 - 2  is released by relatively moving to the separation direction of the axial direction (the dog clutch is not engaged). 
     The carrier  16  includes a cylindrical portion  16 - 1  at the rotational center, the cylindrical portion  16 - 1  includes spline tooth portions  16 - 1   a  on the inner circumferential surface, and an output axis (not shown) to the axle side (differential gear box side) is spline-fitted to these spline tooth portions  16 - 1   a . The armature  26  includes the six support portions  26 - 2  which are projected from the planetary gear mechanism  12  in the radial direction at the intermediate portion to the separation side in the axial direction and are disposed with an equal interval in the circumferential direction. As described below, the support portions  26 - 2  have a function that the armature  26  coaxially supports at the rotational center and are integrally rotated with the input axis by cooperating with the inner cylinder of the multi-plate friction clutch  30 . The armature  26  includes the friction clutch driving portions  26 - 4  at the outer circumferential portion, as the integrated components. 
     The multi-plate friction clutch  30  is disposed in the housing  10 , and includes an outer cylinder  32 , driven plates  34  which are slidably disposed at a slide groove  32 - 1  of the outer cylinder  32 , an inner cylinder  36 , driving plates  38  which are slidably disposed at a slide groove  36 - 1  of the inner cylinder  36 , clutch facings  40  which are fixed to both surfaces of the driven plates  34 , and a pressure receiving plate  43  which is slidably disposed at the slide groove  32 - 1  of the outer cylinder  32  and is locked by a snap spring  42 . The friction clutch driving portions  26 - 4  of the armature  26  are located at an opposite side of the pressure receiving plate  43 . A clutch pack which includes the driven plates  34 , the driving plates  38  and the clutch facings  40  is sandwiched between the friction clutch driving portions  26 - 4  and the pressure receiving plate  43 . When the armature  26  moves in the axial direction, the engaging or the non-engaging of the multi-plate friction clutch  30  is performed by the friction clutch driving portions  26 - 4 . In the outer cylinder  32 , a wall portion  32 - 2  of the planetary gear mechanism  12  side is fixed to the pin  21  which is fixed to the carrier  16 , and the outer cylinder  32  is integrally coupled to the carrier  16 . 
     The inner cylinder  36  of the multi-plate friction clutch  30  is integrated with a holding disk  39  opposite to the armature  26 , a central cylindrical portion  39 - 1  which is concentric to the rotational axis is formed in the inner circumference side of the holding disk  39 , and the rotational axis to the electric motor side is spline-fitted to the spline groove  39 - 1   a  of the inner circumferential surface of the central cylindrical portion  39 - 1 . The holding disk  39  has six openings  39 - 2  which introduce the armature and are formed with an equal interval to the circumferential direction near the outer circumference. The respective support portions  26 - 2  of the armature  26  are slidably fitted to these six openings  39 - 2 , and the armature  26  is slidably supported by the clutch holding disk  39  to the axial direction. 
     The elastic body  44  such as a coil spring or a plate-shape spring is disposed between the armature  26  and the holding disk  39 . In a case that the elastic body  44  is constituted by the coil springs, the coil springs which have the suitable number are disposed with an interval. The elastic body  44  urges the armature  26  to the left direction of the figures ( FIG. 2 ) so that the clutch projection portions  26 - 1  are engaged with the clutch recess portions  18 - 2 . The urging force of the elastic body  44  operates to release the engaging of the driving plates  38  against the driven plates (the multi-plate friction clutch  30  is not engaged). 
     The electromagnetic coil  46  is disposed at an interior of the cover  10 ′, and is opposite to the armature  26  via a magnetic flux forming holes  10 - 1 ′ of the cover  10 ′ on a magnetic flux path which are generated by the electrically energizing, and a magnetic flux forming holes  39 - 3  of the holding disk  39 . Accordingly, the magnetic flux generated by the electrically energizing of the electromagnetic coil  46  releases the above engagement by the armature  26  against the elastic body  44  (the armature  26  moves to the right direction in  FIG. 2 ). The support portions  26 - 2  of the armature  26  move to the right direction in  FIG. 2  by the introducing of the openings  39 - 2  of the holding disk  39 . The clutch projection portions  26 - 1  are released from the clutch recess portions  18 - 2 , the dog clutch  28  is transited to the non-engaging state, and the multi-plate friction clutch  30  in which the driven plates  34  and the driving plates  38  are sandwiched between the friction clutch driving portions  26 - 4  and the pressure receiving plate  43  via the clutch facings  40  is transited to the engaging state. This state is shown in  FIG. 9 . The reference numeral  47  denotes a wire harness to electrically energize the electromagnetic coil  46 . The bearings  52 ,  54  and  56  for thrust receiving are appropriately disposed. 
