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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Franz Kurth, Nürnberg, DE;
SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A drive system for a motor vehicle includes a torque vectoring unit and a differential. The torque vectoring unit has an electrical machine for producing a torque. The differential has a common planet carrier, a first sun gear, a second sun gear, a first planetary gear set and a second planetary gear set. The first planetary gear set is rotatably mounted on the common planet carrier and in meshing engagement with the first sun gear. The second planetary gear set is rotatably mounted on the common planet carrier, in meshing engagement with the second sun gear and the first planetary gear set, connected to the torque vectoring unit, and arranged to redistribute the torque between the first sun gear and the second sun gear.