Transmission arrangement for a vehicle hybrid drive

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11511616-B2
Application number	US-202117185006-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2021
Priority date	Mar 2, 2020
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

A transmission arrangement for a hybrid drive of a motor vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle, having change-speed transmission (G) with a drive output shaft (AW), a retarder (RE) with a retarder shaft (RW), an electric machine (EM) with a rotor shaft (RO) and a first gear ratio step (Ü1) between the drive output shaft (AW) and the retarder shaft (RW). The retarder (RE) is driven by way of the first gear ratio step (Ü1). The electric machine (EM) is arranged with its axis parallel to the retarder (RE) and can be coupled to the retarder shaft (RW) by way of a second gear ratio step (Ü2).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission arrangement for a hybrid drive of a motor vehicle, the transmission arrangement comprising:
a change-speed transmission with a drive output shaft,
a retarder with a retarder shaft that defines an axis of the retarder, a loose gearwheel being supported on the retarder shaft, and the loose gearwheel being connectable to the retarder shaft to coaxially rotate therewith,
an electric machine with a rotor shaft that defines an axis of the electric machine,
a first gear ratio step between the drive output shaft and the retarder shaft, the first gear ratio step comprising the loose gearwheel supported on the retarder shaft,
the retarder being drivable via the first gear ratio step,
the electric machine being arranged such that the axis of the electric machine is parallel to the axis of the retarder, and the electric machine being couplable to the retarder shaft by way of a second gear ratio step, the second gear ratio step comprising the loose gearwheel supported on the retarder shaft and a further gearwheel that meshes with the loose gearwheel supported on the retarder shaft, and
the loose gearwheel supported on the retarder shaft is a drive output gearwheel of the first and the second gear ratio steps.

2. The transmission arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a first shifting element is arranged on the retarder shaft, and the retarder is coupable to the first and the second gear ratio steps by the first shifting element.

3. The transmission arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a first planetary gearset is arranged in a power flow between the electric machine and the second gear ratio step.

4. The transmission arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the first planetary gearset comprises a sun shaft as a drive input shaft, a carrier shaft as a drive output shaft of the first planetary gearset and a shiftable ring gear shaft.

5. The transmission arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein, in a first shift position, the ring gear shaft is held fixed on a housing, and, in a second shift position, the ring gear shaft is coupled to the sun shaft.

6. The transmission arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the carrier shaft is connected, in a rotationally fixed manner, to the further gearwheel of the second gear ratio step.

7. The transmission arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein an additional gear ratio step, for synchronizing the retarder shaft, is arranged parallel to the second gear ratio step.

8. The transmission arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the change-speed transmission comprises a countershaft, which is couplable, by way of an add-on transmission and a shiftable second planetary gearset, to a second electric machine.

9. The transmission arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the second planetary gearset corresponds to the first planetary gearset.

10. The transmission arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the second electric machine corresponds to the first electric machine.

11. The transmission arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein a compressor for an air-conditioning unit is associated with the add-on transmission.

12. A transmission arrangement for a hybrid drive of a motor vehicle, the transmission arrangement comprising:
a change-speed transmission with a drive output shaft,
a retarder with a retarder shaft that defines an axis of the retarder, a loose gearwheel being supported on the retarder shaft, and the loose gearwheel being connectable to the retarder shaft to coaxially rotate therewith,
an electric machine with a rotor shaft that defines an axis of the electric machine,
a first gear ratio step between the drive output shaft and the retarder shaft, the first gear ratio step comprising the loose gearwheel supported on the retarder shaft,
the retarder being drivable via the first gear ratio step,
the electric machine being arranged such that the axis of the electric machine is parallel to the axis of the retarder, and the electric machine being couplable to the retarder shaft by way of a second gear ratio step, the second gear ratio step comprising the loose gearwheel supported on the retarder shaft and a further gearwheel that meshes with the loose gearwheel supported on the retarder shaft, and
an additional shiftable gear ratio step is arranged between the rotor shaft of the electric machine and the retarder shaft, parallel to the second gear ratio step, and the additional shiftable gear ratio step comprises a fixed gearhweel that fixed to the retarder shaft.

13. A transmission arrangement for a hybrid drive of a utility vehicle, the transmission arrangement comprising:
a change-speed transmission having a drive output shaft,
a retarder having a retarder shaft defining an axis of the retarder,
an electric machine having a rotor shaft defining an axis of the electric machine,
a first gear ratio step between the drive output shaft and the retarder shaft, and the retarder being driven via the first gear ratio step, and the first gear ratio step comprises a loose gearwheel that is supported on the retarder shaft, the loose gearwheel being disengagably connectable to the retarder shaft, and
the electric machine being arranged such that the axis of the electric machine is parallel to the axis of the retarder, and the rotor shaft of the electric machine being couplable to the retarder shaft by way of a second gear ratio step, and the second gear ratio step comprises the loose gearwheel supported on the retarder shaft and a further gearwheel that directly meshes with the loose gearwheel supported on the retarder shaft, and
an additional shiftable gear ratio step is arranged between the rotor shaft of the electric machine and the retarder shaft, parallel to the second gear ratio step, and the additional shiftable gear ratio step comprises a fixed gearhweel that is fixed to the retarder shaft.

Assignees

• Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen

Inventors

• Hunold Bernard
• Preuss Michael

Classifications

• B60T1/087

  in hydrodynamic, i.e. non-positive displacement, retarders · CPC title

• B60K6/365

  with the gears having orbital motion · CPC title

• B60K2006/4841

  the gear provides shifting between multiple ratios · CPC title

• B60K6/48

  Parallel type · CPC title

• F16H37/046

  with an additional planetary gear train, e.g. creep gear, overdrive · CPC title