Hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12252016-B2
Application number	US-202218294440-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2022
Priority date	Aug 2, 2021
Publication date	Mar 18, 2025
Grant date	Mar 18, 2025

Abstract

A hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle has an input shaft which is rotatably mounted around an axis of rotation, via which torques provided by an internal combustion machine can be introduced into the hybrid drive system, an output drive shaft arranged coaxially with the input shaft, an electric machine which has a stator and a rotor, and a torque converter which has an impeller, a converter cover connected to the impeller, an interior for receiving oil, and a converter hub which is connected to the converter cover. The converter hub is connected to the rotor in a manner fixed against rotation. The system further has a separable clutch having a disc pack, a clutch chamber in which the disc pack is received, an operating piston, and an associated operating chamber. Via the separable clutch the converter hub can be connected to the input shaft fixed against rotation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid drive system ( 10 ) for a motor vehicle, comprising:
an input shaft ( 14 ) which is rotatably mounted around an axis of rotation ( 12 ) and via which torques provided by an internal combustion engine are introducible into the hybrid drive system ( 10 );
an output drive shaft ( 18 ) disposed coaxially with the input shaft ( 14 );
an electric machine ( 20 ) which has a stator ( 22 ) and a rotor ( 23 );
a torque converter ( 24 ) which has an impeller ( 26 ), a converter cover ( 28 ) connected to the impeller ( 26 ) in a manner fixed against rotation, an interior ( 32 ) for receiving oil and which is at least partially and directly delimited by the impeller ( 26 ), and a converter hub ( 30 ) which is connected to the converter cover ( 28 ) in a manner fixed against rotation, wherein the converter hub ( 30 ) is connected to the rotor ( 23 ) in a manner fixed against rotation;
a separable clutch ( 34 ) having a disc pack ( 36 ), a clutch chamber ( 38 ) in which the disc pack ( 36 ) is received, an operating piston ( 40 ), and an associated operating chamber ( 42 ); and
a cooling oil conduit ( 42 ) that is a direct connecting conduit between the interior ( 32 ) of the torque converter ( 24 ) and the clutch chamber ( 38 ) of the separable clutch ( 34 ) and runs within the converter hub ( 30 ), wherein via the cooling oil conduit ( 42 ) the disc pack ( 36 ) of the separable clutch ( 34 ) and the electric machine ( 20 ) are suppliable with the oil as cooling oil from the interior ( 32 ) of the torque converter ( 24 ).

2. The hybrid drive system ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising a valve device ( 46 ) disposed in the cooling oil conduit ( 42 ), wherein via the valve device ( 46 ) a quantity of the cooling oil to be fed to the disc pack ( 36 ) and the electric machine ( 20 ) is adjustable.

3. The hybrid drive system ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the input shaft ( 14 ) has a radial drawing device ( 64 ) on an end ( 62 ), wherein the drawing device ( 64 ) has an external diameter which is smaller than an internal diameter ( 65 ) of the converter hub ( 30 ) in an axial region of the drawing device ( 64 ), and wherein a bearing ( 60 ), via which the converter hub ( 30 ) is rotatably mounted on the input shaft ( 14 ), has a bearing external diameter (d 1 ) which is smaller than a diameter (d 2 ) on which the cooling oil conduit ( 42 ) is disposed.

Assignees

• Mercedes Benz Group Ag

Inventors

• Heukelbach Kai
• Koppitz Bernd
• Ziegler Bernhard
• Velthaus Jan
• Rube Lukas
• Lechthaler Thomas

Classifications

• H02K9/19

  for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil · CPC title

• H02K7/108

  with friction clutches · CPC title

• H02K7/10

  Structural association with clutches, brakes, gears, pulleys or mechanical starters · CPC title

• H02K7/006

  Structural association of a motor or generator with the drive train of a motor vehicle · CPC title

• F16H2045/0284

  Multiple disk type lock-up clutch · CPC title