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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1999
Walter Baumgaertner, Fellbach, DE;
Klaus Meier, Leutenbach, DE;
Alfons Rennefeld, Stuttgart, DE;
Jakob Seiler, Stuttgart, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A hybrid drive, in particular for vehicles has a variable-ratio gear unit with a branch which can be driven by a primary motor. The gear unit is also connected in a rotationally rigid manner to a rotatable part of a first electric machine. A branch of the gear unit is connected in a rotationally rigid manner to a rotatable rotor of a second electric machine. Another branch connected in a rotationally rigid manner to an output shaft and to which the likewise rotatably arranged other machine component of the first electric machine is connected in a rotationally rigid manner. The rotor of the second machine can be fixed or released for rotation by a brake.