     The operation of the two-speed transmission  4  in the first embodiment will be described. In  FIG. 2 , the electromagnetic coil  46  is not electrically energized, and the dog clutch  28  is engaged and the multi-plate friction clutch  30  is not engaged by the elastic force of the elastic body  44 . Since the ring gear  20  of the planetary gear mechanism  12  is constrained to the housing  10  which is fixed to the vehicle body, the rotational driving force (the rotation) from the electric motor for running is transmitted to the armature  26  by the holding disk  39  which is fitted to the electric motor side rotational axis at the spline groove  39 - 1   a  and the engagement portion which comprises the openings  39 - 2  and the support portions  26 - 2 , and then is transmitted to the sun gear  18  of the planetary gear mechanism  12  by the engagement portion of the dog clutch  28  which comprises the clutch projection portions  26 - 1  and the clutch recess portions  18 - 2 . Because the ring gear  20  of the planetary gear mechanism  12  is fixed to the housing  10  of the vehicle body side, the rotational driving force is transmitted to the carrier  16  to be reduced by the reduction ratio depending on the tooth number against the rotation of the sun gear  18 . The output axis which is spline-fitted to the spline  26 - 1   a  is driven and is rotated by the rotation of the carrier  16 . When the tooth number of the sun gear and the tooth number of the ring gear are set to “Zs” and “Zr”, respectively, as is well known, the rotational ratio of the output axis (the carrier  16 ) to the input axis (the sun gear  18 ) is “Zs/(Zs+Zr)”. That is, the rotational velocity of the output axis is reduced to the input axis, and the reduction ratio can be set to about “2.4”. However, the reduction ratio is dependent on the tooth numbers of the sun gear and the ring gear. 
     When the electromagnetic coil  46  is electrically energized, the magnetic flux generated in the electromagnetic coil  46  moves the armature  26  to the right direction in  FIG. 2  against the elastic force of the elastic body  44 , and the armature  26  is moved to the position shown in  FIG. 9 . The clutch projection portions  26 - 1  of the dog clutch  28  are disengaged from the clutch recess portions  18 - 2  and the dog clutch  28  becomes the non-engaging state. The driven plates  34  and the driving plates  38  are sandwiched between the friction clutch driving portions  26 - 4  of the armature  26  and the pressure receiving plate  43  and the multi-plate friction clutch  30  becomes the engaging state. The rotation from the electric motor is transmitted to the outer cylinder  32  and the carrier  16  via the holding disk  39 , the driving plates  38 , the clutch facings  40  and the driven plates  34 . That is, in this case, the output axis which is spline-fitted to the spline  16 - 1   a  is driven and is rotated by the rotation of the carrier  16 . Thus, the rotational velocity of the output axis is the same as that of the input axis. 
     In the first embodiment, the transmission  4  is driven with the first-speed reduction ratio (=2.4) during the low vehicle velocity driving of the vehicle. As explained in  FIG. 1 , if the reduction ratio of the reduction transmission  6  is set to “3.41”, the total reduction ratio becomes “8.18” (=2.4×3.41) and is almost the same total reduction ratio of the conventional reduction mechanism. Therefore, the transmission  4  can obtain the high electric motor efficiency in the normal driving. Since the dog clutch  28  can obtain the engaging state by the elastic force of the elastic body  44  and the electromagnetic coil  46  is not electrically energized, the transmission can obtain the higher energy efficiency in the normal driving region. During the high vehicle velocity driving, the electromagnetic coil  46  is electrically energized, the dog clutch  28  becomes a non-engaging state, the multi-plate friction clutch  30  becomes a engaging state, and the transmission  4  is the two-speed reduction ratio (=1.0). Accordingly, the rotational velocity of the output axis is the same as that of the input axis, and the high efficient driving state of the electric motor can be ensured during the high vehicle velocity driving. That is, as explained in  FIG. 1 , the driving is performed by the total reduction ratio (the reduction ratio of the reduction mechanism  6 ) becomes “3.41” (=1.0×3.41). Since the total reduction ratio is reduced, the electric motor  2  can drive with the lower rotational velocity which is higher efficient rotation region than the prior art in the high vehicle velocity driving region. 
     In the first embodiment of  FIG. 2 , when the transmission is transited from the equal velocity ( FIG. 9 ) to the reduced velocity ( FIG. 2 ) and the electromagnetic coil  46  is not electrically energized, the elastic force of the elastic body  44  urges the armature  26  to the sun gear  18  side. In this moment, even when the clutch projection portions  26 - 1  of the armature  26  by which the dog clutch  28  is constituted are not aligned to the clutch recess portions  18 - 2 , the relative rotation between the sun gear  18  whose rotational velocity is reduced and the armature  26  leads that the clutch recess portions  18 - 2  under urging the elastic force of the elastic body  44  are aligned to the clutch projection portions  26 - 1 , the clutch projection portions  26 - 1  are fitted to the clutch recess portions  18 - 2  under the elastic force, and the dog clutch  28  becomes an engaging state, as shown in  FIG. 2 . This involves the shift shock to some extent. Since the transmission is the velocity reducing operation, no practical problem is existed. 
       FIGS. 10 to 13  show the two-speed transmission  104  of the second embodiment according to the present invention. The structure that the ring gear  20  is fixed to the housing  10  in the planetary gear mechanism  112  is the same as the first embodiment. The coupling to the output axis is changed from the carrier  16  to the sun gear  18 . That is, the sun gear  18  comprises the tooth portions  18   a , these tooth portions  18   a  of the sun gear  18  mesh with the output axis (not shown) to the axle side (differential gear box side). The configuration of the dog clutch  128  which comprises the clutch engagement portions  26 - 1  of the armature  26  of the sun gear  18  and the clutch recess portions  18 - 2  of the sun gear  18  is the same as that of the dog clutch  28  of the first embodiment. Other portions are the same as those of the first embodiment in  FIG. 2 . The same components are given the same reference numerals, and the explanation is omitted. 
