Vehicle comprising transfer case and method for operating said vehicle

US11273707B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MAGNA Powertrain GmbH & Co KG · AT

Inventors

• Sven Gasparovic · Graz, AT
• Andreas Rudolf Hafner · Panketal, DE
• Simon Kaimer · Heiligenkreuz, AT
• Daniel Lindvai-Soos · Graz, AT
• Daniel Prix · Gänserndorf, AT
• Gerhard Hofer · Königsee, DE
• Dominik Schober · Graz, AT
• Franz Wallner · Berlin, DE
• Alexander Hehenberger · Graz, AT
• Martin Bloder · Sinabelkirchen, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 5, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/62
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle having a longitudinal engine and permanent rear axle drive is proposed, which vehicle has an internal combustion engine and an electric machine, a transfer gearbox distributing drive torques as required to two drive axles, the transfer gearbox having three shafts, a main shaft serving as a drive shaft of the rear axle, a secondary shaft serving as a drive shaft for the front axle, and an intermediate shaft applying a torque, a shifting unit being installed between the reduction gear-box and the power summation gearbox.