Electric drive assembly

US11174927B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GKN Automotive Limited · DE

Inventors

• Simon Broicher · Hürth, DE
• Mark Schmidt · Forest Lake, US
• Ervin Szilagyi · Neunkirchen, DE
• Damian Dudek · Cologne, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H2702/02
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An electromotive drive assembly comprises a housing arrangement with a first and second housing element between which an intermediate plate is arranged; a drive unit comprising a drive shaft which is rotatably drivable about a first axis of rotation; a transmission arrangement with an intermediate shaft which extends through an opening of the intermediate plate and is rotatably drivable by the drive shaft, and with a power split unit which is drivingly connected to the intermediate shaft and is rotatably supported about a third axis of rotation coaxial with the first axis of rotation by a first bearing in the intermediate plate and a second bearing in the second housing element; and a clutch arrangement by which the power path between the drive unit and the power split unit can be selectively connected and disconnected, wherein the opening comprises a clutch receptacle on which at least one element of the controllable clutch arrangement is axially supported.