     Explaining the operation of the transmission  104  in the second embodiment, when the electromagnetic coil  46  is not electrically energized, the dog clutch  128  is engaged by the elastic force of the elastic body  44  and the multi-plate friction clutch  30  is not engaged. The rotation from the electric motor for running is transmitted to the armature  26  by the holding disk  39  which is fitted to the electric side rotational axis (not shown) at the spline  39 - 1   a  and the engagement portion which comprises the openings  39 - 2  and the support portions  26 - 2 , and then is transmitted to the sun gear  18  of the planetary gear mechanism  112  by the engagement portion of the dog clutch  128  which comprises the clutch engagement portions  26 - 1  and the clutch recess portions  18 - 2 . The tooth portions  18   a  in an inner circumference of the sun gear  18  are fitted to the output axis (not shown). Therefore, the rotation of the input axis is transmitted to that of the output axis with a one-to-one relationship. In this time, the transmission ratio becomes “1.0”. The rotational velocity of the carrier  16  is the same as that of the input axis. 
     When the electromagnetic coil  46  is electrically energized, under the electromagnetic force, the clutch projection portions  26 - 1  of the dog clutch  128  are disengaged from the clutch recess portions  18 - 2  against the elastic force and the dog clutch  128  becomes the non-engaging state. The clutch  30  becomes the engaging state as well as the first embodiment. The rotation from the electric motor is transmitted to the outer cylinder  32  and the carrier  16  via the holding disk  39 , the driving plates  38 , the clutch facings  40  and the driven plates  34 . The sun gear  18  is driven and is rotated by the rotation of the carrier  16  and then the output axis which is fitted to the tooth portions  18   a  is driven and is rotated. That is, in this case, the rotational number of the output axis is higher than that of the input axis. When the tooth number of the sun gear and the tooth number of the ring gear are set to “Zs” and “Zr”, respectively, as is well known, the increasing ratio of the transmission is “(Zs+Zr)/Zs”. 
     In the second embodiment, the rotation of the input axis is transmitted to that of the output axis with a one-to-one relationship during the low vehicle velocity driving of the vehicle. When the electromagnetic coil  46  is electrically energized during the high vehicle velocity driving of the vehicle, the rotational ratio of the output axis to the input axis is increasing. The rotational number of the output axis in the low vehicle velocity driving of the vehicle is lower than that in the high vehicle velocity driving of the vehicle to the same rotational number of the input axis. Comparing with the first embodiment during the low vehicle velocity driving, since there is a one-to-one relationship between the input and the output and the rotational ratio of the input axis to the output axis is not reduced (the reduction ratio=2.4), the rotational number of the output side to the same input rotational number is higher. By setting the reduction ratio of the reduction mechanism  6  to the larger value than that of the first embodiment (the output side gear diameter of the reduction mechanism  6  is larger), the total reduction ratio can be set to about “8.18” which is the expected value of the first embodiment, and as well as the first embodiment, the high rotational number of the vehicle driving electric motor can be used during the low vehicle velocity driving which is in the normal driving region. Because the dog clutch is engaged by utilizing the elastic body  44  during the low vehicle velocity driving and the electromagnetic coil  46  is not electrically energized, the effect that the higher energy efficiency is realized in the normal driving region can be obtained as well as the first embodiment. 
     In the high vehicle velocity driving, the transmission  104  is velocity-increasing (the increasing ratio is “2.4”). Since the reduction ratio of the reduction mechanism  6  is larger, the total reduction ratio is similar to the first embodiment (the provisional value is “3.41”), the high vehicle velocity driving can be performed in the low rotational velocity region of the electric motor  2 , and the efficiency of the electric motor in the high vehicle velocity driving can be improved. 
       FIG. 14  shows the two-speed transmission  204  of the still another embodiment (the third embodiment) according to the present invention. In this embodiment, both the first-speed clutch  228  and the second-speed clutch  230  are the multi-plate friction clutch. The planetary gear mechanism  20  comprises three rotational components including a carrier  16  to rotatably support plural pinions  14  disposed at a circumferential direction with an interval, a sun gear whose rotational center is common to the carrier  16  and which meshes with the pinions  14 , and a ring gear  20  whose rotational center is common to the carrier  16  and which meshes with the pinions  14 . Pins  21  for supporting the respective pinions  14  to the carrier  16  are disposed (the pins  21  are fixed to the carrier  16 ). The configuration that the ring gear  20  is fixed to the case side in the outer circumference (the cover  10 ′ in this case) is the same as the other embodiments. However, the configurations that the planetary gear mechanism  20  is disposed at an input side of the case and inner teeth of the sun gears  18  are spline-fitted to the input axis are different. 
     The first-speed multi-plate friction clutch  228  comprises the driving plates  210 , the driven plates  212 , the clutch facings  214  fixed to the both surfaces of the driving plates  210 , the inner side clutch drum  216  slidably holding the driving plates  210  and the outer side clutch drum  218  slidably holding the driven plates  212 , and the inner side clutch drum  216  is integrally coupled to the pins  21  which is fixed to the carrier  16 . The elastic body  244  which urges the first-speed multi-plate friction clutch  228  to the engaging direction via the clutch driving portions  226 - 1  of the clutch driving plates  226 . 
