Motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9636988-B2
Application number	US-201514718791-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2015
Priority date	May 24, 2014
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

A motor vehicle, includes a drive motor for driving the motor vehicle, at least one additional motor and at least one differential for distributing a torque generated by the drive motor and transmitted by a drive shaft to a driven differential element of the differential to two output shafts. The motor vehicle includes a coupling device which can be controlled by a control device, and in a first coupling state directly or indirectly couples the additional motor with an output shaft, thereby rendering the distribution of the drive torque to the output shafts dependent on an additional torque exerted by the additional motor, and in a second coupling state directly or indirectly couples the additional motor with the driven differential element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a drive motor for driving the motor vehicle;
at least one additional motor;
at least one differential having a driven differential element, said differential being constructed for distributing a torque generated by the drive motor and transmitted by a drive shaft to the driven differential element between two output shafts;
a control device; and
a coupling device controllable by the control device to assume one of a first coupling state and a second coupling state, wherein in the first coupling state the coupling device directly or indirectly couples the additional motor exclusively with one of the output shafts, thereby rendering the distribution of the drive torque between the output shafts dependent on an additional torque exerted by the additional motor, and wherein in the second coupling state the coupling device directly or indirectly couples the additional motor exclusively with the driven differential element.

2. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the drive motor is constructed as an internal combustion engine.

3. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the additional motor is constructed as an electric motor.

4. The motor vehicle of claim 3 , further comprising an energy storage device with assigned charging device, wherein in at least one operating mode the control device is configured to control the coupling device to assume the second coupling state, and to control the additional motor and the charging device so as to charge the energy storage device by recuperation.

5. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the drive shaft is connected with the driven differential element by a bevel gear, and wherein a crown gearwheel of the bevel gear is connected with the driven differential element.

6. The motor vehicle of claim 5 , further comprising a further coupling device controlled by the control device to assume one of a first and a second coupling state, wherein the crown gearwheel is connected with the driven differential element via the further coupling device, wherein in the first coupling state of the further coupling device the further coupling device couples the crown gearwheel with the driven differential element, and in the second coupling state of the further coupling device, the further coupling device separates the crown gearwheel from the driven differential element.

7. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the driven differential element is constructed as housing of the differential.

8. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the differential is constructed as planetary transmission comprising a ring gear, a sun gear and at least one planet gear, which is supported by a planet carrier.

9. The motor vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the ring gear is constructed as housing of the planetary transmission.

10. The motor vehicle of claim 8 , wherein in the first coupling state of the coupling device, the coupling device couples the additional motor with the planet carrier.

11. The motor vehicle of claim 8 , wherein in the second coupling state of the coupling device the coupling device couples the additional motor with the ring gear.

12. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the coupling device is coupled with the output shaft via a gearing with a predetermined transmission ratio.

13. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the coupling device is coupled with the driven differential element via a gearing with a predetermined transmission ratio.

14. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the coupling device is configured to assume a third coupling state in which the coupling device separates the additional motor from the driven differential element and from the one of the output shafts.

15. The motor vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the control device is configured to control the coupling device to assume the third coupling state when a detected operating parameter of the differential exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

16. The motor vehicle according to claim 15 , wherein the control device is configured to control the coupling device to assume the first coupling state only when a rotational speed difference between the output shafts exceeds the predetermined threshold value and when a connection condition which is dependent on an operating state of the additional motor is satisfied.

17. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a further coupling device switchable into a first coupling state in which the further coupling device couples the drive motor with the driven differential element and a second coupling state in which the further coupling device separates the drive motor from the driven differential element.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Pinschmidt Udo

Classifications

• B60K6/48

  Parallel type · CPC title

• F16H2048/364

  using electric or hydraulic motors · CPC title

• Y10S903/902

  Prime movers comprising electrical and internal combustion motors · CPC title

• B60K1/00

  Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) · CPC title

• B60W2710/083

  Torque · CPC title