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Granted Patent B2
US 12,123,483 · App. 18/240,540 · Granted Oct 22, 2024

Motor vehicle transmission for an at least partially electrically driven motor vehicle

Inventors: Johannes Kaltenbach (Friedrichshafen, DE); Thomas Martin (Weissensberg, DE); Kai Bornträger (Langenargen, DE); Johannes Glückler (Friedrichshafen, DE); Stefan Renner (Ludwigshafen, DE)
Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
F16H3/64B60K1/00B60K17/08F16H2200/0021F16H2200/0039F16H2200/2007F16H2200/2094
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Patent No.
US 12,123,483
App. No.
18/240,540
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle transmission ( 1 ) has a drive input shaft ( 15 ), a drive output shaft ( 16 ) and a first planetary gearset (P 1 ), and a second planetary gearset (P 2 ), where the drive input shaft ( 15 ) is provided for coupling to a drive machine. In addition, a first shifting element (A) and a second shifting element (B) are provided, at least functionally. Also disclosed are a drive unit ( 5 ), a motor vehicle drivetrain, a hybrid or electric vehicle, and a method for operating a motor vehicle transmission.

Claims (37)

1. A motor vehicle transmission for an at least partially electrically driven motor vehicle, the motor vehicle transmission comprising:

a drive input shaft configured for coupling to an electric machine;

a drive output shaft;

a first planetary gearset and a second planetary gearset each comprising a first element, a second element, and a third element, respectively, in the form of a sun gear, a planetary web, and a ring gear, wherein the first element of the first planetary gearset is connected rotationally fixed to the drive input shaft and the third element of the first planetary gearset is immobilized, and wherein the second element of the second planetary gearset is connected rotationally fixed to the drive output shaft; and

a first shifting element, a second shifting element, and a third shifting element, wherein:

the drive input shaft is connected rotationally fixed to the first element of the second planetary gearset;

the first shifting element is configured, in a closed state, to connect the second element of the first planetary gearset rotationally fixed to the drive output shaft;

the second shifting element is configured, in a closed state, to immobilize the third element of the second planetary gearset; and

the third shifting element is configured, in a closed state, to connect the second element of the first planetary gearset rotationally fixed to the third element of the second planetary gearset.

2. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 1 , wherein individual shifting elements of the first shifting element, the second shifting element, and the third shifting element, are in the form of interlocking shifting elements.

3. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 2 , wherein the interlocking shifting element are configured as unsynchronized claw-type shifting elements.

4. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 2 , wherein first shifting element and the third shifting element are formed by a shifting device having a coupling element configured to be moved to a first shift position and to a second shift position, wherein:

in the first shift position, the coupling element actuates the first shifting element and connects the second element of the first planetary gearset rotationally fixed to the drive output shaft, and

in the second shift position, the coupling element actuates the third shifting element and connects the second element of the first planetary gearset rotationally fixed to the third element of the second planetary gearset.

5. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 2 , wherein the second shifting element and the third shifting element are formed by a shifting device having a coupling element configured to be moved to a first shift position and to a second shift position, wherein:

in the first shift position the coupling element actuates the second shifting element and immobilizes the third element of the second planetary gearset, and

in the second shift position the coupling element actuates the third shifting element and connects the second element of the first planetary gearset and the third element of the second planetary gearset rotationally fixed to one another.

6. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second planetary gearsets are arranged axially at a connection point which serves for coupling the drive input shaft to the drive machine, axially in a sequence of the first planetary gearset followed by the second planetary gearset.

7. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 6 , wherein the first shifting element and the third shifting element are arranged axially between the first planetary gearset and the second planetary gearset.

8. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 6 , wherein the second shifting element is located axially on a side of the second planetary gearset facing away from the first planetary gearset.

9. The motor vehicle transmission according claim 6 , wherein second shifting element is arranged axially between the first planetary gearset and the second planetary gearset.

10. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first planetary gearset has quantitatively a higher stationary gear ratio than the second planetary gearset.

11. A method for operating a motor vehicle transmission according to claim 10 , the method comprising:

engaging a first gear between the drive input shaft and the drive output shaft when the first shifting element is closed;

engaging a second gear between the drive input shaft and the drive output shaft when the second shifting element is closed; and

engaging a third gear between the drive input shaft and the drive output shaft when the third shifting element is closed.

12. The motor vehicle transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the first planetary gearset has quantitatively a lower stationary gear ratio than the second planetary gearset.

13. A method for operating a motor vehicle transmission according to claim 12 , the method comprising:

engaging a first gear between the drive input shaft and the drive output shaft when the second shifting element is closed;

engaging a second gear between the drive input shaft and the drive output shaft when the first shifting element is closed; and

engaging a third gear between the drive input shaft and the drive output shaft when the third shifting element is closed.

14. A drive unit for an at least partially electrically driven motor vehicle, the drive unit comprising:

an electric machine with a rotor; and

a motor vehicle transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor of the electric machine is coupled to the drive input shaft of the motor vehicle transmission.

15. The drive unit according to claim 14 , wherein the first planetary gearset of the motor vehicle transmission is arranged axially at least partially overlapping and radially inside the rotor of the electric machine.

16. A drive axle for a hybrid or electric vehicle, comprising a drive unit according to claim 14 .

17. A hybrid or electric vehicle comprising at least one drive axle according to claim 16 or at least one drive unit according to claim 14 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2023
From: KALTENBACH, JOHANNES; MARTIN, THOMAS; GLÜCKLER, JOHANNES; BORNTRÄGER, KAI; RENNER, STEFAN
To: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
Reel/Frame 065360/0822 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2022 209 058.6 · Aug 31, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240068544A1 · Feb 29, 2024
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