Electric drive and driveline assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9987918-B2
Application number	US-201515531473-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2015
Priority date	Dec 1, 2014
Publication date	Jun 5, 2018
Grant date	Jun 5, 2018

Abstract

An electric drive for driving a motor vehicle comprises an electric machine, a transmission gearing and a differential drive; wherein the electric machine comprises a motor shaft that is rotatably driveable around a first rotational axis A 1 ; wherein the transmission gearing comprises a drive gear connected to the motor shaft, at least one intermediate gear rotatingly drivable by the drive gear around a second rotational axis A 2 , a crown gear rotatingly drivable by the intermediate gear around a third rotational axis A 3 , and a driven gear connected to the crown gear; wherein the driven gear and the crown gear are arranged coaxially relative to one another and are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed way so that they rotate jointly around the third rotational axis A 3 , wherein the third rotational axis A 3 crosses the first rotationally axis A 1 . A driveline assembly can have such an electric drive.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric drive for driving a motor vehicle, comprising:
an electric machine, a transmission gearing and a differential drive;
wherein the electric machine comprises a motor shaft configured as a hollow shaft that is rotatingly driveable around a first rotational axis;
wherein the transmission gearing comprises a drive gear connected to the motor shaft, at least one intermediate gear rotatingly drivable by the drive gear around a second rotational axis, a crown gear rotatingly drivable by the at least one intermediate gear around a third rotational axis, and a driven gear connected to the crown gear; and
wherein the driven gear and the crown gear are arranged coaxially relative to each other and are connected to each other in a rotationally fixed way so that they rotate jointly around the third rotational axis, wherein the third rotational axis crosses the first rotational axis.

2. An electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the third rotational axis crosses at least one of the first rotational axis and of the second rotational axis at a distance.

3. An electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the third rotational axis intersects at least one of the first rotational axis and of the second rotational axis.

4. An electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the second rotational axis of the intermediate gear is arranged parallel to the first rotational axis.

5. An electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein exactly one intermediate gear is provided that meshingly engages the drive gear driven by the electric machine as well as the crown gear.

6. An electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the crown gear comprises a greater diameter and a greater number of teeth then the drive gear, and a transmission ratio between the drive gear and the crown gear is between 3 and 4.

7. An electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the driven gear comprises a smaller diameter and a smaller number of teeth than the crown gear, and a transmission ratio between the crown gear and the driven gear is between 2 and 3.

8. An electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the driven gear and the crown gear of the transmission gearing are firmly connected to one another.

9. An electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the driven gear and the crown gear are firmly connected to a drive shaft.

10. An electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the differential drive comprises a differential carrier that is rotatingly drivable by the driven gear around the first rotational axis, a plurality of differential gears that rotate jointly with the differential carrier around the first rotational axis, and output gears that are drivingly connected to the differential gears.

11. An electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the differential drive comprises a ring gear that is arranged coaxially relative to the differential carrier and is firmly connected thereto, wherein the annular gear and the electric machine are arranged on different sides with respect to a central plane of the differential drive.

12. An electric drive according to claim 11 , wherein one of the output gears of the differential drive is connected to an output shaft in a rotationally fixed way, wherein the output shaft extends through the hollow shaft of the electric machine.

13. An electric drive according to claim 1 , wherein the electric machine, the transmission gearing and the differential drive comprise a common housing.

Assignees

• Gkn Automotive Ltd

Inventors

• Haupt Jan

Classifications

• B60K6/48 Primary

  Parallel type · CPC title

• B60K6/365

  with the gears having orbital motion · CPC title

• B60K2001/001

  one motor mounted on a propulsion axle for rotating right and left wheels of this axle · CPC title

• Y10S903/916

  with plurality of drive axles · CPC title

• F16H48/08

  comprising bevel gears · CPC title