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Granted Patent B2
US 12,172,507 · App. 18/684,353 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Electric drive system for a motor vehicle

Inventors: Tobias Schilder (Ludwigsburg, DE); Tobias Haerter (Stuttgart, DE); Jonathan Zeibig (Aalen, DE); Carsten Gitt (Stuttgart, DE); Klaus Riedl (Tübingen, DE)
Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
B60K1/02B60K17/046B60K17/165B60K2023/043F16H48/06
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Patent No.
US 12,172,507
App. No.
18/684,353
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle electric drive system includes first and second electric machines, arranged coaxial to each other and respectively having first and second rotors, a differential gear having a differential input shaft and a first and second differential output shafts arranged coaxially to the first rotor. A transmission stage has a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft. The transmission output shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner with the differential input shaft. A first switching element couples the first rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the first differential output shaft. A second switching element couples the second rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the second differential output shaft. A third switching element couples the first rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the differential input shaft. A fourth switching element couples the second rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the transmission input shaft.

Claims (18)

1. An electric drive system for a motor vehicle, the electric drive system comprising:

a first electric machine having a first rotor;

a differential gear having a differential input shaft, a first differential output shaft, and a second differential output shaft, wherein the first and second differential output shafts are arranged coaxially to the first rotor;

a transmission stage having a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft, wherein the transmission output shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner with the differential input shaft;

a second electric machine having a second rotor;

a first switching element configured to couple the first rotor with the first differential output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner;

a second switching element configured to couple the second rotor with the second differential output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner;

a third switching element configured to couple the first rotor with the differential input shaft in a rotationally fixed manner; and

a fourth switching element configured to couple the second rotor with the transmission input shaft in a rotationally fixed manner,

wherein the transmission stage has a planetary gear set with a first element, a second element, and a third element, wherein the third element is connected with a housing in a rotationally fixed manner, the second element is connected with the transmission output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, and the first element is connected with the transmission input shaft in a rotationally fixed manner,

wherein the transmission stage is arranged at least partially axially overlapping the differential gear, and

wherein the fourth switching element is arranged at least partially axially overlapping the differential gear.

2. The electric drive system of claim 1 , wherein the second switching element is arranged at least partially axially overlapping the differential gear.

3. The electric drive system of claim 1 , wherein the third switching element is arranged at least partially axially overlapping the differential gear.

4. The electric drive system of claim 1 , wherein the first switching element is arranged at least partially axially overlapping the differential gear.

5. The electric drive system of claim 1 , wherein the differential gear is formed as a bevel gear differential with a differential cage.

6. The electric drive system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second differential output shafts are each connected with at least one driven wheel via a respective transmission.

7. The electric drive system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second electric machines is an axial flux machine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: SCHILDER, TOBIAS; HAERTER, TOBIAS; ZEIBIG, JONATHAN; GITT, CARSTEN; RIEDL, KLAUS
To: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 066890/0543 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 004 236.0 · Aug 19, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240351417A1 · Oct 24, 2024