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US 10,308,105 B2Granted
Drive device for a hybrid-driven motor vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorChristian Meixner
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Abstract
The invention relates to a drive device for a hybrid-drive motor vehicle, having an internal combustion engine (12), a variable-speed transmission (14), and an electric machine (32) connected downstream of the variable-speed transmission (14). According to the invention the electric machine (32) is arranged in the motor vehicle as an independent structural unit (16) and is connected by at least one connecting shaft (20, 46) to one of the shafts (38, 40) of the variable-speed transmission (14).
Claims6
A drive device for a hybrid-driven motor vehicle, comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- a variable-speed transmission;
- an independent structural unit arranged downstream of the variable-speed transmission and accommodating an electrical machine with a gear stage;
- a shaft directly connected with the variable speed transmission;
- a first connecting shaft connected with the gear stage of the electrical machine and coupled with the shaft
- wherein the variable speed transmission and the independent structural unit with the electric machine and the gear stage are positioned completely within a central longitudinal tunnel arranged on an underbody of the motor vehicle, and the variable speed transmission and the independent structural unit are each secured in the central longitudinal tunnel by separate mountings to a body of the motor vehicle.
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