Clutch device for a hybrid drive
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorElmar Lorenz
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Abstract
A clutch device, comprising a first input side coupled to a first drive motor, a second input side coupled to a second drive motor, a first and second output side, wherein the first and second output sides can and the first and second input sides can be rotated about a common axis. The clutch device further includes a first clutch located between the first input side and the first output side, a second clutch located between the first input side and the second output side, and a third clutch located between the first input side and the second input side, wherein the third clutch is arranged offset relative to the first clutch.
Claims18
A clutch device comprising:
- a first and a second input side,
- a first and a second output side,
- wherein the first input side can be coupled to a first drive motor and the second input side can be coupled to a second drive motor, wherein the first drive motor is an electrical machine,
- wherein the input sides and the output sides can be rotated about a common rotation axis,
- a first clutch located between the first input side and the first output side,
- a second clutch located between the first input side and the second output side, wherein the first clutch and second clutch are in radial overlap, and
- a third clutch located between the first input side and the second input side, wherein the third clutch is connected to both the first clutch and the second clutch via a U-shaped connection configured to transfer power via a split at the U-shape connection before transferring to either the first or second clutch,
- wherein the third clutch is in partial axially overlap with the first clutch and to the second clutch, wherein each of the first clutch, the second clutch, and the third clutch are completely disposed within a hollow center of the electrical machine.
A clutch device, comprising:
- a first input side coupled to a first drive motor;
- a second input side coupled to a second drive motor;
- a first and second output side, wherein the first and second output sides and the first and second input sides can be rotated about a common axis;
- a first clutch located between the first input side and the first output side;
- a second clutch located between the first input side and the second output side, wherein the first clutch and second clutch are in at least partial radial overlap;
- and
- a third clutch arranged offset relative to the first clutch and not in radial overlap with the first clutch and second clutch, wherein the third clutch is connected to both the first clutch and the second clutch, wherein the first clutch, the second clutch, and the third clutch are radially inward relative to the first drive motor and the first clutch, the second clutch, and the third clutch are in complete radial overlap with the first drive motor.
A clutch device, comprising:
- a first input side coupled to an electrical machine;
- a second input side coupled to an engine;
- a first and second output side, wherein the first and second output sides and the first and second input sides can be rotated about a common axis;
- a first clutch located between the first input side and the first output side;
- a second clutch located between the first input side and the second output side, wherein the first clutch and second clutch are in at least partial radial overlap;
- and
- a third clutch arranged offset relative to the first clutch and not in radial overlap with the first clutch and second clutch, wherein the third clutch is connected to both the first clutch and the second clutch, wherein the first clutch and the second clutch are radially inward relative to the electrical machine and are in full radial overlap with the electrical machine with respect to the common axis.
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