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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Hans Glonner, Pfaffenhofen, DE;
Bernhard Sich, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Gerhard Gumpoltsberger, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Hans-Jörg Domian, Immenstaad, DE;
Ralf Dreibholz, Meckenbeuren, DE;
Markus Kaindl, Rohrbach, DE;
Jörg Michael, Ingolstadt, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen KG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A hybrid drive for a motor vehicle which possesses, in a gear train ( ), a first electrical machine ( ) located between an internal combustion motor ( ) and a multi-gear vehicle transmission ( ). The hybrid drive further possesses a second electrical machine ( ) permanently connected with an input shaft ( ) of the transmission. First and second clutches ( ), respectively, are placed between the first and second electrical machines ( ) and the internal combustion motor ( ) and the first and second electrical machines ( ) can be respectively driven as either a motor or a generator.