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Granted Patent B2
US 12,491,761 · App. 18/039,006 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Hybrid drive unit

Inventors: Peter Hahn (Stuttgart, DE); Carsten Gitt (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
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Patent No.
US 12,491,761
App. No.
18/039,006
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hybrid drive unit includes a transmission having an input shaft and first and second countershafts. An internal combustion engine is directly couplable to the input shaft via a clutch. There are seven shiftable gear pairings, each including a gearwheel arranged coaxially to the input shaft. The first gear pairing has a first gearwheel formed as an idler gear and arranged coaxially to the input shaft, and a second gearwheel formed as an idler gear and arranged coaxially to the first countershaft. The electric machine is connected to the first gear pairing such that torques are transmittable from the electric machine to the transmission via the first gear pairing. Viewed in an axial direction, the first shiftable gear pairing, a first shifting element plane, the second shiftable gear pairing, the third shiftable gear pairing, the fifth shiftable gear pairing, a second shifting element plane, the sixth shiftable gear pairing, and the seventh shiftable gear pairing are arranged one behind the other in that order. The third and the fourth shiftable gear pairings are arranged on the same axial gear plane.

Claims (23)

1 . A hybrid drive unit, comprising:

an internal combustion engine;

an electric machine; and

a transmission,

wherein the transmission has an input shaft and at least a first countershaft and a second countershaft,

wherein the internal combustion engine directly couplable to the input shaft via a clutch,

wherein the transmission includes seven shiftable gear pairings, which include a first shiftable gear pairing, a second shiftable gear pairing, a third shiftable gear pairing, a fourth shiftable gear pairing, a fifth shiftable gear pairing, a sixth shiftable gear pairing, and a seventh shiftable gear pairing, each of the shiftable gear pairings having a gearwheel arranged coaxially to the input shaft,

wherein the first gear pairing has a first gearwheel configured as an idler gear and arranged coaxially to the input shaft, and a second gearwheel configured as an idler gear and arranged coaxially to the first countershaft,

wherein the electric machine is connected to the first gear pairing in such a way that torques are transmittable from the electric machine to the transmission via the first gear pairing,

wherein, viewed in an axial direction, the first shiftable gear pairing, a first shifting element plane, the second shiftable gear pairing, the third shiftable gear pairing, the fifth shiftable gear pairing, a second shifting element plane, the sixth shiftable gear pairing, and the seventh shiftable gear pairing are arranged one behind the other in that order,

wherein the third and the fourth shiftable gear pairings are arranged on a same axial gear plane, and

wherein the first gear pairing is arranged on a last gear plane in the axial direction and as viewed from the clutch, wherein the electric machine is arranged axially overlapping the clutch.

2 . The hybrid drive unit of claim 1 , wherein the third gear pairing comprises a fifth gearwheel arranged coaxially to the input shaft and a sixth gearwheel arranged coaxially to the second countershaft, and wherein the fourth gear pairing comprises the fifth gearwheel arranged coaxially to the input shaft and a seventh gearwheel arranged coaxially to the first countershaft.

3 . The hybrid drive unit of claim 2 , wherein the first shifting element plane comprises at least a third shifting element arranged coaxially to the first countershaft and a first shifting element arranged coaxially to the input shaft, and wherein the second shifting element plane comprises at least a sixth shifting element arranged coaxially to the second countershaft and a seventh shifting element arranged coaxially to the first countershaft.

4 . The hybrid drive unit of claim 3 , wherein the first shifting element is configured for a rotationally-fixed connection of the first gearwheel to the input shaft, the third shifting element is configured for a rotationally-fixed connection of the second gearwheel to the first countershaft, the fourth shifting element is configured for a rotationally-fixed connection of the seventh gearwheel to the first countershaft, and the fifth shifting element is configured for a rotationally-fixed connection of the sixth gearwheel to the second countershaft.

5 . The hybrid drive unit of claim 4 , wherein

the third shifting element and the fourth shifting element are shifting elements with a common sliding sleeve, or

the first shifting element and the second shifting element are shifting elements with a common sliding sleeve.

6 . The hybrid drive unit of claim 1 , wherein the seventh gear pairing forms a pure gear plane.

7 . The hybrid drive unit of claim 1 , wherein the fifth and the sixth gear planes each comprise a fixed wheel coaxial to the input shaft, wherein an idler gear of one of the fifth and the sixth gear planes is formed coaxially to one of the first and second countershafts, and an idler gear of the other one of the fifth and sixth gear planes is formed coaxially to the other one of the first and second countershafts.

8 . The hybrid drive unit of claim 1 , wherein, in each case, a gearwheel of the third gear plane and a gearwheel of the second gear plane or of the fourth gear plane are arranged coaxially to one of the first and second countershafts and directly adjacent to one another, wherein a further gearwheel of the third gear plane and a gearwheel of the fourth gear plane or of the second gear plane are arranged coaxially to the other one of the first and second countershafts and directly adjacent to one another.

9 . The hybrid drive unit of claim 1 , wherein a further shifting element plane, which comprises the second shifting element and the fourth shifting element, is formed in the axial direction between the first shifting element plane and the second gear plane, wherein the fourth shifting element is arranged coaxially to one of the first and second countershafts, and the second shifting element is arranged coaxially to the input shaft.

10 . The hybrid drive unit of claim 1 , wherein the clutch is arranged in a manner axially overlapping a first output gear connected in a rotationally-fixed manner to the first countershaft and in a manner axially overlapping a second output gear connected in a rotationally-fixed manner to the second countershaft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2023
From: HAHN, PETER; GITT, CARSTEN
To: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 064124/0143 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 007 298.4 · Nov 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230415562A1 · Dec 28, 2023
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