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US 6,632,155 B1Granted
Drive system
OwnerBernd-Robert Höhninventor
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The invention relates to a drive system, especially for motor vehicles, with a first power source (10), especially an internal combustion engine, and a second power source (20), especially an electric motor. The power sources acts upon a gearbox (14) that is provided with a plurality of gearwheel sets which modulate. The first power source is linked with the gearbox via a clutch (L1) and the second power source is linked with the gearbox directly. The aim of the invention is to provide a construction that is favorable both in terms of design and functionality. To this end, the first power source acts upon a shaft (12) that carries the one gearwheels of the gearwheel sets and the second power source acts upon a second shaft (16) that carries the other gearwheels of the gearwheel sets. A separate output shaft (22) can be optionally coupled to the first (12) or the second (16) shaft.
A drive system, for motor vehicles comprising a first power source, an internal combustion engine, and a second power source, an electric motor, which act on a gearbox having a plurality of speed change gear sets as speed selector, the first power source connected by way of a clutch to a first shaft of the gearbox and the second power source directly connected to a second shaft of the gearbox, wherein a separate driven shaft is provided which is coupled alternatively to the first shaft or the second shaft of the gearbox when the speed change gear sets of the gearbox engage to transmit torque from the second shaft to the first shaft when the second power source powers the vehicle or from the first shaft to the second shaft when the first power source powers the vehicle, respectively.
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