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Drivetrain for a motor vehicle

US9242546B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagen · DE

Inventors

Günter Rühle · Besigheim, DE
Jochen Bausch · Höchst im Odenwald, DE
Mark Schweiher · Kaufbeuren, DE
Jörg Meissner · Eindhoven, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 2013
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S903/902
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drivetrain for a motor vehicle has a first electric machine provides drive power, wherein the first electric machine is connected to an electrical energy store. A differential can distribute drive power to two driven wheels or axles of the motor vehicle. A first transmission arrangement which connects the first electric machine to the differential. A second electric machine which is coupled to an internal combustion engine in order to charge the electrical energy store in a generator mode. A second transmission arrangement connects the internal combustion engine to the differential. The second transmission arrangement has a first gear stage and a second gear stage which can be alternately engaged, for the transmission of drive power from the internal combustion engine to the differential, by means of a clutch arrangement.

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