Gkn Automotive Gmbh

Gkn Driveline International Gmbh

Simon Broicher

Mark Schmidt

Waldemar Rupp

Wolfgang Beigang

Lukas Hoets

Ervin Szilagyi

Jan Haupt

Marc Absenger

Sascha Miebach

Damian Dudek

Thomas Schepanowski

Javier Munoz

Mehul Parmar

Itziar Ureta

Aitor Tejado

Thomas Schepanoswki

An actuator and clutch assembly for a power transmission device includes a first and second clutch members arranged to selectively define a connected state of the clutch when the second clutch member is drivingly engaged with the first clutch member and a disconnected state of the clutch when the second clutch member is not drivingly engaged with the first clutch member. An electric motor drives an input member driven for rotation about an axis, and an output member is driven axially relative to the input member when the input member rotates, wherein the second clutch member moves axially with the output member. A spring provides a force on the output member that biases the output member in a direction in which the second clutch member is moved toward the first clutch member. The spring is radially and axially overlapped by the input member and the output member.

Rotary power transmission device with clutch

Connector assembly for electrically connecting an inverter busbar to an electrical connector of a drive unit comprising: a carrier, an intermediate busbar comprising a first terminal with a hole, and a first fastening element extending through the hole of the first terminal, wherein the intermediate busbar is mounted to the carrier and the intermediate busbar is connectable to the inverter busbar by the first fastening element, wherein the carrier comprises a positioning pin defining a longitudinal axis, said positioning pin being adapted to be accommodated in a receptacle of a housing of the drive unit such that the carrier is axially slidable in the direction of the longitudinal axis; and that the first fastening element is arranged within the hole of the first terminal with a radial clearance relative to the longitudinal axis of the positioning pin.

Connector assembly for inverter busbar and drive unit

An actuator arrangement for operating a clutch and a parking lock in a driveline of a motor vehicle comprises: a clutch having a clutch actuating member configured to drivingly connect or disconnect a clutch input part and a clutch output part; a parking lock having a locking element movable to a locking position to lock a ratchet wheel, and to a release position to release the ratchet wheel; and a parking lock actuating member for actuating the locking element; a controllable actuator with a movable actuator setting member which is movable into at least three setting positions and is operatively connected to the clutch actuating member and to the parking lock actuating member such that in a first setting position the parking lock is closed, in a second setting position the clutch is closed, and in a third setting position the clutch and the parking lock are opened.

Actuator arrangement for electric drive

A parking lock unit for a drive assembly, in particular with an electric motor, comprises a parking lock housing, a ratchet wheel rotationally fixedly connected to a part of the drive assembly, which is rotatably supported about a rotational axis by at least one bearing, and comprising a connecting portion and an engagement portion which are connected to one another via a web portion; a locking element which is supported in the parking lock housing and can lock and release a rotational movement of the parking ratchet wheel about a longitudinal axis of the parking ratchet wheel, and a controllable locking actuator which can reversibly transfer the locking element into a position locking the parking ratchet wheel and a position releasing the parking ratchet wheel, wherein the parking ratchet wheel is formed such that the engagement portion is axially offset with respect to the connecting portion.

Parking lock unit and drive arrangement

An electromotive drive assembly comprises a housing arrangement with a first and second housing element between which an intermediate plate is arranged; a drive unit comprising a drive shaft which is rotatably drivable about a first axis of rotation; a transmission arrangement with an intermediate shaft which extends through an opening of the intermediate plate and is rotatably drivable by the drive shaft, and with a power split unit which is drivingly connected to the intermediate shaft and is rotatably supported about a third axis of rotation coaxial with the first axis of rotation by a first bearing in the intermediate plate and a second bearing in the second housing element; and a clutch arrangement by which the power path between the drive unit and the power split unit can be selectively connected and disconnected, wherein the opening comprises a clutch receptacle on which at least one element of the controllable clutch arrangement is axially supported.

Electric drive assembly

A parking lock arrangement for a drive train of a motor vehicle includes a controllable locking mechanism and an unlocking mechanism. The controllable locking mechanism includes a spindle drive with a spindle shaft rotationally drivable about a spindle axis, an actuator for rotating the spindle shaft and a positioning element movable by rotating the spindle shaft for actuating a blocking element. The blocking element acts at least indirectly on a drive element in a blocking or releasing manner. The unlocking mechanism includes an unlocking element and a manually operable control element. The unlocking element is movable via the control element from a normal position, in which the unlocking element is spaced apart from the spindle shaft, into an engagement position, in which the unlocking element is coupled in torque-transmitting manner to the spindle shaft for forced releasing of the locking mechanism.

Parking lock arrangement

A plate carrier for a multi-plate clutch comprises: an annular member with a first circumferential face and a second circumferential face; a toothing in the first circumferential face of the annular member, having circumferentially distributed teeth and gaps; at least one groove in the second circumferential face of the annular member, wherein the groove extends over a circumferential portion of the annular member, wherein the groove and the toothing intersect one another, so that radial apertures are formed in the regions of intersection between the groove and the tooth gaps. A multi-plate clutch can be provided with such a plate carrier.

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Hürth, Germany

Simon Broicher