     The second-speed multi-plate friction clutch  230  comprises the driving plates  232 , the driven plates  234 , the clutch facings  236  fixed to the both to the both surfaces of the driving plates  232 , the inner side clutch drum  238  slidably holding the driving plates  232  and the outer side clutch drum  240  slidably holding the driven plates  234 , and the inner side clutch drum  238  is integrally rotated with and is coupled to the sun gear  18 . The elastic body  244  is oppositely disposed to the clutch driving portions  226 - 2  of the clutch driving plates  226 . Ina normal state, the clutch driving portions  226 - 2  are separately positioned by the elastic body  244  and the second-speed multi-plate friction clutch  230  positions the non-engaging state. The electromagnetic coil  246  is oppositely disposed to the clutch driving plates  226  via the magnetic flux forming holes  250 - 1  formed on the output plate  250  which integrally rotates the outer side clutch drum  218 . The output plate  250  comprises the spline portions  250 - 2  for fitting to the output axis in the inner circumference. 
     In the operation of the transmission for the electric vehicle according to the third embodiment, when the first-speed gear is operated, the electromagnetic coil  246  is not electrically energized, the first friction clutch  228  is engaged by the elastic force of the elastic body  244 , and the second friction clutch  230  is not engaged. The rotation of the input axis is transmitted to the output axis via the sun gear  18 , the pinions  14 , the carrier  16 , the first friction clutch  228  and the output plate  250 . In this case, the rotational number of the output axis to that of the input axis is reduced. As well as the first embodiment, when the tooth number of the sun gear and the tooth number of the ring gear are set to “Zs” and “Zr”, respectively, the reduction ratio is “Zs/(Zs+Zr)”. 
     When the second-speed gear is operated, the electromagnetic coil  246  is electrically energized, the electromagnetic force generated in the electromagnetic coil  246  moves the armature  226  to the left direction in  FIG. 14  against the elastic force of the elastic body  244 , the clutch driving portions  226 - 1  are separately positioned from the clutch plate  212 , and the first clutch  228  is not be engaged. The electromagnetic force generated in the electromagnetic coil  246  operates to the clutch driving portions  226 - 2  against the elastic force of the elastic body  244  so as to engage with the second clutch  230 . In this case, the rotation of the input axis is directly transmitted to the output axis via the second clutch  230 , and the rotational ratio becomes “1.0”. 
     In the third embodiment, the rotation of the output axis to that of the input axis is reduced during the low vehicle velocity driving of the vehicle. Thus, the high rotational number of the vehicle driving electric motor can be used during the low vehicle velocity driving, and the high electric motor efficiency can be obtained in the normal driving. Because the engaging state can be obtained by the elastic force of the elastic body  244  and the electromagnetic coil  46  is not electrically energized, the energy efficiency in the normal driving region can be improved. During the high vehicle velocity driving, the electromagnetic coil  46  is electrically energized, the rotational velocity of the output axis is the same as that of the input axis, the transmission ratio of the transmission  204  increases, and the high vehicle velocity driving can be performed even when the rotational velocity of the electric motor  2  is reduced. Thus, the operation as well as the first embodiment that the high velocity running can achieved in a state that the electric motor  2  is high efficiency is realized. 
     In the embodiments of the present invention (for example, the first embodiment shown in  FIGS. 1 to 9 ), in a case that the two-speed transmission is performed by switching between the operation of the dog clutch  28  and the operation of the friction clutch  30  using the linear movement of the armature  26  which is driven by the electromagnetic force, it is required that the situation that the two clutches are simultaneously the engagement state has to be avoided. Ideally, it is not impossible that the situation that one of the two clutches is engaged and the other is not engaged is simultaneously occurred. However, considering the component tolerance, when switching from the first-speed gear ( FIG. 2 ) to the second-speed gear ( FIG. 9 ) or switching from the second-speed gear to the first-speed gear, it is necessary that the intermediate state that the two clutches become the non-engaging state is provided. Although the intermediate state that both two clutches become the non-engaging state is continued for extremely short time, the torque interruption that the rotation of the electric motor rotational axis of the driving side is not transmitted to the wheels which are a driven side, and the driver feels the shift shock. In the following embodiments, the configuration that uses the one-way clutch is adopted so as to resolve the above problem. 
       FIGS. 15 and 16  show the two-speed transmission  304  of the fourth embodiment according to the present invention. The switching method between the low vehicle velocity driving and the high vehicle velocity driving by the transmission is basically the same as that of the two-speed transmission  4  of the first embodiment. The two-speed transmission  304  comprises the dog clutch  328  and the multi-plate friction clutch  330 . The dog clutch  328  which is integrated with the armature  26  comprises the engagement portions  26 - 1  which insert into the openings  39 - 2  of the holding disk  39 , and the engagement holes  18 - 2  which are formed to the integrally extending portion of the sun gear  18 . The multi-plate friction clutch  330  is disposed between the driving portions  26 - 4  integrated with the armature  26  and the pressure receiving plate  43  engaged with the outer cylinder  32 , and comprises a clutch pack including the driven plates  34  which slidably move on the outer cylinder  32  which is integrated with the carrier  16 , the driving plates  38  which slidably move on the inner cylinder  36  which is integrated with the holding plate  39 , and the clutch facings  40  which are fixed to both surfaces of the driven plates  34 . In the fourth embodiment, as the countermeasure of the torque interruption when switching from the first-speed gear to the second-speed gear or switching from the second-speed gear to the first-speed gear by the above linear movement of the armature  26 , the one-way clutch  70  is fitted between the cylindrical portion  18 - 3  integrated with the sun gear  18  and the cylindrical portion  39 - 1  of the holding disk  39  (the holding disk  39  is fitted to the electric motor rotational axis at the spline  39 - 1  as well as the first embodiment). 
