Granted Patent B2

US 12,435,788 · App. 18/716,184 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Inventors: Richard Baeumler (Munich, DE); Klaus Zelger (Taufkirchen, DE)

Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

F16H63/3466F16H63/3425

Abstract

Claims (30)

1. A motor vehicle comprising:

at least one electric drive machine for driving the motor vehicle,

at least one coupling mechanism switchable at least between a coupling position, in which the electric drive machine is coupled to a drive wheel of the motor vehicle in a torque-transmitting manner, and a decoupling position, in which the electric drive machine is decoupled from the drive wheel,

a parking lock device comprising at least one parking lock element movable between a parking lock position, in which the at least one parking lock element at least indirectly blocks a rotation of the drive wheel, and an unlocking position, in which the at least one parking lock element releases rotation of the drive wheel, and

at least one actuating device with an actuator configured to actuate a clutch that switches the coupling mechanism between the coupling position and the decoupling position, and to displace the at least one parking lock element between the parking lock position and the unlocking position,

wherein the clutch has at least one switching element, preloaded by spring force on a housing of the coupling mechanism, and serves for switching between the coupling position and the decoupling position,

wherein the at least one actuating device comprises an actuating element which can be adjusted by way of the actuator and which is configured, on the one hand, to exert at least one switching force on the switching element for actuating the clutch and, on the other hand, to exert at least one moving force, for moving the at least one parking lock element between the parking lock position and the unlocking position, and

wherein the actuating element is at least indirectly coupled to an eccentric element of the actuating device in a force-transmitting manner via a second spring element of the actuating device, by way of which eccentric element the parking lock element can be displaced between the parking lock position and the unlocking position.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the actuating device is configured to set a release state in which the decoupling position is switched and at the same time the parking lock element is held displaced in the unlocking position.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the actuating device is configured to set a drive switching state in which the coupling position is switched and at the same time the parking lock element is held displaced in the unlocking position.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the actuating device is configured to set a blocking switching state in which the coupling position is switched and at the same time the parking lock element is held displaced in the parking lock position.

5. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the actuating element is preloaded by spring force on the housing of the coupling mechanism via a first spring element of the actuating device and at least indirectly coupled to the at least one switching element of the clutch in a force-transmitting manner.

6. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the actuating element can be rotated in a direction of rotation by way of the actuator, as a result of which both the at least one switching force can be exerted on the switching element via the first spring element and the at least one displacing force can be exerted on the eccentric element via the second spring element.

7. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the actuating element has a switching element stop, by way of which a movement of the switching element relative to the actuating element can be limited, and/or the actuating element has an eccentric element stop, by way of which a movement of the eccentric element relative to the actuating element can be limited.

8. The motor vehicle according claim 1 , wherein:

the coupling mechanism comprises a first gear, which is in at least indirect engagement with the drive machine, and a second gear which can be coupled to the first gear by way of the clutch in a torque-transmitting manner and which is at least indirectly coupled to the drive wheel in a rotationally fixed manner,

the clutch comprises a first clutch element which is at least indirectly coupled to the first gear in a rotationally fixed manner via a second clutch element of the clutch which is connected to the first gear in a rotationally fixed manner, and

the clutch comprises a connecting element which, on the one hand, is at least indirectly coupled to the second gear and, on the other hand, can be at least indirectly coupled to the first clutch element in a rotationally fixed manner.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein

the clutch comprises a locking element for preventing the switching from the decoupling position into the coupling position when there is a rotational speed difference between the first gear and the second gear, and for releasing a relative movement, which brings about the switching from the decoupling position into the coupling position, between the first clutch element and the second clutch element when there is rotational speed parity between the first gear and the second gear.

10. The motor vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein:

in the coupling position and/or in the decoupling position, the switching element is inserted, in at least certain regions, into a gear recess arranged radially within a toothing of at least one of the gears and is in engagement with the first clutch element.

11. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the switching element comprises a switching rocker or a switching fork.

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