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US 12,247,650 · App. 18/718,954 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Electric drive system for a motor vehicle with two electric motors and a switchable torque vectoring function

Inventors: Jonathan Zeibig (Aalen, DE); Tobias Haerter (Stuttgart, DE); Carsten Gitt (Stuttgart, DE); Tobias Schilder (Ludwigsburg, DE)
Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
F16H48/36B60K1/02B60K17/02B60K17/165F16H37/0806F16H48/10F16H2048/364F16H2048/368F16H2200/0021F16H2200/201F16H2200/2035
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Patent No.
US 12,247,650
App. No.
18/718,954
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

An electric drive system for a motor vehicle includes a first electric machine with a first rotor, a second electric machine with a second rotor, and a planetary transmission which has a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a first output shaft, and a output input shaft. The first input shaft introduces first torques originating from the first electric machine into the planetary transmission. The second input shaft introduces second torques originating from the second electric machine into the planetary transmission. The first output shaft discharges third torques from the planetary transmission. The second output shaft discharges fourth torques from the planetary transmission.

Claims (41)

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

a first electric machine with a first rotor;

a second electric machine with a second rotor; and

a planetary transmission with a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a first output shaft, and a second output shaft,

wherein the first input shaft is configured to introduce first torques originating from the first electric machine into the planetary transmission,

wherein the second input shaft is configured to introduce second torques originating from the second electric machine into the planetary transmission,

wherein the first output shaft is configured to discharge third torques from the planetary transmission,

wherein the second output shaft is configured to discharge fourth torques from the planetary transmission,

wherein the first planetary gear set has a first sum shaft, a first differential shaft, and a second differential shaft,

wherein the second planetary gear set has a second sum shaft, a third differential shaft, and a fourth differential shaft,

wherein the second input shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner with the first differential shaft,

wherein the first output shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner with the first sum shaft,

wherein the second output shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner with the second differential shaft,

wherein the planetary transmission has a third planetary gear set having a third sum shaft, a fifth differential shaft, and a sixth differential shaft,

wherein the first input shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner with the third sum shaft,

wherein the third differential shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner with the fifth differential shaft,

wherein the first output shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner with the fourth differential shaft,

wherein a first switching element is configured to connect the fourth differential shaft in a rotationally fixed manner with the sixth differential shaft, and

wherein a second switching element is configured to connect the third differential shaft in a rotationally fixed manner with the sixth differential shaft.

2. The electric drive system of claim 1 , wherein the second differential shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner with the second sum shaft.

3. The electric drive system of claim 1 , wherein

the first differential shaft is configured as a first sun gear,

the first sum shaft is configured as a first planetary carrier, and

the second differential shaft configured as a first internal gear.

4. The electric drive system of claim 3 , wherein

the third differential shaft is configured as a second sun gear,

the fourth differential shaft is configured as a second planetary carrier, and

the second sum shaft is configured as a second internal gear.

5. The electric drive system of claim 4 , wherein

the first planetary carrier is configured as a simple planetary carrier with first planetary gears,

the second planetary carrier is configured as a double planetary carrier with second planetary gears and third planetary gears, and

the first planetary gears are configured separately from the second planetary gears and separately from the third planetary gears.

6. The electric drive system of claim 5 , wherein

the fifth differential shaft is configured as a third sun gear,

the third sum shaft is configured as a third planetary carrier, and

the sixth differential shaft is configured as a third internal gear.

7. The electric drive system of claim 1 , wherein the planetary transmission, the first rotor, and the second rotor are arranged coaxially to each other.

8. The electric drive system of claim 1 , wherein

the first planetary gear set is configured for a stationary gear ratio of −1.6,

the second planetary gear set is configured for a stationary gear ratio of +2.6, and

the third planetary gear set is configured for a stationary gear ratio of −4.2.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2024
From: ZEIBIG, JONATHAN; HAERTER, TOBIAS; GITT, CARSTEN; SCHILDER, TOBIAS
To: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 006 118.7 · Dec 13, 2021 · national
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