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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2024
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Johannes Kaltenbach, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Thomas Martin, Weissenberg, DE;
Fabian Kutter, Kressbronn, DE;
Johannes Glückler, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Kai Bornträger, Langenargen, DE;
Stefan Renner, Bodman-Ludwigshafen, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A drive unit for a vehicle includes an electric machine and a manual gearbox with at least a first shift element, a second shift element, a third shift element and two planetary gear sets coupled to one another and each having a sun shaft, a hollow gear shaft, and a web shaft. The second hollow gear shaft is connected rotationally fixed to the first web shaft. The first sun shaft is connected to a stationary component. In the respective actuated states, the first shift element locks the first planetary gear set to shift a first gear, the second shift element connects the first hollow gear shaft to the second web shaft to shift a second gear, and the third shift element connects the first hollow gear shaft to the second sun shaft to shift a third gear.