Patent · US Expired

Drive unit for motor vehicles

US6691808B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

10References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

VOLVO CAR CORPORATION · SE

Inventors

Lars Stenvall · Ljungskile, SE
Fredrik Hansson · Helsingborg, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 2001
Grant date	Feb 17, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S903/951
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Drive unit for motor vehicles having an internal combustion engine (1), which, via a first clutch (3) can be coupled to a first input shaft (4) in a gearbox (5), and an electric machine (8), the rotor (10) of which is drivably coupled to a second input shaft (12), and can be coupled, via a second clutch (11) to the crankshaft (2) of the internal combustion engine. The second input shaft is a hollow shaft which can, via a transmission (27, 28, 29) with a third clutch (30), drive the crown wheel (26) in a differential (23) built together with the gearbox.

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