IP Library Granted Patent US 8,651,999
Granted Patent B2
US 8,651,999 · App. 12/932,467 · Granted Feb 18, 2014

Driving device

Inventor: Bernhard Wust (Heidenheim, DE)
Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,651,999
App. No.
12/932,467
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive device has an internal combustion engine, a first electrical machine, and a second electrical machine. The first electrical machine is at least indirectly connectable to the internal combustion engine. In addition, the drive device has an output which is at least indirectly connected to an output shaft. According to the invention, a switching device is provided, using which, in a first state, the internal combustion or the first electrical machine is connectable to the output shaft or, in a second state, the second electrical machine is connectable to the output shaft.

Claims (24)

1. A drive device comprising:

an internal combustion engine; and

a first electrical machine and a second electrical machine, the first electrical machine being at least indirectly connectable to the internal combustion engine and is connected to an output shaft;

wherein a single switching device is provided by which, in a first state, the internal combustion engine or the first electrical machine which is connected to the internal combustion engine is connected to the output shaft and the second electrical machine is decoupled from the output shaft; and

wherein in a second state, the second electrical machine is connected to the output shaft and the internal combustion engine or the first electrical machine which is connected to the internal combustion engine is decoupled from the output shaft.

2. The drive device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the first electrical machine is connected directly or via a torsional vibration damper to the internal combustion engine.

3. The drive device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the output shaft is connected via a transmission, having at least two gear stages which are switchable via a switching module, to the output.

4. The drive device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the switching device and/or a switching module are implemented as dog clutches.

5. The drive device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the switching device and/or the switching module are implemented as dog clutches having synchronizing elements or friction clutches.

6. The drive device according to claim 1 , characterized in that at least one of the electrical machines is implemented as a transversal flux machine.

7. The drive device according to claim 1 , characterized in that both electrical machines are implemented as transversal flux machines, the first electrical machine being designed as a generator and the second electrical machine as a drive motor having field attenuation.

8. The drive device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the two electrical machines are implemented as transversal flux machines, the first electrical machine being implemented as a monophasic electrical machine, which is implemented having identical construction to one half of the second electrical machine, which is implemented as a biphasic electrical machine.

9. A use of the device according to claim 1 , for driving a road or railway vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle or bus.

10. The drive device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the two electrical machines and the switching devices, and optionally the transmission and the switching module, are situated in a common housing.

11. The drive device according to claim 10 , characterized in that a structure-borne noise insulation and/or an electrical insulation is situated between the housing and at least some of the components situated therein.

12. The drive device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the shafts of the internal combustion engine and the two electrical machines are aligned with one another.

13. The drive device according to claim 12 , characterized in that the first electrical machine is connected directly or via a torsional vibration damper to the internal combustion engine.

14. The drive device according to claim 12 , characterized in that the output shaft is connected via a transmission, having at least two gear stages which are switchable via a switching module, to the output.

15. The drive device according to claim 12 , characterized in that the second electrical machine is implemented having a hollow shaft, through which the output shaft is guided.

16. The drive device according to claim 15 , characterized in that the first electrical machine is connected directly or via a torsional vibration damper to the internal combustion engine.

17. The drive device according to claim 15 , characterized in that the output shaft is connected via a transmission, having at least two gear stages which are switchable via a switching module, to the output.

18. The drive device according to claim 15 , characterized in that the switching device is situated between the two electrical machines.

19. The drive device according to claim 18 , characterized in that the first electrical machine is connected directly or via a torsional vibration damper to the internal combustion engine.

20. The drive device according to claim 18 , characterized in that the output shaft is connected via a transmission, having at least two gear stages which are switchable via a switching module, to the output.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2011
From: WUST, BERHARD
To: VOITH PATENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 026211/0497 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 012 667 · Mar 24, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110232287A1 · Sep 29, 2011