Gear unit and powertrain for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11807102-B2
Application number	US-202217876115-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2022
Priority date	Aug 6, 2021
Publication date	Nov 7, 2023
Grant date	Nov 7, 2023

Abstract

A gear unit for a powertrain and a powertrain including a stepped planetary gearset, a first gear shifting element and a second gear shifting element. The stepped planetary gearset has a first sun gear, a first ring gear, a second ring gear, and stepped planet gears rotatably mounted at a first planet carrier. The first ring gear is fixed with respect to rotation to an output shaft of the gear unit. The second ring gear is fixed with respect to rotation to a housing. The first gear shifting element drivingly connects the first sun gear to an electric machine in a closed state, and the second gear shifting element drivingly connects the first planet carrier to the electric machine in a closed state, and one of the two gear shifting elements is in the closed state for driving the output shaft in rotation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gear unit for a powertrain of an at least partially electrically driven vehicle, comprising:
a housing;
a first planet carrier;
a stepped planetary gearset having:
a first sun gear;
a first ring gear fixedly connected with respect to rotation to an output shaft of the gear unit;
a second ring gear is fixedly connected with respect to rotation to the housing; and
a plurality of stepped planet gears rotatably mounted at the first planet carrier;

a first gear shifting element configured to drivingly connect the first sun gear to an electric machine in a closed state; and
a second gear shifting element configured to drivingly connect the first planet carrier to the electric machine in a closed state;
wherein one of the first gear shifting element and the second gear shifting element is in the closed state for driving the output shaft in rotation; and
a differential that drivingly connects the gear unit to two driven shafts arranged coaxial to an output axis,
wherein the differential is an integral differential comprises:
a second planetary gearset configured to transmit a first output torque to a first driven shaft; and
a third planetary gearset drivingly connected to a respective driven shaft,
wherein a supporting torque of the second planetary gearset is convertible in the third planetary gearset such that a second output torque corresponding to the first output torque is transmittable to a second driven shaft.

2. The gear unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first gear shifting element is a positively engaging shifting element.

3. The gear unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first gear shifting element is a frictionally engaging shifting element.

4. The gear unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second gear shifting element is a positively engaging shifting element.

5. The gear unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second gear shifting element is a frictionally engaging shifting element.

6. The gear unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first gear shifting element and the second gear shifting element are formed jointly as a double shifting element.

7. A powertrain for a vehicle that is at least partially electrically driven, comprising:
an electric machine;
a gear unit, comprising:
a housing;
a first planet carrier;
a stepped planetary gearset having:
a first sun gear;
a first ring gear fixedly connected with respect to rotation to an output shaft of the gear unit;
a second ring gear is fixedly connected with respect to rotation to the housing; and
a plurality of stepped planet gears rotatably mounted at the first planet carrier;

a first gear shifting element configured to drivingly connect the first sun gear to the electric machine in a closed state; and
a second gear shifting element configured to drivingly connect the first planet carrier to the electric machine in a closed state;
wherein one of the first gear shifting element and the second gear shifting element is in the closed state for driving the output shaft in rotation; and
a differential that drivingly connects the gear unit to two driven shafts arranged coaxial to an output axis, wherein the differential is an integral differential comprises:
a second planetary gearset configured to transmit a first output torque to a first driven shaft; and
a third planetary gearset drivingly connected to a respective driven shaft,
wherein a supporting torque of the second planetary gearset is convertible in the third planetary gearset such that a second output torque corresponding to the first output torque is transmittable to a second driven shaft.

8. The powertrain according to claim 7 , wherein the differential is a bevel gear differential.

9. The powertrain according to claim 7 , further comprising a planetary gear assembly having at least a first planetary gearset, the planetary gear assembly drivingly connected to the output shaft of the gear unit.

10. The powertrain according to claim 9 , wherein the first planetary gearset of the planetary gear assembly comprises:
a second sun gear fixed with respect to the housing;
a third ring gear; and
a plurality of planet gears rotatably mounted at a second planet carrier,
wherein the third ring gear is fixedly connected with respect to rotation to the first ring gear of the gear unit.

11. The powertrain according to claim 10 , wherein a differential carrier ( 16 a ) of the differential is fixedly connected with respect to rotation to the second planet carrier of the planetary gear assembly.

12. The powertrain according to claim 7 , wherein the gear unit and/or the differential are/is arranged at least partially or completely spatially inside of a rotor of the electric machine.

13. The powertrain according to claim 7 , wherein at least a first transmission stage is drivingly arranged between the output shaft of the gear unit and the differential.

14. The powertrain according to claim 7 , wherein the integral differential and the two driven shafts are configured to be arranged coaxial to an output axis of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen

Inventors

• Wechs Michael
• Kutter Fabian
• Martin Thomas
• Schaudt Oliver

Classifications

• B60K6/365 Primary

  with the gears having orbital motion · CPC title

• B60K6/547

  the transmission being a stepped gearing · CPC title

• F16H3/54 Primary

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

• B60K17/16

  of differential gearing · CPC title

• B60K17/04

  characterised by arrangement, location or kind of gearing · CPC title