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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1999
Bernd Förster, Dittelbrunn, DE;
Ernst Bartels, Dittelbrunn, DE;
Dieter Bauch-Panetzky, Schweinfurt, DE;
Cora Carlson, Dittelbrunn, DE;
Martin Ochs, Walldorf, DE;
Alfred Tareilus, Schweinfurt, DE;
Reinhold Weidinger, Unterspiesheim, DE;
Jürgen Weimer, Euerbach, DE;
Mannesmann Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Abstract
A drive arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an internal combustion engine with a crankshaft which is selectively connectable to an output drive shaft via an interposed clutch system. The clutch system has at least two flywheel masses which are rotatable relative to each other. A first flywheel mass comprises at least one primary flange which is permanently connected to the crankshaft. The clutch system also includes an electric machine which has a rotor with a rotor carrier, the electric machine being arranged in the clutch system so that the primary flange is part of the rotor carrier.