IP Library Granted Patent US 9,242,636
Granted Patent B2
US 9,242,636 · App. 14/364,149 · Granted Jan 26, 2016

Clutch device and electric machine

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Patent No.
US 9,242,636
App. No.
14/364,149
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a clutch device having an actuating device for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, the drivetrain having an internal combustion engine, an electric machine with a stator and a rotor, and a transmission device, wherein the clutch device can be arranged in the drivetrain between the internal combustion engine at one side and the electric machine and the transmission device at the other side, the clutch device and the actuating device are integrated into the rotor of the electric machine, and the actuating device has a rotatable ramp device with first ramps and second ramps, wherein the clutch device has an electric actuator for actively rotating the ramp device, in order to structurally and/or functionally improve the clutch device, and to an electric machine having a stator, a rotor and a clutch device of this type integrated into the rotor.

Claims (5)

1. A clutch device with an actuating device for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, the drivetrain comprising an internal combustion engine, an electric machine with a stator and a rotor, and a transmission device, the clutch device being arranged in the drivetrain between the internal combustion engine on the one side and the electric machine as well as the transmission device on the other side, the clutch device and the actuating device being integrated in the rotor of the electric machine, and the actuating device comprising a rotatable ramp device with first ramps and second ramps, the actuating device comprises an electric actuator for an active rotation of the ramp device, wherein the actuator acts upon the ramp device by an interposed planetary gear train.

2. A clutch device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating device comprises a rotatable ramp ring on which the first ramps are arranged, and the clutch device comprises a compression plate, axially displaceable within limits, on which the second ramps are arranged.

3. A clutch device according to claim 1 , wherein the planetary gear train comprises a sun gear, planetary gears, a rod and a hollow wheel, and the sun gear is drivable by the actuator, the rod is connected fixed to the ramp device, and the hollow wheel is connected fixed to the rotor.

4. A clutch device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator comprises a magnetic clutch, a magnetic particle coupling, a magneto-rheological clutch, an electro-rheological clutch, at least one Piezo-element, a hysteresis brake, an electric engine, a servo-engine, or an actuating engine.

5. An electric machine with a stator, a rotor, and a clutch device integrated in the rotor according to claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 29, 2015
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 036709/0287 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2014
From: HELMER, DANIEL; VOGEL, FLORIAN
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 033065/0944 →