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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2023
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Ivo Greiter, Eitensheim, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A gear motor for a motor vehicle is provided comprising a housing having an engine housing section to contain an electric machine and a transmission housing section to contain a transmission coupled to the electric machine, wherein the electric machine, the transmission, and an oil collection tank are incorporated in an oil circuit, wherein oil for the cooling and/or lubricating of the electric machine and the transmission circulates in the oil circuit by at least one delivery device of the gear motor or the motor vehicle, and wherein the interior of the engine housing section and the interior of the transmission housing section are separated from each other such that the oil collects separately in the engine housing section and the transmission housing section at respectively at least one suction outlet connected to the delivery device, while a lower section of the transmission housing section in which the oil collects forms the oil collection tank.