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US 12,292,101 · App. 18/682,475 · Granted May 6, 2025

Transmission device for a motor vehicle, drive axle, and motor vehicle

Inventor: Karsten Fabian (Oberschleissheim, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
F16H37/0806B60K1/02B60K17/08B60K17/16B60K7/0007B60K2007/0061
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,292,101
App. No.
18/682,475
Filed
Feb 9, 2024
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3655
USPC
475/5
Abstract

A transmission device includes: a transmission drive spur gear which is rotationally fixed to an output element of a drive machine; a central spur gear which has an outer sprocket that meshes with the transmission drive spur gear, whereby a first transmission stage of the transmission device is formed, said central spur gear having an inner outer sprocket; and, a planetary transmission gear set which forms a second transmission stage of the transmission device and the sun gear sprocket of which is formed by the inner outer sprocket of the central spur gear, wherein a planetary gear set meshes with the sun gear sprocket and a ring gear sprocket of the planetary transmission gear set, said ring gear sprocket being fixed to the housing of the transmission device, whereby a planetary gear set carrier of the planetary transmission gear set forms an output element of the transmission device.

Claims (23)

1. A motor vehicle drive axle comprising a first drive module and a second drive module, each drive module comprising a transmission device and a drive machine,

wherein each transmission device comprises:

a transmission drive spur gear, which is connected to an output element of the drive machine for conjoint rotation;

a central spur gear, which comprises an external toothed ring that meshes with the transmission drive spur gear, as a result of which a first transmission stage of the transmission device is formed, wherein the central spur gear has an internal outer toothed ring; and,

a planetary transmission gear set, which forms a second transmission stage of the transmission device and the sun gear toothed ring of which is formed by the internal outer toothed ring of the central spur gear, wherein a planetary gear set meshes with the sun gear toothed ring and with a ring gear toothed ring, fixed on a housing of the transmission device, of the planetary transmission gear set, as a result of which a planetary gear set carrier of the planetary transmission gear set forms an output element of the transmission device;

wherein the external toothed ring of the central spur gear, the internal outer toothed ring of the central spur gear, and the planetary gear set carrier are radially aligned; and,

wherein an output element of the first drive module and an output element of the second drive module are arranged along a common axis of rotation, the output element of the drive machine of the first drive module is arranged on a first side of the common axis of rotation, the output element of the drive machine of the second drive module is arranged on a second side of the common axis opposite the first side, and, at least a portion of the drive machine of the first drive module overlaps with a portion of the drive machine of the second drive module in the direction of motor vehicle travel.

2. The motor vehicle drive axle according to claim 1 , wherein, for each transmission device:

the external toothed ring of the central spur gear comprises an outer toothed ring the teeth of which point radially outward, and/or an inner toothed ring, the teeth of which point radially inward.

3. The motor vehicle drive axle according to claim 1 , wherein, for each transmission device:

the toothed rings of the central spur gear are arranged coaxially.

4. The motor vehicle drive axle according to claim 1 , wherein, for each transmission device:

the toothed rings of the central spur gear are formed in one piece with one another.

5. The motor vehicle drive axle according to claim 1 , wherein, for each transmission device:

the first transmission stage has a first transformation ratio between the transmission drive spur gear and the central spur gear, and the second transmission stage has a second transformation ratio between the sun gear toothed ring and the planetary gear set carrier, resulting in an overall transformation ratio of between 8 and 10 between the transmission drive spur gear and the planetary gear set carrier.

6. The motor vehicle drive axle according to claim 1 , wherein, for each transmission device:

the central spur gears are arranged along the common axis of rotation;

the common axis of rotation and a respective longitudinal middle axis of the output elements of the transmission devices coincide; and,

the two drive machines are arranged together between the transmission devices.

7. The motor vehicle drive axle according to claim 1 , wherein, for each drive module:

the transmission device and a respective wheel drive element are remote from one another, such that the transmission device is closer to the drive machine than the respective wheel drive element.

8. A motor vehicle comprising a motor vehicle drive axle according to claim 1 .

9. The motor vehicle of claim 8 , wherein each of the first drive module and the second drive module are positioned in a housing centrally located between respective wheel drive elements.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2024
From: FABIAN, KARSTEN
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 124 834.5 · Sep 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240344600A1 · Oct 17, 2024
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