# US 11,305,632 B2 · Hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid motor vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,305,632 B2 - Document ID: US11305632B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/630,641 - Filed: 2018-09-05 - Published: 2020-05-14 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-06 - Assignees: Audi AG - Applicants: Audi AG - Inventors: Steffen Hummel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11305632B2 ## CPC - B60K 6/48: Parallel type - B60K 6/36: characterised by the transmission gearings - B60K 6/365: with the gears having orbital motion - B60K 6/387: Actuated clutches, i.e. clutches engaged or disengaged by electric, hydraulic or mechanical actuating means - F16H 3/006: {power being selectively transmitted by parallel flow paths, e.g. dual clutch transmissions} - B60K 6/547: the transmission being a stepped gearing - B60K 2006/4808: {Electric machine connected or connectable to gearbox output shaft} - B60K 2006/4825: {Electric machine connected or connectable to gearbox input shaft} - B60K 2006/4833: {Step up or reduction gearing driving generator, e.g. to operate generator in most efficient speed range} - F16H 2200/0056: the gear ratios comprising seven forward speeds - Y02T 10/62: Hybrid vehicles - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - F16H: GEARING - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid powered vehicle, having an electric machine and a combustion engine, whose power output shaft acts in alternating manner either on a first input shaft or on a coaxial second input shaft of a dual clutch transmission across two separating clutches of a dual clutch, wherein a respective first and second subtransmission can be activated using the input shafts, and wherein fixed and idler gearwheels are arranged in wheel planes on the two input shafts and a common axially parallel driven shaft, said fixed and idler gears being combined into gear sets which form gear stages, in which the idler gearwheels can be coupled to the shafts by means of gear-shifting elements. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid powered vehicle, comprising: an electric machine and a combustion engine, whose power output shaft acts in alternating manner either on a first input shaft or on a coaxial second input shaft of a dual clutch transmission across two separating clutches of a dual clutch, wherein a respective first and second subtransmission dare activatable using the input shafts, wherein fixed and idler gearwheels are arranged in wheel planes on each of the two input shafts, the wheel planes common to corresponding fixed and idler gearwheels provided on a driven shaft which is arranged in parallel with the two input shafts, said fixed and idler gearwheels being combined into gear sets which form gear stages, in which the idler gearwheels are coupleable to the shafts by gear-shifting elements, wherein the electric machine acts on the driven shaft optionally via an intermediate gear, wherein a shifting element on an electric machine side is interposed between the electric machine and the driven shaft, said shifting element coupling the electric machine to the driven shaft in a first shift position and decoupling the electric machine from the dual clutch transmission in a neutral position, wherein the shifting element on the electric machine side is shiftable into a second shift position in which the electric machine is coupled to one of the input shafts and decoupled from the driven shaft. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate gear comprises a planetary gear stage and/or a spur gear stage separate from the gear stages. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 1, wherein the shifting element on the electric machine side is arranged on the driven shaft, and in that the shifting element on the electric machine side is shiftable from the neutral position either into the first shift position in a first axial direction or into the second shift position in a second axial direction which is opposite to the first axial direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 3, wherein the shifting element on the electric machine side directly and axially adjoins in the axial direction a wheel plane on the electric machine side, forming a gear stage, which comprises an idler gear on the output side, mounted on the driven shaft, and the idler gear on the output side of the wheel plane on the electric machine side is coupled in the second shift position to the electric machine to provide an electric machine connection to the input shaft on the electric machine side. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 4, wherein the output-side idler gear of the wheel plane on the electric machine side is coupleable to the driven shaft for a gear shifting by means of an associated gear-shifting element. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 1, wherein the first subtransmission and the second subtransmission are arranged next to each other axially, and the first subtransmission is spaced axially apart from the dual clutch with the second subtransmission interposed in between, and/or the input shaft on the electric machine side is a solid shaft, arranged coaxially inside the second input shaft, which is designed as a hollow shaft. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 6, wherein the driven shaft is prolonged in an axial prolongation beyond the first subtransmission by an end piece, on which the shifting element on the electric machine side is mounted, and the end piece is coupled to the electric machine in the first shift position of the shifting element on the electric machine side. