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Granted Patent B2
US 11,332,116 · App. 16/655,026 · Granted May 17, 2022

Hybrid drive train for a hybrid vehicle

Inventor: Andreas Hoesl (Munich, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
B60W10/30B60K6/26B60K2006/268
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Patent No.
US 11,332,116
App. No.
16/655,026
Granted
May 17, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hybrid drive train for a hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine configured to drive the hybrid vehicle and an output shaft configured to provide torque to drive the hybrid vehicle, and a transmission which has a transmission input shaft. The hybrid drive train also includes a first electric machine by which the transmission input shaft can be driven, a second electric machine by which the output shaft can be driven to start the internal combustion engine, and an auxiliary unit configured to be driven by the second electric machine.

Claims (29)

1. A hybrid drive train for a hybrid vehicle, comprising:

an internal combustion engine configured to drive the hybrid vehicle and an output shaft configured to provide torque to drive the hybrid vehicle;

a transmission which has a transmission input shaft;

a first electric machine by which the transmission input shaft can be driven;

a second electric machine by which the output shaft can be driven to start the internal combustion engine;

an auxiliary unit configured to be driven by the second electric machine; and

an additional auxiliary unit configured to be driven by the first electric machine.

2. The hybrid drive train according to claim 1 , wherein the second electric machine is configured to be coupled to the output shaft mechanically without a wraparound means.

3. The hybrid drive train according to claim 1 , wherein a coupling device is arranged in a torque flow from the second electric machine to the output shaft between the output shaft and the second electric machine, wherein the coupling device is configured to be switched over between a coupling state, in which the second electric machine is coupled to the output shaft via the coupling device, and a decoupling state, in which the second electric machine is decoupled from the output shaft.

4. The hybrid drive train according to claim 2 , wherein a coupling device is arranged in a torque flow from the second electric machine to the output shaft between the output shaft and the second electric machine, wherein the coupling device is configured to be switched over between a coupling state, in which the second electric machine is coupled to the output shaft via the coupling device, and a decoupling state, in which the second electric machine is decoupled from the output shaft.

5. The hybrid drive train according to claim 1 , wherein in the second electric machine has a first rotor, and the auxiliary unit has a second rotor configured to be driven by the first rotor.

6. The hybrid drive train according to claim 2 , wherein in the second electric machine has a first rotor, and the auxiliary unit has a second rotor configured to be driven by the first rotor.

7. The hybrid drive train according to claim 3 , wherein in the second electric machine has a first rotor, and the auxiliary unit has a second rotor configured to be driven by the first rotor.

8. The hybrid drive train according to claim 5 , wherein the second rotor is arranged coaxially with respect to the first rotor, and/or the second rotor is configured to be coupled to the first rotor mechanically without a wraparound means.

9. The hybrid drive train according to claim 6 , wherein the second rotor is arranged coaxially with respect to the first rotor, and/or the second rotor is configured to be coupled to the first rotor mechanically without a wraparound means.

10. The hybrid drive train according to claim 7 , wherein the second rotor is arranged coaxially with respect to the first rotor, and/or the second rotor is configured to be coupled to the first rotor mechanically without a wraparound means.

11. The hybrid drive train according to claim 5 , wherein the second rotor is connected fixedly to the first rotor so as to rotate with it.

12. The hybrid drive train according to claim 8 , wherein the second rotor is connected fixedly to the first rotor so as to rotate with it.

13. The hybrid drive train according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary unit is configured to be driven by the output shaft via the second electric machine.

14. The hybrid drive train according to claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary unit is configured to be driven by the output shaft via the second electric machine.

15. The hybrid drive train according to claim 3 , wherein the auxiliary unit is configured to be driven by the output shaft via the second electric machine.

16. A hybrid drive train for a hybrid vehicle, comprising:

an internal combustion engine configured to drive the hybrid vehicle and an output shaft configured to provide torque to drive the hybrid vehicle;

a transmission which has a transmission input shaft;

a first electric machine by which the transmission input shaft can be driven;

a second electric machine by which the output shaft can be driven to start the internal combustion engine; and

an auxiliary unit configured to be driven by the second electric machine;

wherein the first and second electric machines have electric operating voltages which are different than one another.

17. The hybrid drive train according to claim 16 , wherein the first electric machine has a higher electric operating voltage than the second electric machine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2019
From: HOESL, ANDREAS
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 050739/0443 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 206 615.6 · Apr 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2018059705 · Apr 17, 2018
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