C.r.f. Societa Consortile Per Azioni

Fabio Pesola

Andrea Piazza

Marco Garabello

Gianluigi Pregnolato

Valter Pastorello

Dario Caenazzo

Paolo Marchese

Paolo Delzanno

A hybrid powertrain unit comprises an engine and a gearbox device with a primary shaft connectable to a shaft of the engine via a clutch device. The gearbox device comprises a secondary shaft with an output pinion meshing with a first crown wheel of a differential, the casing of which is rigidly connected to a casing of the gearbox device. The unit comprises an electric machine configured to operate as an electric motor and as an electric generator, and having a shaft connected by a transmission to a second crown wheel of the differential. In the transmission, arranged between the electric machine shaft and the second crown wheel is an engagement device that can be operated via an electronically controlled actuator. The transmission that connects the electric machine shaft to said second crown wheel includes an auxiliary shift device configured for providing at least two different selectable transmission ratios.

Hybrid powertrain unit for motor vehicles with a variable transmission device between the electric machine and the differential

A hybrid powertrain unit comprises an engine and a gearbox device with a primary shaft that can be connected to a shaft of the engine via a clutch. The gearbox device comprises a secondary shaft with an output pinion meshing with a first crown wheel of a differential, the casing of which is rigidly connected to a casing of the gearbox device. An electric machine of the unit is configured to function as electric motor and an electric generator, having a shaft connected by a transmission to a second crown wheel of the differential. In the transmission, which is arranged between the electric machine shaft and the second crown wheel is an engagement device that can be driven via an actuator. The electric machine shaft is connected to the engine shaft on a side opposite of the gearbox device. The transmission includes a gear-reduction jump constituted by a belt transmission.

Hybrid powertrain unit for motor vehicles with a belt transmission device between electric machine and differential

A hybrid powertrain unit comprises an engine and a gearbox with a primary shaft connectable to an engine shaft via a clutch and a secondary shaft with an output pinion meshing with a first differential crown wheel. An electric machine is configured to function as an electric motor and generator, having a shaft connected by a transmission to a second differential crown wheel. The transmission, arranged between the electric machine shaft and the second crown wheel includes a first engagement device. The electric machine shaft is connected to the engine shaft by a belt transmission including a belt engaged on a first pulley connected to the electric machine shaft and a second pulley connected to the engine shaft. Between the electric machine shaft and said first pulley is a second engagement device. The engagement devices are arranged coaxially with the electric machine shaft on opposite sides of the electric machine.

Hybrid powertrain unit for motor vehicles with engagement devices on opposite sides of the electric machine

A hybrid powertrain unit comprises an engine, and a gearbox device with a primary shaft connectable to a shaft of the engine via a clutch. The gearbox device comprises a secondary shaft with an output pinion meshing with a first crown wheel of a differential, the casing of which is rigidly connected to a casing of the gearbox device. An electric machine is configured to function as an electric motor and an electric generator, having a shaft connected by a transmission to a second crown wheel of the differential. In the transmission, arranged between the electric machine shaft and the second crown wheel is an engagement device that can be actuator driven. The electric machine shaft is connected to the engine shaft, on a side opposite to the gearbox device by a belt transmission that controls vehicle auxiliary devices, which are mounted coaxially with respect to the electric machine.

Hybrid powertrain unit for motor vehicles provided with auxiliary devices

A hybrid powertrain unit comprises an engine, and a gearbox device with a primary shaft connectable to an engine shaft via a clutch. The gearbox device comprises a secondary shaft with an output pinion meshing with a first crown wheel of a differential, the casing of which is rigidly connected to the casing of the gearbox device. The unit comprises an electric machine configured to function as an electric motor and an electric generator, having a shaft connected by a transmission to a second crown wheel of the differential. In the transmission, arranged between the electric machine shaft and the second crown wheel is an engagement device that can be driven via an actuator. The electric machine shaft is connected to the engine shaft, on a side opposite to the gearbox device. The transmission includes a gear for driving a transmission shaft connected to a further axle of the vehicle.

Hybrid powertrain unit for motor vehicles with a device for transmission to a further axle of the motor vehicle

The hybrid propulsion system for an internal combustion engine having a mechanical gearbox and an electric machine. A gear shift device includes a plurality of sliding engagement sleeves, each arranged to connect a driven gearwheel for rotation with the respective secondary shaft, a corresponding plurality of sliding shift forks, each arranged to cause a respective engagement sleeve to slide between a neutral position and at least one shift position, a rotary drum having on its outer cylindrical surface a corresponding plurality of guide grooves in each of which a respective stud slidably engages for translation with a respective shift fork in the sliding direction of this latter, and an actuation unit arranged to cause the drum to rotate stepwise among a plurality of angular positions each corresponding to predetermined positions of the engagement sleeves.

Motor-vehicle hybrid propulsion system including a double-clutch transmission with gear shift device comprising a rotary drum

The propulsion system includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine and a double-clutch transmission with a clutch unit and a mechanical gearbox. The gearbox has two coaxial primary shafts intended to be torsionally connected each to a shaft of the internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle by a respective friction clutch of the clutch unit, as well as a secondary shaft and a lay shaft arranged parallel to the two primary shafts. The electric machine is permanently kinematically connected to either of the two primary shafts via a first gear train including a pinion mounted on an output shaft of the electric machine, an intermediate gearwheel mounted on an intermediate shaft and a gearwheel mounted on the primary shaft and acting as driving gearwheel of a second gear train of the gearbox associated to one of the gears, in particular to the second forward gear. The gearbox further includes a casing and the electric machine is inserted and fixed into a seat formed by that casing. An outer surface of a stator of the electric machine forms a spiral-shaped profile which serves as cooling circuit for the electric machine and is closed on the radially outer side by an inner cylindrical surface of the seat, in such a manner that the channels of the cooling circuit are defined between the spiral-shaped profile and the inner cylindrical surface.

Hybrid propulsion system for a motor vehicle

A hybrid propulsion system for a motor vehicle includes a gearbox having a gear control device and first and second shafts. The gear control device includes a first drum control device associated with the first shaft, a second drum control device associated with the second shaft and an actuation unit arranged to bring about rotation of the first and second drum control devices in a synchronized manner. The actuation unit includes a motor device, a first gear associated with the first drum control device, a second gear associated with the second drum control device, and an intermediate gear. Either of the first and second gears meshes with an output pinion of the motor device, while the intermediate gear meshes both with the first gear and with the second gear.

Hybrid propulsion system for a motor vehicle with a double-drum gear control device

A gearbox includes two coaxial primary shafts carrying fixed gearwheels acting as driving gearwheels of the gear trains associated with the forward gears and with the reverse gear, a secondary shaft carrying idle gearwheels acting as driven or intermediate gearwheels of the gear trains associated with the forward gears and with the reverse gear and a lay shaft, and a lay shaft carrying a fixed gearwheel acting as parking gearwheel. The lay shaft is permanently cinematically connected to the secondary shaft via a gear train comprising a first fixed gearwheel carried by the lay shaft, a second idle gearwheel coaxial with the two primary shafts and a third fixed gearwheel carried by the secondary shaft, the first and third fixed gearwheels meshing permanently with the second idle gearwheel.

Gearbox for a motor-vehicle double clutch transmission

An automotive compressor is provided having a casing defining an intake section for fluid for compression, and a delivery section for delivering the compressed fluid. An impeller is movable angularly inside the casing to increase the pressure of the fluid. A distributor is carried by the intake section of the casing to conduct the fluid for compression to the impeller. The casing and the distributor are defined by separate members connected releasably to each other.

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Orbassano, Italy

Fabio Pesola