A vehicle gearbox drive shaft 4, 8 drives and can be driven by an electric machine 11 through an epicyclic gear set 12. A rotor 10 of the electric machine is connected to a sun gear 13 and a planet gear carrier 14 is connected to the gearbox drive shaft 4, 8. An annulus gear 15 is locked to a housing 5 via an annulus gear clutch 16 so as to provide a driveably connection between the drive shaft 4, 8 and the rotor 10. By disconnecting the annulus gear clutch 16 during gearshifts the inertia of the rotor 10 is prevented from being reflected back into the drive shaft 4, 8.
Vehicle drivetrains
2016-06-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES |
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