Granted Patent B2

US 12,345,321 · App. 18/646,730 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Inventors: Lukas Nennstiel (Kassel, DE); Thomas Schroeder (Berlin, DE); Frank Mueller (Essenrode, DE); Raimar Warnecke (Gross Schwuelper, DE)

Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft

F16H57/045F16H57/0412F16H57/0423F16H57/0424F16H57/0476F16H57/0457

Abstract

Claims (21)

1. A drive train for an electric vehicle, the drive train comprising:

at least one transmission;

at least one power electronics system;

a housing;

a partition wall; and

a transmission compartment and a power electronics system compartment being provided in the housing and adjacently arranged horizontally,

wherein the transmission and/or at least two gearwheels for forming at least one gear stage of the transmission are arranged in the transmission compartment, and

wherein the power electronics system is arranged in the power electronics system compartment,

wherein the transmission compartment and the power electronics system compartment are separated from one another by the partition wall,

wherein the transmission includes an oil sump, which is formed via the housing, and a collection container so that during operation of the transmission, transmission oil present in the oil sump is spun upwardly via at least one of the gearwheels and thus supplied to the collection container,

wherein the partition wall has at least one cooling channel, the collection container being spaced apart, at least in part, from the partition wall, and

wherein a transmission oil cooling area is formed between the collection container and the partition wall, the collection container having an overflow, the transmission oil being suppliable to the transmission oil cooling area via the overflow or guidable through the transmission oil cooling area with the aid of the force of gravity, and being coolable by a cooling fluid that is present in the cooling channel.

2. The drive train according to claim 1 , wherein the collection container has at least one container rib on a side facing the partition wall.

3. The drive train according to claim 1 , wherein the partition wall has at least one partition wall rib on a side facing the collection container.

4. The drive train according to claim 1 , wherein the collection container has at least two container ribs and the partition wall has at least two partition wall ribs, the container ribs and the partition wall ribs being arranged in alternation so that flow channels of the transmission oil cooling area are formed with the aid of the container ribs and the partition wall ribs.

5. The drive train according to claim 4 , wherein the at least two container ribs and the at least two partition wall ribs are oriented essentially horizontally.

6. The drive train according to claim 4 , wherein the at least two container ribs and the at least two partition wall ribs are situated and/or provided below the overflow below an overflow edge of the overflow.

7. The drive train according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one cooling channel of the partition wall has multiple straight-running cooling channels, or wherein the cooling channels are formed via a borehole introduced in each case into the housing, or wherein the cooling channels are formed having an angle with respect to the at least two container ribs and to the at least two partition wall ribs.

8. The drive train according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission oil is suppliable from the transmission oil cooling area to the oil sump with the aid of the force of gravity.

9. The drive train according to claim 1 , wherein the power electronics system rests, at least in part, against the partition wall to form a heat-conducting connection.

10. The drive train according to claim 1 , wherein the power electronics system is situated in the power electronics system compartment adjoining, at least in part, the cooling channel, and the overflow is situated in the transmission compartment, adjoining, at least in part, the cooling channel so that the transmission oil is directly suppliable via the overflow to a subarea of the transmission oil cooling area that is provided adjoining the cooling channel.

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