IP Library Granted Patent US 10,773,581
Granted Patent B2
US 10,773,581 · App. 16/109,964 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Drive device

Inventors: Albert Scharlach (Oberdolling, DE); Sebastian Albl (Gaimersheim, DE); Manuel Schreiner (Ingolstadt, DE)
Assignee: AUDI AG
B60K1/00B60K17/00B62D65/10
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Patent No.
US 10,773,581
App. No.
16/109,964
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive device for a vehicle, which has an electric motor, a power electronics unit and a transmission. The power electronics unit is arranged between a shaft of the electric motor and a shaft of the transmission.

Claims (14)

1. A drive device for a vehicle comprising:

an electric motor, a power electronics unit, and a transmission,

wherein the power electronics unit is arranged between a shaft of the electric motor and an output shaft of the transmission,

wherein the shaft of the electric motor and the output shaft of the transmission are parallel to each other and are provided on the same side of the transmission.

2. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission has a differential, wherein the differential includes the output shaft of the transmission, wherein the power electronics unit is arranged between the shaft of the electric motor and the shaft of the differential.

3. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft of the electric motor is designed as a rotor shaft.

4. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the electric motor and the power electronics unit are arranged in a housing.

5. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the power electronics unit is arranged in its own housing.

6. A method for manufacturing a drive device for a vehicle, composed of an electric motor, a power electronics unit, and a transmission,

wherein the power electronics unit is arranged between a shaft of the electric motor and an output shaft of the transmission,

wherein the shaft of the electric motor and the output shaft of the transmission are parallel to each other and are provided on the same side of the transmission.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the electric motor and the transmission are first joined together, and in which only after this is the power electronics unit arranged between the shaft of the electric motor and the output shaft of the transmission.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the power electronics unit is pushed between the shaft of the electric motor and the output shaft of the transmission.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the power electronics unit is arranged in a housing, which has an opening that can be closed by a cover, wherein the cover is opened, wherein the power electronics unit is arranged in the housing through the opening, and wherein the opening is closed again with the cover.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2020
From: SCHARLACH, ALBERT; ALBL, SEBASTIAN; SCHREINER, MANUEL
To: AUDI AG
Reel/Frame 053419/0606 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 218 868 · Oct 23, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190118630A1 · Apr 25, 2019
Cited By (1)
US 12,344,088