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Drive arrangement for a motor vehicle

US6215213A · kind A · utility

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9References

3Claims

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Assignee

Mannesmann Sachs AG · DE

Inventors

Bernd Förster · Dittelbrunn, DE
Ernst Bartels · Dittelbrunn, DE
Dieter Bauch-Panetzky · Schweinfurt, DE
Cora Carlson · Dittelbrunn, DE
Martin Ochs · Schweinfurt, DE
Alfred Tareilus · Schweinfurt, DE
Reinhold Weidinger · Unterspiesheim, DE
Jürgen Weimer · Euerbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 11, 1999
Grant date	Apr 10, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 11, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/2131
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an internal combustion engine with a crankshaft which is selectively connectable to an output drive shaft via an interposed clutch system. The clutch system has at least two flywheel masses which are rotatable relative to each other. A first flywheel mass comprises at least one primary flange which is permanently connected to the crankshaft. The clutch system also includes an electric machine which has a rotor with a rotor carrier, the electric machine being arranged in the clutch system so that the primary flange is part of the rotor carrier.

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