     In the fourth embodiment,  FIG. 17  is a schematic view showing the known cam type one-way clutch  70 . In particular, this one-way clutch is schematically depicted with reference to the FEW-BRB type one-way clutch manufactured in NSK Ltd. from the catalog of NSK Ltd. (https://www.jp.nsk.com/app01/jp/ctrg/index.cgi?gr=dn &amp; pno=4601a). It is not intended to limit the cam type one-way clutch, and other suitable methods such as a suplug type and a roller type can be adopted. In the cam type one-way clutch  70  of the fourth embodiment shown in  FIG. 17 , in principle, an inner race and an outer race are depicted as the cylindrical portion  39 - 1  of the holding disk  39  and the cylindrical portion  18 - 3  integrated with the sun gear  18 . As is well known, the one-way clutch comprises a unit including the inner race and the outer race. In the present invention, the detail configuration of the one-way clutch  70  is not directly referred to the main object of the present invention. For simplifying the explanation, the principal configuration of the one-way clutch is depicted in  FIG. 17 . In the cam type one-way clutch  70 , the plural cams  72  (only one cam is depicted in  FIG. 17 ) with an interval in the circumferential direction are held in a holding annulus  74 . The cams  72  are rotationally urged under the elastic force by an endless garter spring  76  which is formed on the cams  72  and is inserted into the groove which is opened to the radial outward. In the rotation to the clockwise direction f, the cams  72  serves as the projection between the inner race (the cylindrical portion  39 - 1 ) and the outer race (the cylindrical portion  18 - 3 ), and is abutted to the opposite surfaces in the inner and outer circumferences along the line “1” (the cams  72  are the locking state). In the counterclockwise direction, the cams  72  have the shape that the projection is released. In  FIG. 17 , the barycenter of the cams  72  is slightly deviated to the rightward from the line “1”, and then the spring force of the garter spring  76  urges the cams  72  so that the cams  72  rotate in the clockwise direction and become the locking state. 
     The operation of the transmission  304  of the fourth embodiment will be described. When the low vehicle velocity driving, as shown in  FIG. 15 , the sun gear  18 , the armature  26  and the holding disk  39  are integrally rotated by engaging the dog clutch  328 , and the one-way clutch  70  which is positioned between the central cylinder portion  39 - 1  of the holding disk  39  and the cylinder portion  18 - 3  of the sun gear  18  integrally rotates with the same velocity. In this case, it is the same that the one-way clutch  70  does not exist. 
     In order to switch from the low vehicle velocity driving to the high vehicle velocity driving, under the electromagnetic force of the electromagnetic coil  46 , the spring pressing portion  26 - 6  presses the spring  44 , the armature  26  moves to the right direction in  FIG. 15  by the deformation of the spring  44 , the engagement portions  26 - 1  are removed from the engagement holes  18 - 2 , and the dog clutch  328  becomes the non-engaging state. Just after the dog clutch  328  is not engaged, the intermediate state that the friction clutch  330  is not engaged is instantaneously existed. In this moment, in a case of the first embodiment of  FIG. 2 , since the sun gear  18  is released from the driving source (the electric motor rotational axis), the driving torque is lost and the shift shock can be occurred. In contrast, in a case of the fourth embodiment of  FIG. 15 , when the dog clutch  328  becomes the non-engaging state, as shown in  FIG. 17 , the cams  72  receive the projection direction force (the clockwise direction force) to the rotation of the arrow “a” direction of the electric motor rotational axis (to the rotation of the central cylindrical portion  39 - 1  of the holding disk (the inner race of the one-way clutch)), the cylindrical portion  18 - 3  of the sun gear  18  (the outer race of the one-way clutch) is locked, the rotation of the arrow “a” direction of the electric motor rotational axis (the rotation whose direction is the same as that of the rotation of the central cylindrical portion  39 - 1  of the holding disk  39  (the inner race of the one-way clutch)) is transmitted to the sun gear  18 , that is, the wheel side, and the torque interruption is not occurred. The armature  26  continues the right direction movement in  FIG. 15 , and the friction clutch  330  becomes the engaging state shown in  FIG. 16  (the state is transited to the high vehicle velocity driving). After being transited to the high vehicle velocity driving, the rotational number of the electric motor output axis increases. When the rotational number of the sun gear  18 , that is, the rotational number of the rotation to the arrow a′ of the cylindrical portion  18 - 3  of the sun gear  18  shown in  FIG. 17  is higher than that of the rotation to the arrow “a” direction of the electric motor rotational axis (the rotational number of the central cylindrical portion  39 - 1  of the holding disk  39 ), the cams  72  rotate to the counterclockwise direction against the spring force of the garter spring  76 , the projection function of the cams  72  is lost, and the locking of the one-way clutch  70  is released. In other words, the one-way clutch  70  freely rotates. 
