IP Library Granted Patent US 11,660,949
Granted Patent B2
US 11,660,949 · App. 17/532,350 · Granted May 30, 2023

Drive device for an electrically driven vehicle

Inventors: Timo Wehlen (Friedrichshafen, DE); Michael Roske (Friedrichshafen, DE); Sabine Sielemann (Deggenhausertal, DE); Wolfgang Rieger (Friedrichshafen, DE); Ulrich Kehr (Tettnang, DE); Eckhardt Lübke (Friedrichshafen, DE)
Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
B60K1/00F16H37/0813F16H57/0424F16H57/0441B60K2001/001F16H57/021F16H57/031F16H2057/02034F16H2057/02052
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Patent No.
US 11,660,949
App. No.
17/532,350
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive device ( 2 ) for an at least partially electrically driven vehicle ( 1 ) includes an electric machine ( 3 ) having a rotor shaft ( 8 ) extending longitudinally along an input axis ( 4 ). The drive device further includes a first output shaft ( 6 a ) extending longitudinally along an output axis ( 7 ) and parallel to the rotor shaft ( 8 ). Moreover, the drive device includes a gear stage ( 5 ) having a first gearwheel ( 9 ) rotationally fixed to the rotor shaft ( 8 ), and a second gearwheel ( 10 ) meshed with the first gearwheel ( 9 ) and drivingly connected to the first output shaft ( 6 a ). Additionally, the drive device includes a housing ( 11 ) having a shared housing cavity ( 12 ), wherein the first output shaft ( 6 a ) and the electric machine ( 3 ) are parallel to one another in the housing cavity ( 12 ), and wherein an air gap ( 18 ) extends radially between the electric machine ( 3 ) and the first output shaft ( 6 a ).

Claims (19)

1. A drive device ( 2 ) for an at least partially electrically driven vehicle ( 1 ), comprising:

an electric machine ( 3 ) having a rotor shaft ( 8 ) extending longitudinally along an input axis ( 4 );

a first output shaft ( 6 a ) extending longitudinally along an output axis ( 7 ), the output axis ( 7 ) being parallel to the rotor shaft ( 8 );

a gear stage ( 5 ) drivingly connecting the rotor shaft ( 8 ) to the first output shaft ( 6 a ), the gear stage ( 5 ) having a first gearwheel ( 9 ) rotationally fixed to the rotor shaft ( 8 ), and a second gearwheel ( 10 ) meshed with the first gearwheel ( 9 ) and drivingly connected to the first output shaft ( 6 a ); and

a housing ( 11 ) having a shared housing cavity ( 12 ),

wherein the first output shaft ( 6 a ) and the electric machine ( 3 ) are parallel to one another in the shared housing cavity ( 12 ), and

wherein an air gap ( 18 ) extends radially between the electric machine ( 3 ) and the first output shaft ( 6 a ).

2. The drive device ( 2 ) of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second output shaft ( 6 b ); and

a differential ( 13 ) drivingly connected to the rotor shaft ( 8 ) via the gear stage ( 5 ),

wherein the differential ( 13 ) distributes drive power to the first output shaft ( 6 a ) and the second output shaft ( 6 b ).

3. The drive device ( 2 ) of claim 2 , wherein the second gearwheel ( 10 ) of the gear stage ( 5 ) is a differential gear of the differential ( 13 ).

4. The drive device ( 2 ) of claim 1 , further comprising a first bearing element ( 14 ) mounting the first output shaft ( 6 a ) in a passage ( 15 ) extending through the housing ( 11 ) such that the first output shaft ( 6 a ) is rotatable with respect to the housing ( 11 ).

5. The drive device ( 2 ) of claim 4 , wherein the shared housing cavity ( 12 ) is spatially delimited by a housing cover ( 11 a ), wherein the first bearing element ( 14 ) is arranged at the housing cover ( 11 a ).

6. The drive device ( 2 ) of claim 1 , further comprising a collecting chamber ( 17 ) for one or both of a coolant and a lubricant, the collecting chamber ( 17 ) being fluidically connected to the shared housing cavity ( 12 ).

7. The drive device ( 2 ) of claim 6 , further comprising a pump ( 16 ) in the collecting chamber ( 17 ), the pump ( 16 ) delivering the one or both of the coolant and the lubricant.

8. The drive device ( 2 ) of claim 6 , wherein the collecting chamber ( 17 ) is fluidically connected to at least one guide duct ( 19 ) of the housing ( 11 ).

9. The drive device ( 2 ) of claim 8 , wherein the at least one guide duct ( 19 ) is formed by an internal shell of the housing ( 11 ) adjacent the first output shaft ( 6 a ).

10. A vehicle ( 1 ), comprising the drive device ( 2 ) of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2021
From: WEHLEN, TIMO; ROSKE, MICHAEL; SIELEMANN, SABINE; RIEGER, WOLFGANG; KEHR, ULRICH; LÜBKE, ECKHARDT
To: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
Reel/Frame 058191/0745 →
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: ZHAN, ZHIPENG
To: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058220/0675 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 200 281.1 · Jan 14, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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