Drive device for a motor vehicle and method for operating a drive device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10377222-B2
Application number	US-201715729022-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2017
Priority date	Oct 10, 2016
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

A drive device for a motor vehicle, comprising a first drive assembly, a second drive assembly, and an epicyclic gear train coupled to the second drive assembly, wherein the second drive assembly can be coupled to a driven shaft of the drive device via the epicyclic gear train and to the first drive assembly by means of a shift clutch. It is hereby provided that a secondary drive shaft of an at least one secondary drive of the drive device having a secondary assembly is coupled to the epicyclic gear train. The invention further relates to a method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drive device for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a first drive assembly, a second drive assembly, and an epicyclic gear train coupled to the second drive assembly, wherein the second drive assembly is coupled to a driven shaft of the drive device via the epicyclic gear train and is removably coupled to the first drive assembly by a shift clutch, and a secondary drive shaft of at least one secondary drive of the drive device is coupled to the epicyclic gear train;
wherein the first drive assembly is removably coupled to a change gear transmission via another shift clutch, wherein an output shaft of the change gear transmission is coupled to the driven shaft or formed as the driven shaft.

2. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the epicyclic gear train has a first transmission element, a second transmission element, and a third transmission element, wherein the first transmission element and the second transmission element are coupled to each other via at least one planet gear that is rotatably mounted at the third transmission element, wherein the first drive assembly, the second drive assembly, and the secondary drive shaft are each coupled to one of the transmission elements.

3. The drive device according to claim 2 , wherein the second drive assembly is coupled to the first transmission element, which is a ring gear, the secondary drive shaft is coupled to the second transmission element, which is a sun gear, and the driven shaft is coupled to the third transmission element, which is a planet gear cage.

4. The drive device according to claim 3 , wherein at least two of the transmission elements are configured to be coupled to each other by a locking clutch.

5. The drive device according to claim 4 , wherein the at least two transmission elements that are configured to be coupled to one another by the locking clutch are the sun gear and the planet gear cage.

6. The drive device according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the transmission elements is configured to be braked by a brake.

7. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the first drive assembly is coupled to the change gear transmission via another shift clutch with circumvention of the epicyclic gear train.

8. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein another drive assembly is configured to be coupled to the first drive assembly by the additional shift clutch.

9. The drive device according to claim 8 , wherein the another drive assembly is configured to be coupled to the first drive assembly by the additional shift clutch via another epicyclic gear train.

10. A method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle, the drive device comprising:
a first drive assembly, a second drive assembly, and an epicyclic gear train that is coupled to the second drive assembly, wherein the second drive assembly is coupled to a driven shaft of the drive device via the epicyclic gear train and is removably coupled to the first drive assembly by a shift clutch, wherein a secondary drive shaft is coupled to the epicyclic gear train;
wherein the first drive assembly is removably coupled to a change gear transmission via another shift clutch, wherein an output shaft of the change gear transmission is coupled to the driven shaft or formed as the driven shaft;
wherein the method comprises:
starting the second drive assembly; and
starting the first drive assembly using the second drive assembly.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Hoffmann Thomas
• Störmer Markus

Classifications

• F16H3/54

  one of the central gears being internally toothed and the other externally toothed · CPC title

• F16H3/727

  with at least two dynamo electric machines for creating an electric power path inside the gearing, e.g. using generator and motor for a variable power torque path · CPC title

• B60K6/48

  Parallel type · CPC title

• F16H3/724

  using externally powered electric machines · CPC title

• B60K2025/024

  with variable ratio · CPC title