IP Library Granted Patent US 9,221,334
Granted Patent B2
US 9,221,334 · App. 14/368,069 · Granted Dec 29, 2015

Drive train of a solely electrically driven motor vehicle having two electric motors

Inventor: Daniel Knoblauch (Obergruppenbach, DE)
Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
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Patent No.
US 9,221,334
App. No.
14/368,069
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive train ( 1 ) of a solely electrically driven motor has an axle ( 2 ) with first and second axle sections ( 4, 5 ) connected to different outputs of a differential ( 35 ). The drive train also has a first and second electric motors ( 13, 14 ) that co-operate with first and second transmissions ( 15 ) respectively to drive the axle ( 2 ). A first clutch can connect the first transmission ( 15 ) to an entry wheel ( 34 ) of the differential ( 35 ) for driving the two axle sections ( 4, 5 ) of the axle ( 2 ). A second clutch ( 37 ) can connect the first transmission ( 15 ) to the first axle section ( 4 ) while the first clutch ( 36 ) is open and a third clutch ( 38 ) can connect the second transmission ( 16 ) to a second axle section ( 5 ) while the first clutch ( 36 ) is open.

Claims (18)

1. A drive train of a solely electrically drivable motor vehicle, comprising:

an axle with first and second axle sections for driving first and second wheels respectively,

a differential having an input gear and first and second outputs connected respectively to the first and second axle sections,

first and second electric machines interacting respectively with first and second gearings,

a first switchable clutch selectively connecting the first gearing to the input gear of the differential for driving first and second axle sections of the axle,

second clutch selectively connecting the first gearing to the first axle section of the axle, and

a third clutch selectively connecting the second gearing to the second axle section of the axle,

wherein the first electric machine drives the first and second axle sections in and energy saving mode when the first switchable clutch is closed, the second and third clutches are open and the second electric machine is switched off, and

wherein the first and second electric machines independently drive the respective first and second axle sections when the second and third clutches are closed and the first clutch is open.

2. The drive train of claim 1 , of the axle is a rear axle of the motor vehicle.

3. The drive train of claim 2 , wherein the electric machines are arranged behind the rear axle.

4. The drive train of claim 1 , wherein the drive train is a drive train of a sports car.

5. The drive train of claim 1 , wherein the two electric machines and the three clutches have controls configured so that when the first electric machine is in operation, the first clutch is closed and the second and third clutches are open, or, when the first and second electric machines are in operation, the first clutch is open and the second and third clutches are closed.

6. The drive train of claim 1 , wherein the gearings are spur gearings.

7. The drive train of claim 1 , wherein the gearings have identical transmission ratios.

8. The drive train of claim 1 , wherein the electric machines are arranged transversely with respect to a direction of travel of the motor vehicle.

9. The drive train of claim 1 , wherein the first and second axle sections have propeller shafts.

10. The drive train of claim 5 , wherein the controls are configured to transmit different torques from the first and second electric machines for achieving torque vectoring to the respective first and second wheels.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2014
From: KNOBLAUCH, DANIEL
To: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 056 929 · Dec 22, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140371016A1 · Dec 18, 2014