IP Library Granted Patent US 7,353,895
Granted Patent B2
US 7,353,895 · App. 11/157,794 · Granted Apr 8, 2008

Vehicle transmission with selectively-engageable electric motor

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Patent No.
US 7,353,895
App. No.
11/157,794
Granted
Apr 8, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle having a transmission for transmitting a torque from a drive machine to drive wheels, with the transmission having an transmission output shaft and a transmission input shaft, in which the torque can be transmitted from the drive machine to the transmission output shaft, and having an electrical machine which has a rotor and a stator, which means being provided in order to connect the electric-motor torque of the electrical machine optionally to the transmission input shaft or to the transmission output shaft.

Claims (23)

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a transmission for transmitting a torque from a drive machine to drive wheels, said transmission having a transmission output shaft and a transmission input shaft, in which the torque can be transmitted from the drive machine to the transmission output shaft;

an electrical machine which has a rotor and a stator; and

means for selectively connecting an electric-motor torque of the electrical machine to the transmission input shaft or to the transmission output shaft,

wherein a gear-changing and synchronization device and the electrical machine have a common axis of rotation and the gear-changing and synchronization device is located concentrically within the electrical machine.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission is a manual transmission.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical machine can be connected via the gear-changing and synchronization device at least to the transmission input shaft.

4. The vehicle according to claim 3 , further comprising a sliding collar of the gear-changing and synchronization device that can be driven via the electrical machine.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a sliding collar of the gear-changing and synchronization device that can be driven via the electrical machine.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission is an automatic transmission, in which case the torque of the electrical machine can be switched backwards and forwards between the transmission input shaft and the transmission output shaft via epicyclic gearing.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical machine is arranged between the drive engine and a transmission bellhousing of the transmission.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical machine is arranged inside a transmission bellhousing of the transmission.

9. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission is arranged between the drive machine and the electrical machine.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein at least one second electrical machine is provided, in addition to the electrical machine, at least for transmitting a torque to an output shaft of the drive machine.

11. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the second electrical machine and a clutch for the transmission are arranged such that they at least partially intersect in the axial direction.

12. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein at least a part of the second electrical machine is firmly connected to the output shaft of the drive machine, and forms at least a part of a flywheel mass for the drive machine.

13. The vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the second electrical machine and a clutch for the transmission are arranged such that they at least partially intersect in the axial direction.

14. A vehicle, comprising:

a drive machine;

a transmission operatively coupled to transmit torque from the drive machine, the transmission having a transmission output shaft and a transmission input shaft, the torque from the drive machine being transmittable to the transmission output shaft;

an electrical machine having a rotor and a stator, said electrical machine producing an electric motor torque selectively connectable to the transmission input shaft or the transmission output shaft,

wherein a gear-changing and synchronization device and the electrical machine have a common axis of rotation and the gear-changing and synchronization device is located concentrically within the electrical machine.

15. The vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein the transmission is a manual transmission.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NO. 10/567,810 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 020976 FRAME 0889. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jul 1, 2020
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 053583/0493 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2008
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 020976/0889 →