IP Library Granted Patent US 10,029,554
Granted Patent B2
US 10,029,554 · App. 14/382,121 · Granted Jul 24, 2018

Axle hybrid drive

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Patent No.
US 10,029,554
App. No.
14/382,121
Granted
Jul 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An axle hybrid drive for a hybrid vehicle ( 1 ), including an internal combustion engine ( 6 ) drivingly connected to a first vehicle axle ( 11 ), and an electric motor ( 10 ) drivingly connected to a second vehicle axle ( 12 ). The invention is characterized in that the internal combustion engine ( 6 ), or a transmission ( 7 ) associated with the internal combustion engine ( 6 ), is decoupled in terms of a driving force from an output shaft of the first vehicle axle ( 11 ).

Claims (14)

1. An axle hybrid drive for a hybrid vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine, drivingly connected to a first vehicle axle, and an electric motor, drivingly connected to a second vehicle axle, wherein the first vehicle axle includes a wheel, and wherein at least one of the internal combustion engine or a transmission allocated to the internal combustion engine are decoupled in terms of a driving force from the wheel and coupled in terms of a driving force to the wheel, wherein the decoupling occurs at the wheel,

further comprising a freewheel arrangement, the at least one of the internal combustion engine or the transmission are decoupled via the freewheel arrangement from the wheel of the first vehicle axle, and

the freewheel arrangement includes a freewheel arranged between an end of a cardan shaft and a wheel bearing of the wheel of the first vehicle axle.

2. The axle hybrid drive according to claim 1 , wherein the freewheel arrangement of the at least one of the internal combustion engine or the transmission is arranged downstream at a side of the wheel.

3. The axle hybrid drive according to claim 1 , wherein the freewheel is embodied as a clamp roll, clamp body, or ratchet freewheel.

4. The axle hybrid drive according to claim 1 , wherein the electric motor is directly connected to the second vehicle axle.

5. An axle hybrid drive for a hybrid vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine, drivingly connected to a first vehicle axle, and an electric motor, drivingly connected to a second vehicle axle, wherein the first vehicle axle includes a wheel, and wherein at least one of the internal combustion engine or a transmission allocated to the internal combustion engine are decoupled in terms of a driving force from the wheel and coupled in terms of a driving force to the wheel, wherein the decoupling occurs at the wheel,

further comprising a freewheel arrangement, the at least one of the internal combustion engine or the transmission are decoupled via the freewheel arrangement from the wheel of the first vehicle axle,

wherein the freewheel arrangement locks when a driving speed is greater than a driven speed of the first vehicle axle.

6. The axle hybrid drive according to claim 5 , wherein the freewheel arrangement includes a freewheel arranged between an end of a cardan shaft and a wheel bearing of the wheel of the first vehicle axle.

7. The axle hybrid drive according to claim 5 , wherein the freewheel arrangement includes a freewheel integrated in the vehicle wheel.

8. An axle hybrid drive for a hybrid vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine, drivingly connected to a first vehicle axle, and an electric motor, drivingly connected to a second vehicle axle, wherein the first vehicle axle includes a wheel,

at least one of the internal combustion engine or a transmission allocated to the internal combustion engine are decoupled in terms of a driving force from the wheel, and

wherein an electric heating device is allocated to a cooling device of the internal combustion engine, which is connected to an electric energy storage unit allocated to the electric motor.

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2014
From: FRIEDMANN, OSWALD
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 033639/0366 →