     When the electromagnetic coil  46  is not electrically energized, the armature  26  moves from a state of  FIG. 16  to a state of  FIG. 15  in the left direction under the elastic force of the spring  44 . Even in the process that the operation of the electric motor switches from the high vehicle velocity driving to the low vehicle velocity driving, a situation that both the friction clutch  330  and the dog clutch  328  are the non-engaging state can instantaneously be occurred. In this moment, when the rotational number of the sun gear  18  of the wheel side (the cylindrical portion  18 - 3  of the sun gear  18 ) becomes lower than that of the electric motor rotational axis (shown by the arrow “a”), in the one-way clutch  70  of  FIG. 17 , the cams  72  are rotationally urged under the spring force in the projection direction (shown by the arrow “f”), the cylindrical portion  18 - 3  of the sun gear  18  is locked to the central cylindrical portion  39 - 1  of the holding disk  39  of the electric motor rotational axis side, and the rotation of the electric motor is transmitted to the wheel side via the one-way clutch  70 . Even in this case, the one-way clutch  70  functions so as to prevent the torque interruption when switching the clutch. When the dog clutch  328  is completely the engaging state, the one-way clutch  70 , which is positioned between the central cylindrical portion  39 - 1  of the holding disk  39  and the cylindrical portion  18 - 3  of the sun gear  18 , integrally rotates with the same rotational velocity. The transmission is transited to the first-speed gear and the one-way clutch  70  integrally rotates with the same rotational velocity. 
       FIGS. 18 and 19  show the two-speed transmission  404  of the fifth embodiment according to the present invention that the countermeasure in switching between the low vehicle velocity driving and the high vehicle velocity driving is taken. In the two-speed transmission  404  of the fifth embodiment, the reduced velocity driving that the ring gear  20  is fixed and the gear ratio is “2.4” is performed in the low vehicle velocity driving, and the equal velocity driving that the sun gear  18  integrally rotates with the ring gear  20  and the gear ratio is “1.0” is performed in the high vehicle velocity driving. The above driving method is the same as the first embodiment shown in  FIGS. 2 to 9 , the third embodiment shown in  FIG. 14 , and the fourth embodiment shown in  FIGS. 15 and 16 . The fifth embodiment has a feature that the one-way clutch  470  for performing the selective constrain against the housing  10  of the ring gear  20  is provided. 
     The configuration of the two-speed transmission  404  of the fifth embodiment will be described. The armature  426  comprises the inner teeth  426 - 1  in the circumferential direction, and the outer teeth  10 ′- 1  in the circumferential direction are formed on the cover  10 ′ fixed to the housing  10 . The dog clutch  428  is constituted by the inner teeth  426 - 1  and the outer teeth  10 ′- 1 . The outer circumferential portion  426 - 4  of the armature  426  is configured to the driving portion of the clutch  430 . The outer circumferential portion  426 - 4  of the armature  426  is slidably engaged with the slide groove  32 - 1  of the driven disks  34  in the outer cylinder  32  of the friction clutch  430 . In order to attach the electromagnetic coil  46 , the electromagnet holding frame  82  made of a non-magnetic material is fixed to the cover  10 ′. In the fifth embodiment, the inner circumferential spline  18 - 3  of the sun gear  18  is spline-fitted to the electric motor rotational axis, and then the electric motor rotational driving force is transmitted to the sun gear  18 . The back end cylindrical portion  18 - 4  of the sun gear  18  becomes the inner cylinder of the friction clutch  430  in the fifth embodiment, and the driving plates  38  are provided. The carrier  16  is spline-fitted to the output axis of the wheel side via the inner spline  16 - 1   a , and this configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment. 
     In the fifth embodiment, the one-way clutch  470  for preventing the torque interruption when the velocity-switching between the first-speed gear and the second-speed gear is disposed between the ring gear (which functions as the inner race of the one-way clutch  470  in the schematic view of  FIG. 20 ) and the housing  10  (which functions as the outer race of the one-way clutch  470  in the schematic view of  FIG. 20 ). As shown in  FIG. 20 , the direction of the cams  472  of the one-way clutch  470  is opposite to that of the cams  47  of the one-way clutch  70  in the fourth embodiment. The projection between the inner race (the ring gear  20 ) and the outer race (the housing  10 ) is operated by the counterclockwise rotation f′ of the cams  472  under the spring force. 
     The operation of the fifth embodiment will be described. During the low vehicle velocity driving, the electromagnetic coil  46  is not electrically energized. In  FIG. 18 , the armature  426  is pressed to the abutment position to the cover  10 ′ by the spring  44 , the inner teeth  426 - 1  of the armature  426  meshes with the outer teeth  10 ′- 1  of the cover  10 ′, the dog clutch  428  becomes the engaging state (the friction clutch  430  becomes the non-engaging state), the armature  426  is fixed, and the ring gear  20  is fixed to the cover  10 ′, that is, the housing  10  by engaging the outer circumferential portion  426 - 4  of the armature  426  with the slide groove  32 - 1  in the outer cylinder  32  of the friction clutch  430 . Thus, the rotation of the electric motor rotational axis meshing with the sun gear  18  is transmitted to the carrier  16 . In this time, the transmission ratio is “2.4” as well as the first embodiment, the output rotational velocity is reduced, and the one-way clutch  470  is fixed at both the inner race side and the outer race side. Considering the functional aspect, this is the same situation that the one-way clutch  470  is not disposed. 
