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Robert Reiser

Oliver Angele

Martin Brehmer

Christoph Margraf

Tamas Gyarmati

Alexander Markow

Carl Schilling

Christian Staiger

Stefan Benz-Breitweg

Felix Fink

Sebastian Freis

Manuel Steinmann

Wolfgang Grosspietsch

Angelika Ebert

Peter Frey

Michael Kühner

Andreas Ratte

Bernhard Sich

Michael Heuler

Peter Hammer

Martin Grumbach

Wolfgang Großpietsch

Florian Petrich

Heinz Bertels

A shaft (W) for a motor vehicle transmission (G) includes four axial bore holes (B, B, B, B) for conducting fluid within the shaft (W). A central axis of each of the four bore holes (B, B, B, B) is spaced apart from an axis of rotation (WA) of the shaft (W). A radial distance (r) between the central axis of at least two of the four bore holes (B, B, B, B) and the axis of rotation (WA) differs from a radial distance (r) between the central axis of one of the remaining bore holes and the axis of rotation (WA). A transmission (G) for a motor vehicle with a shaft (W) is also provided.

Shaft for a motor vehicle transmission

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.

Method for operating a hybrid powertrain

A shaft (W) for a motor vehicle transmission (G) may have axial bore holes positioned within the shaft and configured to guide fluid within the shaft. The shaft may have first, second, and third axial sections (W, W, W), the second axial section being axially between the first and third axial sections. Fluid enters the axial bore holes in the second axial section and exits the axial bore holes in the first and third axial sections. One of the axial bore holes (B; B, B) is arranged, at least partially, in the first axial section and is radially spaced from an axis of rotation (WA) of the shaft. Another of the axial bore holes (BRS; B_SE, B) is arranged, at least partially, in the third axial section. The one of the axial bore holes (B; B, B) is coaxial with the other of the axial bore holes (BRS; B_SE, B).

Transmission shaft, transmission, and motor vehicle drivetrain

A drive unit includes an internal combustion engine with a driven shaft, a transmission with an input shaft, and an electric machine arranged between the internal combustion engine and the transmission and comprising a stator and a rotor which can be coupled at least indirectly to the driven shaft of the internal combustion engine and to the transmission input shaft in order to transmit torque. The drive unit includes a clutch arranged in the torque transmission path between the internal combustion engine and the transmission. To facilitate the decoupling of rotational irregularities occurring in the drivetrain of the hybrid vehicle the drive unit has a first torsional damper and a second torsional damper, and at least the rotor of the electric machine is arranged within a torque transmission path formed between the torsional dampers.

Drive unit for a hybrid vehicle

A drive system for a motor vehicle comprises a drive unit with a drive shaft and a torque-transmitting assembly, which is to be connected on the drive side to the drive shaft for rotation in common around an axis of rotation (A) and which is to be connected on the takeoff side to a gearbox. The drive-side connection is accomplished by means of an axial plug-in connection arrangement, and the torque-transmitting assembly is supported in at least one axial direction on the gearbox.

Drive system for a motor vehicle

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