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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Michael Groddeck, Meckenbeuren, DE;
Joachim Huster, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Michael Groddeck, Meckenbeuren, DE;
Joachim Huster, Friedrichshafen, DE;
MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
In a drive unit for a hybrid motor vehicle for coupling an internal combustion engine and/or a motor-generator to a transmission, wherein an input shaft of the drive unit is connected to the internal combustion engine and the motor-generator is connected to an output shaft of the drive unit and a clutch is arranged between the input shaft and the output shaft, the clutch is normally engaged and means are provided for opening the clutch depending on the speed of the output shaft and also a freewheeling coupling is arranged in the drive unit in parallel with the clutch for connecting the input shaft to the output shaft via the freewheeling coupling.