     When switching from the low vehicle velocity driving ( FIG. 18 ) to the high vehicle velocity driving ( FIG. 19 ), a situation that the dog clutch  428  is the non-engaging state and the friction clutch  430  is not completely engaged can be occurred. In this moment, the ring gear  20  instantaneously becomes a free state and returns the direction (the direction in which the torque interruption is occurred) which is opposite to the rotational direction “a” of the rotational axis of the electric motor. The cams  472  of the one-way clutch  470  functions so that such a movement is locked. Namely, the cams  472  continue the locking against the housing  10  of the ring gear  20  and function so that the rotation of the rotational axis of the electric motor is transmitted to the wheel side via the sun gear  18  and the carrier  16 , and then the torque interruption is prevented. When the friction clutch  430  completely becomes an engaging state, the rotation of the ring gear  20  which is the same direction as the rotational direction (shown by the arrow “a”) of the electric motor rotational axis is transmitted to the wheel side with the transmission ratio whose value is “1.0”. In this time, the one-way clutch  470  is idle. 
     When switching from the high vehicle velocity driving ( FIG. 19 ) to the low vehicle velocity driving ( FIG. 18 ), since the friction clutch  430  is a non-engaging state and the dog clutch  428  is not transited to an engaging state, the torque interruption state that the constrain is not instantaneously released can be occurred. Even in this moment, since the one-way clutch  470  functions as the projection and the ring gear  20  is locked, the rotation of the electric motor of the input side can be transmitted to the wheels of the output side until the dog clutch  428  becomes an engaging state. When the dog clutch  428  completely becomes an engaging state, the ring gear  20  is integrated with the housing  10  and the rotation of the electric motor rotational axis is transmitted to the carrier  16  with the reduction ratio whose gear ratio is “2.4”. This is the same situation that the one-way clutch  470  is not disposed. 
     In the first to fifth embodiments, the switching between the first-speed gear and the second-speed gear is performed by fixing the ring gear. Considering the planetary gear mechanism, even in a case of fixing the sun gear, the gear ratio can be changed while the rotational direction of the input side is the same as that of the output side. In a case of fixing the carrier, the rotational direction of the input side is opposite to that of the output side. Thus, fixing the carrier is not appropriate in the two-speed transmission of the electric vehicle. The following sixth embodiment is an application example that the sun gear fixing method is adapted to the present invention, and this example also has a function to prevent the torque interruption by the one-way clutch. 
       FIG. 21  shows the two-speed transmission  504  of the sixth embodiment. In the two-speed transmission  504  of the sixth embodiment, the sun gear  18  of the planetary gear mechanism is extended to backward, and is integrally coupled to the inner cylinder  536  of the friction clutch  530 . The one-way clutch  570  is disposed between the inner cylinder  536  of the friction clutch  530  and the cylindrical portion  10 - 1  of the housing  10 . In the sixth embodiment, the input is from the ring gear and the output is to the carrier. That is, the coupling material  86  is fixed to the ring gear  20  in the front end side, the inner circumferential spline  86 - 1  of the coupling material  86  is coupled to the electric motor rotational axis (the input axis) (not shown) by spline-fitting, and the spline  16 - 1   a  of the inner side cylindrical portion  16 - 1  in the carrier  16  of the planetary gear mechanism is coupled to the wheel side output axis (not shown) by spline-fitting. The outer cylinder  532  of the friction clutch  530  is formed at the back end side ( 16 ′). The inner side cylindrical portion  16 - 1  of the carrier  16  has a structure that the sun gear  18  is rotatably supported by the bearing  85 . The friction clutch  530  comprises the clutch pack, and the clutch pack includes the driven plates  34 , the driving plates  38  and the clutch facings  40 . The configuration of the clutch pack is the same as those of the first to fifth embodiments. In the sixth embodiment, the armature  526  is slidably supported in the axial direction by inserting the comb-shape projection portion  536 - 1   a  in the end portion of the cylindrical extending portion  536 - 1  extending to the backward of the inner cylinder  536  into the support hole  526 - 3  which is separately disposed in the circumferential direction of the inner circumferential portion of the armature  526 . The dog clutch  528  of the sixth embodiment comprises the engagement hole  526 - 2  of the armature  526  and the engagement projection  10 - 2  of the housing  10 . The electromagnetic coil  46  is held by the holding frame  82 , and the holding frame  82  is supported to the housing  10  by the non-magnetic material  83 . In the sixth embodiment, the casing which covers the overall transmission comprises the housing  10  and the cover, and the illustration of the cover is omitted. The one-way clutch  570  of the sixth embodiment can schematically be shown in  FIG. 23 . The cams  572  are disposed between the cylindrical portion  10 - 1  of the housing  10  of the inner race side and the inner cylinder  536  (the sun gear  18 ) of the friction clutch  530  of the outer race side. The cams  572  are urged by the garter spring  76  so as to become the projection between the inner race and the outer race by the rotation in a clockwise direction as well as  FIG. 17 . The rotational direction of the electric motor rotational axis is a counterclockwise direction shown by the arrow “a”, as well as the first to fifth embodiments. 
