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Granted Patent B2
US 10,427,516 · App. 15/728,837 · Granted Oct 1, 2019

Drive device for a motor vehicle and method for operating a drive device

Inventors: Thomas Hoffmann (Riedenburg, DE); Karl Jägle (Ingolstadt, DE); Markus Störmer (Berching, DE)
Assignee: AUDI AG
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Patent No.
US 10,427,516
App. No.
15/728,837
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive device for a motor vehicle. A first drive assembly, a second drive assembly, and an epicyclic gear train, via which the first drive assembly and the second drive assembly can be coupled to each other and to a driven shaft of the drive device. The first drive assembly is coupled to a first transmission element, the second drive assembly is coupled to a second transmission element, and the driven shaft is coupled to a third transmission element of the epicyclic gear train. The epicyclic gear train has a locking clutch for coupling of the second transmission element and the third transmission element to each other and the first transmission element can be braked by means of a braking device.

Claims (3)

1. A drive device for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a first drive assembly, which is an internal combustion engine, a second drive assembly, which is an electric motor, a first epicyclic gear train having a first transmission element, a second transmission element, and a third transmission element, and a driven shaft of the drive device, wherein the first drive assembly is coupled to the first transmission element, the second drive assembly is coupled to the second transmission element, and the driven shaft is coupled to the third transmission element via a change gear transmission having a single input from the first epicyclic gear train and a single output at the driven shaft, wherein the first transmission element is configured to be braked by a braking device, wherein the first epicyclic gear train has a locking clutch for coupling of the second transmission element and the third transmission element to each other, and wherein the braking device has a freewheel that permits a rotational movement of the first transmission element in a first direction of rotation and prevents it in a second direction of rotation that is opposite to the first direction of rotation.

2. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the freewheel is directly coupled to the first transmission element or is coupled to it via a shift clutch.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2017
From: HOFFMANN, THOMAS; JÄGLE, KARL; STÖRMER, MARKUS
To: AUDI AG
Reel/Frame 044228/0110 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 219 618 · Oct 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180099553A1 · Apr 12, 2018