Drive train for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10968994-B2
Application number	US-201816497035-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2018
Priority date	Apr 4, 2017
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

A drive-train for a vehicle having at least one electric drive unit (EM) which is, or can be, coupled by way of a driveshaft (AW) to at least a first transmission stage (i 1 ), a second transmission stage (i 2 ) and a third transmission stage (i 3 ). At least one shifting device having at least two interlocking shifting elements (S 1 , S 2 ) is provided for engaging the first and second transmission stages (i 1 , i 2 ), and a frictional shifting element (S 3 ) is provided for traction a force support of the first and the second transmission stages. The frictional shifting element (S 3 ) is also provided for engaging the third transmission stage (i 3 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drive-train for a vehicle comprising:
at least one electric drive unit which is coupleable, via a driveshaft, to at least a first transmission stage, a second transmission stage and a third transmission stage,
the first transmission stage is a spur gear stage with a first fixed wheel and a first loose wheel, the second transmission stage is a second spur gear stage with a second fixed wheel and a second loose wheel,
at least one shifting device having at least two interlocking shifting elements, for engaging the first and the second transmission stages, respectively, and a frictional shifting element for traction force support of the first and the second transmission stages, and either
the third transmission stage is a third spur gear stage with a third fixed wheel and a third loose wheel, all of the first, the second and the third fixed wheels are fixed to one of the driveshaft and an intermediate shaft, and all of the first, the second and the third loose wheels are connectable to the other one of the driveshaft and the intermediate shaft, and the frictional shifting element being provided for engaging the third transmission stage, or
the third transmission stage is a direct gear, and the frictional shifting element engages the direct gear.

2. The drive-train according to claim 1 , wherein the interlocking shifting elements are formed as claw clutches.

3. The drive-train according to claim 1 , wherein the interlocking shifting elements are formed as a dual claw clutch which has a neutral position and two shift positions.

4. The drive-train according to claim 1 , wherein transmission stage is the direct gear.

5. The drive-train according to claim 4 , wherein the first and the second loose wheels are connectable to the driveshaft in each case by a respective one of the interlocking shifting elements, and in the first and the second transmission stages a connection is made between the driveshaft and a drive output differential via a countershaft, a drive output constant and the intermediate shaft.

6. The drive-train according to claim 4 , wherein the direct gear is implemented by connecting the driveshaft to the intermediate shaft via the frictional shifting element.

7. The drive-train according to claim 1 , wherein the third transmission stage is a highest gear which has a lower transmission ratio than a transmission ratio of the first and the second transmission stages.

8. A drive-train for a vehicle comprising:
at least one electric drive unit which is coupleable, via a driveshaft, to at least a first transmission stage, a second transmission stage and a third transmission stage,
at least one shifting device having at least two interlocking shifting elements, for engaging the first and the second transmission stages, and a frictional shifting element for traction force support of the first and the second transmission stages,
the frictional shifting element being provided for engaging the third transmission stage,
the first transmission stage is a spur gear stage with a first fixed wheel and a first loose wheel, the second transmission stage is a second spur gear stage with a second fixed wheel and a second loose wheel, and the third transmission stage is a third spur gear stage with a third fixed wheel and a third loose wheel, and
the first, the second and the third fixed wheels are fixed in common to one of the driveshaft and an intermediate shaft, the first and the second loose wheels are connectable, via a respective one of the interlocking shifting elements, to the other one of the driveshaft and the intermediate shaft, and the third loose wheel is connectable, via the frictional shifting element, to the other one of the driveshaft and the intermediate shaft.

9. The drive-train according to claim 8 , wherein the first, the second and the third fixed wheels are fixed to the intermediate shaft, and the first and the second loose wheels are connectable, via the respective one of the interlocking shifting elements, to the driveshaft, and the third loose wheel is connectable to the driveshaft by the frictional shifting element, and the intermediate shaft is connected to a drive output differential.

10. The drive-train according to claim 8 , wherein the first, the second and the third fixed wheels are connected to the driveshaft, and the first and the second loose wheels are connectable, via the respective one of the interlocking shifting elements, to the intermediate shaft, and the third loose wheel is connectable, via the frictional shifting element, to the intermediate shaft, and the intermediate shaft is connected to a drive output differential.

11. A drive-train for a vehicle comprising:
at least one electric drive unit which is coupleable, via a driveshaft, to at least a first transmission stage, a second transmission stage and a third transmission stage, the first transmission stage has a first fixed wheel and a first loose wheel, and the second transmission stage has a second fixed wheel and a second loose wheel;
a shifting device which is shiftable to at least first and second shift positions, the shifting device having at least first and second interlocking shifting elements, in the first shift position of the shifting device the first interlocking shifting element engaging the first transmission stage in a transmission of drive power from the driveshaft to a drive output, and in the second shift position of the shifting device the second interlocking shifting element engages the second transmission stage in the transmission of the drive power from the driveshaft to the drive output; and
a frictional shifting element being shiftable to engage the third transmission stage in the transmission of the drive power from the driveshaft to the drive output to support a traction force of the first and the second transmission stages during shifting of the shifting device between the first and the second shift positions; and either
the third transmission stage has a third fixed wheel and a third loose wheel, all of the first, the second and the third fixed wheels are fixed to one of the driveshaft and an intermediate shaft, and all of the first, the second and the third loose wheels are connectable to the other one of the driveshaft and the intermediate shaft, and the frictional shifting element engages the third transmission stage, or
the third transmission stage is a direct gear, and the frictional shifting element engages the direct gear.

Assignees

• Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen

Inventors

• Mittelberger Christian
• Blattner Stefan

Classifications

• F16H2200/0039

  the gear ratios comprising three forward speeds · CPC title

• F16H37/04

  Combinations of toothed gearings only (F16H37/06 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16D13/00

  Friction clutches (arrangements for synchronisation F16D23/02) · CPC title

• F16H2200/0021

  specially adapted for electric vehicles · CPC title

• B60Y2400/73

  Planetary gearings · CPC title