Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Florian Petrich

Matthias Reisch

Robert Reiser

Oliver Angele

Danilo Lind

A transmission for an integral differential, the transmission having a fixed housing part, and a first planetary gear set defining an axis of rotation. The first planetary gear set has a planet carrier fixed to the fixed housing part to seal a lubricant chamber spatially delimited by the planet carrier and the fixed housing part, where at least a portion of the lubricant chamber extends around the axis of rotation. The first planetary gear set further includes planetary bearings, the planetary bearings being supplied with lubricant from the lubricant chamber. Moreover, the first planetary gear set includes planet gears, each of the planet gears being rotatably mounted on the planet carrier via at least one respective bearing of the planetary bearings. Additionally, the first planetary gear set includes a sun gear and a ring gear, each meshing with the planet gears.

Transmission for an integral differential, integral differential and drive train

A method for operating a hybrid drive train of a motor vehicle includes: starting the motor vehicle solely with the aid of an electric machine; engaging a torque converter lockup clutch for rotationally fixing an impeller of a torque converter to a turbine wheel of the torque converter, wherein the turbine wheel is rotationally fixed to the electric machine; and engaging a clutch in order to drivingly connect the impeller to a motor vehicle drive unit, in order to start the motor vehicle drive unit.

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Florian Petrich