Drive unit for a drive train of an electrically drivable motor vehicle and drive arrangement having said drive unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11884158-B2
Application number	US-201915734795-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2019
Priority date	Jun 20, 2018
Publication date	Jan 30, 2024
Grant date	Jan 30, 2024

Abstract

A drive unit and a drive arrangement having the drive unit are provided. The drive unit includes a first electric machine and a second electric machine and an output shaft. A rotor of the second electric machine is connected to the output shaft for conjoint rotation and the drive unit has a separating clutch by which a rotor of the first electric machine is connected to the output shaft for torque transmission. The drive unit furthermore has a first flow system for implementing a flow of a first liquid for at least partial cooling of at least one electric machine and a second flow system for implementing a flow of a second liquid, the first flow system and the second flow system being arranged such that heat from the first liquid in the first flow system is transferred to the second liquid in the second flow system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drive unit for a drive train of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, the drive unit comprising:
a first electric machine having a rotor;
a second electric machine having a rotor;
an output shaft, the rotor of the second electric machine is connected to the output shaft for conjoint rotation therewith;
a separating clutch by which the rotor of the first electric machine is connectable to the output shaft for torque transmission;
a first flow system for implementing a flow of a first liquid for at least partial cooling of at least one of the first or second electric machines, wherein the first flow system is further configured such that the first liquid is fed through a line to the separating clutch for at least one of cooling or lubrication; and
a second flow system for implementing a flow of a second liquid, wherein the first flow system and the second flow system are configured such that heat from the first liquid in the first flow system is transferrable to the second liquid in the second flow system.

2. The drive unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat exchanger configured for transferring heat from the first liquid to the second liquid.

3. The drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein the line in which the first liquid is fed through is integrated in a housing, the first electric machine and the second electric machine being arranged at least partially within the housing.

4. The drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first flow system and the separating clutch are configured such that the first liquid is feedable from the first flow system to the separating clutch for hydraulic actuation thereof.

5. The drive unit according to claim 4 , further comprising a volumetric flow source, a hydraulic clutch actuator as an actuation system for actuating the separating clutch, and a switching device with which a liquid volumetric flow provided by the volumetric flow source is adapted to be fed sequentially to the electric machines or the clutch actuator.

6. The drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein the separating clutch is configured to be electromechanically actuatable.

7. The drive unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first flow system has a branch into a first cooling path and into a second cooling path, so that the at least one of the first or second electric machine is adapted to be cooled in a radial interior formed by the rotor thereof and also on a radial outer side thereof.

8. A drive arrangement comprising:
a drive unit according to claim 1 ; and
an internal combustion engine which is couplable to the rotor of the first electric machine for conjoint rotation therewith.

9. The drive arrangement according to claim 8 , further comprising a transmission or an input element of a wheel drive, wherein the internal combustion engine is mechanically connectable via the drive unit to the transmission or the input element of the wheel drive via the separating clutch of the drive unit.

10. The drive arrangement according to claim 9 , further, comprising, between the internal combustion engine and a first shaft which is connected to the rotor of the first electric machine for conjoint rotation, a first transmission stage configured for stepping up a speed of a rotary movement realized by the internal combustion engine on the first shaft.

11. A drive unit for a drive train of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, the drive unit comprising:
a first electric machine having a rotor;
a second electric machine having a rotor;
an output shaft, the rotor of the second electric machine is connected to the output shaft for conjoint rotation therewith;
a separating clutch by which the rotor of the first electric machine is connectable to the output shaft for torque transmission;
a first flow system configured to implement a flow of a first liquid for at least partial cooling of at least one of the first or second electric machines, wherein the first flow system is further configured to selectively feed the first liquid to the separating clutch for hydraulic actuation thereof;
a second flow system configured to implement a flow of a second liquid; and
a heat exchanger that transfers heat from the first liquid in the first flow system to the second liquid in the second flow system.

12. The drive unit according to claim 11 , wherein the first flow system is further configured such that the first liquid is feedable to the separating clutch for at least one of cooling or lubrication.

13. The drive unit according to claim 11 , further comprising a volumetric flow source, a hydraulic clutch actuator as an actuation system for actuating the separating clutch, and a switching device with which a liquid volumetric flow provided by the volumetric flow source is adapted to be fed sequentially to the electric machines or the clutch actuator.

14. The drive unit according to claim 11 , wherein the separating clutch is electromechanically actuatable.

15. The drive unit according to claim 11 , wherein the first flow system has a branch into a first cooling path that is configured to cool a radial interior of the at least one of the first or second electric machines and into a second cooling path is configured to cool a radial exterior of the at least one of the first or second electric machines.

16. A drive arrangement comprising: a drive unit according to claim 11 ; and an internal combustion engine which is couplable to the rotor of the first electric machine for conjoint rotation therewith.

17. The drive arrangement according to claim 16 , further comprising a transmission or an input element of a wheel drive, wherein the internal combustion engine is mechanically connectable via the drive unit to the transmission or the input element of the wheel drive via the separating clutch of the drive unit.

Assignees

• Schaeffler Technologies Ag

Inventors

• Trinkenschuh Andreas
• Lehmann Steffen
• Mayer Carsten
• Grethel Marco

Classifications

• Y02T10/62

  Hybrid vehicles · CPC title

• B60K6/387 Primary

  Actuated clutches, i.e. clutches engaged or disengaged by electric, hydraulic or mechanical actuating means · CPC title

• B60K6/24

  characterised by the combustion engines · CPC title

• B60K6/26

  characterised by the motors or the generators · CPC title

• F16D25/12

  Details not specific to one of the before-mentioned types · CPC title