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 1, wherein the shifting element on the electric machine side is arranged axially flush between the outer wheel plane on the electric machine side and the intermediate gear of the electric machine, and/or all the wheel planes are arranged axially in succession in the dual clutch transmission, and the dual clutch is arranged on an axially outer end of the transmission and the electric machine is arranged on the axially opposite end of the transmission. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 1, wherein the electric machine is arranged with its electric machine shaft coaxial to the input shaft on the electric machine side or coaxial to the driven shaft. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate gear comprises a planetary gear stage with a sun wheel and a radially outer ring gear and planet gears arranged in between. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 9, wherein the electric machine shaft is a hollow shaft, which is coaxially mounted on the driven shaft. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 10, wherein the sun wheel is fixed in rotation on the electric machine shaft and the radially outer ring gear is fixed to the housing, and in the first shift position of the shifting element on the electric machine side an arm carrying the planet gears is coupled to the driven shaft, and in the second shift position of the shifting element on the electric machine side the arm carrying the planet gears is coupled to the output-side idler gear of the wheel plane on the electric machine side. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 2, wherein the shifting element on the electric machine side is arranged on the driven shaft, and in that the shifting element on the electric machine side is shiftable from the neutral position either into the first shift position in a first axial direction or into the second opposite shift position in a second axial direction which is opposite to the first axial direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 2, wherein the first subtransmission and the second subtransmission are arranged next to each other axially, and the first subtransmission is spaced axially apart from the dual clutch with the second subtransmission interposed in-between, and/or the input shaft on the electric machine side is a solid shaft, arranged coaxially inside the second input shaft, which is designed as a hollow shaft. ### Claim 15 (depends on 3) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 3, wherein the first subtransmission and the second subtransmission are arranged next to each other axially, and the first subtransmission is spaced axially apart from the dual clutch with the second subtransmission interposed in-between, and/or the input shaft on the electric machine side is a solid shaft, arranged coaxially inside the second input shaft, which is designed as a hollow shaft. ### Claim 16 (depends on 4) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 4, wherein the first subtransmission and the second subtransmission are arranged next to each other axially, and the first subtransmission is spaced axially apart from the dual clutch with the second subtransmission interposed in-between, and/or the input shaft on the electric machine side is a solid shaft, arranged coaxially inside the second input shaft, which is designed as a hollow shaft. ### Claim 17 (depends on 5) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 5, wherein the first subtransmission and the second subtransmission are arranged next to each other axially, and the first subtransmission is spaced axially apart from the dual clutch with the second subtransmission interposed in-between, and/or the input shaft on the electric machine side is a solid shaft, arranged coaxially inside the second input shaft, which is designed as a hollow shaft. ### Claim 18 (depends on 2) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 2, wherein the shifting element on the electric machine side is arranged axially flush between the outer wheel plane on the electric machine side and the intermediate gear of the electric machine, and/or all the wheel planes are arranged axially in succession in the dual clutch transmission, and the dual clutch is arranged on an axially outer end of the transmission and the electric machine is arranged on the axially opposite end of the transmission. ### Claim 19 (depends on 3) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 3, wherein the shifting element on the electric machine side is arranged axially flush between the outer wheel plane on the electric machine side and the intermediate gear of the electric machine, and/or all the wheel planes are arranged axially in succession in the dual clutch transmission, and the dual clutch is arranged on an axially outer end of the transmission and the electric machine is arranged on the axially opposite end of the transmission. ### Claim 20 (depends on 4) The hybrid drivetrain according to claim 4, wherein the shifting element on the electric machine side is arranged axially flush between the outer wheel plane on the electric machine side and the intermediate gear of the electric machine, and/or all the wheel planes are arranged axially in succession in the dual clutch transmission, and the dual clutch is arranged on an axially outer end of the transmission and the electric machine is arranged on the axially opposite end of the transmission.