IP Library Granted Patent US 12,286,925
Granted Patent B2
US 12,286,925 · App. 18/290,104 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Ancillary unit drive for a vehicle

Inventor: Haison Pham (Munich, DE)
Assignee: MAN Truck &Bus SE
F02B67/06F16H7/02F16H7/12F16H2007/0865
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Patent No.
US 12,286,925
App. No.
18/290,104
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an auxiliary unit drive for a vehicle and to a motor vehicle having such an auxiliary unit drive. The auxiliary unit drive ( 1 ) for a vehicle comprises a plurality of auxiliary units ( 2, 2 a, 2 b ), a first belt ( 3 ) arranged in a first belt plane ( 15 ) and in driving connection with the plurality of auxiliary units ( 2, 2 a, 2 b ). The auxiliary unit drive ( 1 ) further comprises a second belt ( 4 ) arranged in a second belt plane ( 16 ) offset parallel to the first belt plane ( 15 ) and in driving connection with only a part ( 2 a ) of the plurality of auxiliary unit drives ( 2, 2 a, 2 b ), preferably for increasing the torque transmitted to the part ( 2 a ) of the plurality of auxiliary unit drives ( 2, 2 a, 2 b ). The auxiliary unit drive ( 1 ) further comprises a driving shaft ( 5 ) that is in driving connection with the first and second belts ( 3, 4 ) via two driving belt tracks ( 7, 8 ) that are arranged in a rotationally fixed manner relative to each other.

Claims (37)

1. An auxiliary unit drive for a drive engine comprising

a) multiple auxiliary units;

b) a first belt, which is arranged in a first belt plane and is in driving connection with the plurality of auxiliary units;

c) a second belt arranged in a second belt plane, the second belt plane being offset parallel to said first belt plane and being in driving connection with only a part of said plurality of auxiliary units for increasing the torque transmitted to said part of said plurality of auxiliary units; and

d) a driving shaft which is in driving connection with the first and the second belt via two driving belt tracks which are arranged in a rotationally fixed manner relative to one another.

2. The auxiliary unit drive of claim 1 , wherein:

the auxiliary unit drive for a drive engine is an auxiliary unit drive of an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle; or

the second belt is in driving connection with said part of said plurality of auxiliary units for increasing the torque transmitted to said part of said plurality of auxiliary units.

3. The auxiliary unit drive of claim 1 , wherein only one of the plurality of auxiliary units is in driving connection with the second belt.

4. The auxiliary unit drive of claim 3 , wherein the second belt loops around only a driving belt wheel and a driven belt wheel.

5. The auxiliary unit drive according to claim 1 , wherein

a) the second belt is configured as a self-tensioning belt; and/or

b) the second belt does not partially wrap around a tensioning pulley, and/or

c) no belt tensioner is provided for tensioning the second belt.

6. The auxiliary unit drive according to claim 1 , further comprising a driving pulley rotatably connectable to the driving shaft, which is configured as a double pulley, comprising a first driving belt track on which the first belt engages, and a second driving belt track on which a second belt engages.

7. The auxiliary unit drive according to claim 1 , further comprising

a) a driving first belt pulley, which is arranged in the first belt plane, having a first driving belt track, on which the first belt engages, and which is rotatably connectable to the driving shaft, and

b) a driving second belt pulley, which is arranged in the second belt plane, the second belt pulley being arranged coaxially and rotationally fixedly to the driving first belt pulley, the second belt pulley is rotatably connectable to the driving shaft and is comprising a second driving belt track on which the second belt engages.

8. The auxiliary unit drive according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the two driving belt tracks which are arranged in a rotationally fixed manner relative to one another is the same.

9. The auxiliary unit drive according to claim 1 , wherein the part of the plurality of auxiliary units which is in driving connection with the second belt is in driving connection with the first and the second belt in each case via two driven belt tracks arranged in a rotationally fixed manner relative to one another.

10. The auxiliary unit drive according to claim 6 , wherein the two driven belt tracks arranged in a rotationally fixed manner relative to one another are provided by a driven double pulley or by two coaxially arranged driven pulleys.

11. The auxiliary unit drive according to claim 9 , wherein a diameter of the two driven belt tracks arranged in a rotationally fixed manner relative to one another is the same.

12. The auxiliary unit drive according to claim 1 , wherein an auxiliary unit in driving connection with both the first and second belts is driven by the first belt and the second belt at the same rotational speed.

13. The auxiliary unit drive according to claim 1 , wherein the second belt is configured as a V-ribbed belt.

14. A motor vehicle comprising an auxiliary unit drive according to claim 1 .

15. The motor vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the motor vehicle is a commercial vehicle.

16. An auxiliary unit drive for a drive engine comprising

a) multiple auxiliary units;

b) a first belt, which is arranged in a first belt plane and is in driving connection with the plurality of auxiliary units;

c) a second belt arranged in a second belt plane, the second belt plane being offset parallel to said first belt plane and being in driving connection with only a part of said plurality of auxiliary units for increasing the torque transmitted to said part of said plurality of auxiliary units; and

d) a driving shaft which is in driving connection with the first and the second belt via two driving belt tracks which are arranged in a rotationally fixed manner relative to one another, wherein the part of the plurality of auxiliary units which is in driving connection with the second belt is in driving connection with the first and the second belt in each case via two driven belt tracks arranged in a rotationally fixed manner relative to one another.

17. An auxiliary unit drive for a drive engine comprising

a) multiple auxiliary units;

b) a first belt, which is arranged in a first belt plane and is in driving connection with the plurality of auxiliary units;

c) a second belt arranged in a second belt plane, the second belt plane being offset parallel to said first belt plane and being in driving connection with only a part of said plurality of auxiliary units for increasing the torque transmitted to said part of said plurality of auxiliary units; and

d) a driving shaft which is in driving connection with the first and the second belt via two driving belt tracks which are arranged in a rotationally fixed manner relative to one another,

wherein an auxiliary unit in driving connection with both the first and second belts is driven by the first belt and the second belt at the same rotational speed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2023
From: PHAM, HAISON
To: MAN TRUCK & BUS SE
Reel/Frame 065572/0066 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102021112162.0 · May 10, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240247609A1 · Jul 25, 2024
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