Drive system for a motor vehicle

US7905787B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Frey · Hofheim, DE
• Michael Kühner · Heilbronn, DE
• Alexander Markow · Schweinfurt, DE
• Michael Heuler · Würzburg, DE
• Martin Grumbach · Friedrichshafen, DE
• Bernhard Sich · Friedrichshafen, DE
• Robert Reiser · Hilliard, US
• Peter E. Hammer · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 23, 2008
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 4, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D1/101
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive system for a motor vehicle comprises a drive unit with a drive shaft and a torque-transmitting assembly, which is to be connected on the drive side to the drive shaft for rotation in common around an axis of rotation (A) and which is to be connected on the takeoff side to a gearbox. The drive-side connection is accomplished by means of an axial plug-in connection arrangement, and the torque-transmitting assembly is supported in at least one axial direction on the gearbox.