     The operation of the two-speed transmission  504  of the sixth embodiment will be described. During the low vehicle velocity driving, the electromagnetic coil  46  is not electrically energized. As shown in  FIG. 21 , the armature  526  is driven to the leftward by the spring  44 , the dog clutch  528  becomes an engaging state that the engagement hole  526 - 2  of the armature  526  is engaged to the engagement projection  10 - 2  of the housing  10 , and the armature  26  becomes a fixed state. Thus, since the comb-shape projection portion  536 - 1   a  in the cylindrical extending portion  536 - 1  which is integrated with the sun gear  18  is inserted into the support hole  526 - 3  of the armature  526 , the sun gear  18  is also fixed to the housing side. Because the friction clutch  530  is a non-engaging state that the driving portion  526 - 4  is separately positioned from the friction plate, the rotation of the electric motor rotational axis which is inputted from the coupling material  86  to the ring gear  20  is transmitted to the carrier  16  via the pinions  14  as the same direction rotation, and the rotation of the carrier  16  is transmitted to the wheel side output axis (not shown) which is meshed with the spline  16 - 1   a . When the tooth number of the sun gear and the tooth number of the ring gear are set to “Zs” and “Zr”, respectively, as is well known, the rotational ratio of the output axis (the carrier  16 ) to the input axis (the ring gear  20 ) is “Zr/(Zs+Zr)”. That is, the rotational velocity of the output axis is reduced to the input axis and the suitable reduction ratio can be determined by appropriately selecting the tooth numbers. In this time, since the inner cylinder  536  (an extending portion from the sun gear  18 ) and the engagement projection  10 - 2  in which the one-way clutch  570  is disposed are also fixed, this is the same situation that the one-way clutch  570  is not disposed (both the inner race side and the outer race side are fixed). 
     During the high vehicle velocity driving, the electromagnetic coil  46  is electrically energized, the armature  526  is driven to the rightward by the electromagnetic force against the spring  44 , as shown in  FIG. 22 , and the dog clutch  528  becomes a non-engaging state that the engagement portion  10 - 2  of the housing  10  is released from the engagement hole  526 - 2  of the armature  526 . By the operation of the driving portion  526 - 4 , the friction clutch  530  becomes an engaging state that the driving plates  38  engage with the driving plates  34  via the clutch facings  40 . Accordingly, the sun gear  18 , the ring gear  20  and the carrier  16  of the planetary gear mechanism integrally rotate, and the rotation of the electric motor rotational axis is transmitted to the wheel side with a one-to-one relationship. The transmission ratio of the transmission  504  in the high vehicle velocity driving becomes the higher gear ratio than that in the low vehicle velocity driving. The high vehicle velocity driving can be performed in a state that the rotational number of the electric motor is suppressed, that is, the high vehicle velocity driving can be performed (the high vehicle velocity can be obtained) with a margin to the maximum velocity. Since the rotational direction of the inner cylinder  536  (the rotational direction of the sun gear  18 ) is the same as the arrow “a” direction (an opposite direction of the projection direction “f” of the cams  572 ) in the operation of the one-way clutch  570  ( FIG. 23 ), the one-way clutch  570  is idle. 
     When switching from the low vehicle velocity driving ( FIG. 21 ) to the high vehicle velocity driving ( FIG. 22 ), a situation that the dog clutch  528  and the friction clutch  530  are a non-engaging state can instantaneously be occurred. In this moment, the cams  572  in the one-way clutch  570  prevent the backward movement for the torque interruption that the rotation of the sun gear  18  of the outer race side is opposite to the electric motor rotational direction “a”. That is, since the outer race side in the cams  572  is locked to the housing side and the rotation of the electric motor rotational axis can be transmitted to the wheel side, the torque interruption is prevented until the friction clutch  530  is completely transited to an engaging state. If the friction clutch  530  completely becomes an engaging state, the one-way clutch  570  is an idle state by the rotation of the sun gear  18  whose rotational direction is the same as the electric motor rotational direction “a”. 
     Even when switching from the high vehicle velocity driving ( FIG. 22 ) to the low vehicle velocity driving ( FIG. 21 ), a situation that the friction clutch  530  and the dog clutch  528  are a non-engaging state can instantaneously be occurred. In this moment, the cams  572  in the one-way clutch  570  prevent the backward movement for the torque interruption that the outer race side moves to the backward direction which is opposite to the rotational direction of the electric motor rotational axis. That is, since the outer race side in the cams  572  is locked to the housing side and the rotation of the electric motor rotational axis can be transmitted to the wheel side, the torque interruption is prevented until the dog clutch  528  is completely transited to an engaging state. 
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           2  electric motor for running 
           4 ,  104 ,  204 ,  304 ,  504  two-speed transmission 
           6  reduction mechanism 
           10  housing 
           12  planetary gear mechanism 
           14  pinion 
           16  carrier 
           18  sun gear 
           18 - 2  clutch recess portion 
           20  ring gear 
           26  armature 
           26 - 1  clutch projection portion 
           26 - 4  flange portion (friction clutch driving portion) 
           28 ,  328 ,  428 ,  528  dog clutch 
           30 ,  430 ,  530  multi-plate friction clutch 
           34  driven plate 
           36  inner cylinder 
           38  driving plate 
           40  clutch facing 
           43  pressure receiving plate 
           44  elastic body 
           46  electromagnetic coil 
           70 ,  470 ,  570  one-way clutch 
           72 ,  472 ,  572  cam 
           228  first-speed multi-plate friction clutch 
           230  second-speed multi-plate friction clutch