Gear assembly

Abstract

A transmission arrangement (1) for the controllable distribution of drive torque from an input element (2) to at least one output element (3), comprising a first transmission part region (4), namely a planetary gear mechanism, and an additional drive unit (5), the first transmission part region (4) being drive-connected directly or indirectly to the input element (2) and to the additional drive unit (5), and the first transmission part region (4) being drive-connected directly or indirectly to the output element (3).

Claims

1. A transmission arrangement for the controllable distribution of drive torque from an input element to at least one output element, comprising a first transmission part region, namely a planetary gear mechanism, and an additional drive unit, an internal gear of the first transmission part region being drive-connected directly to the input element, and a sun gear of the first transmission part region being drive-connected directly to an output of the additional drive unit, and the first transmission part region being drive-connected directly or indirectly to the output element.

2. The transmission arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first transmission part region is drive-connected indirectly via a second transmission part region, namely a differential transmission, to the output element.

3. The transmission arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the additional drive unit is arranged offset in parallel to the output element.

4. The transmission arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the additional drive unit is arranged coaxially with respect to the output element.

5. The transmission arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first transmission part region is configured as a multi-step planetary gear mechanism.

6. The transmission arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission arrangement is arranged on a rear axle of an all-wheel-drive motor vehicle, the rear axle being the output element.

7. A transmission arrangement for the controllable distribution of drive torque from an input element to at least one output element, comprising a first transmission part region, namely a planetary gear mechanism, and an additional drive unit, the first transmission part region being drive-connected directly or indirectly to the input element and to the additional drive unit, and the first transmission part region being drive-connected directly or indirectly to the output element, wherein the first transmission part region is drive-connected indirectly via a second transmission part region, namely a differential transmission, to the output element, and wherein the differential transmission has a differential cage, the differential cage forming a planetary gear carrier of the first transmission part region.

Description

DRAWINGS

(1) The invention will be described in the following text by way of example with reference to the drawings, in which:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a fundamental architecture of an exemplary all-wheel-drive motor vehicle having a transmission arrangement according to the invention,

(3) FIG. 2 shows a diagrammatic illustration of one exemplary design variant of the transmission arrangement according to the invention,

(4) FIG. 3 shows a further diagrammatic illustration of one exemplary design variant of the transmission arrangement according to the invention, and

(5) FIG. 4 shows a third diagrammatic illustration of one exemplary design variant of the transmission arrangement according to the invention.

DESCRIPTION

(6) FIG. 1 shows a diagrammatic view of an exemplary all-wheel-drive motor vehicle architecture having a transmission arrangement 1 according to the invention. The motor vehicle drive takes place via two axles, namely a front axle 10 and a rear axle 9, the front axle 10 being configured as a permanently driven axle, that is to say as a primary axle, and the rear axle 9 being configured as an axle which is driven if required, that is to say as a secondary axle. In the region of the front axle 10, a main drive unit 11 is arranged transversely with respect to the driving direction in the present exemplary embodiment. In this context, an arrangement of the main drive unit 11 longitudinally with respect to the driving direction is also conceivable, however. The transmission arrangement 1 according to the invention is arranged in the region of the rear axle 9. The main drive unit 11 is configured as an internal combustion engine and is connected directly or indirectly to the transmission arrangement 1 at the rear axle 9 via a main transmission 12 and a torque-transmitting element 13, namely a prop shaft.

(7) In the following text, the transmission arrangement 1 according to the invention will be described in greater detail with reference to the all-wheel-drive motor vehicle architecture which is shown in FIG. 1. All-wheel-drive motor vehicle architectures of a different design having a transmission arrangement according to the invention are likewise conceivable, however.

(8) FIG. 2 shows an exemplary transmission arrangement 1 which has a first transmission part region 4, a second transmission part region 6 and an additional drive unit 5.

(9) The additional drive unit 5 of the transmission arrangement 1 is configured as an electric machine and can either be arranged offset in parallel with respect to the rear axle 9 (FIG. 2, FIG. 3) or coaxially on the rear axle 9 (FIG. 4).

(10) The first transmission part region 4 is configured as a planetary gear mechanism and serves firstly for the summation of power and secondly for the variable distribution of torque between the front axle 10 and the rear axle 9 in the case of a selected all-wheel-drive function. The exemplary planetary gear mechanism which is shown diagrammatically in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 comprises a rotatably mounted internal gear 15 with an external toothing system and an internal toothing system, a planetary gear carrier 8 with two planetary gears 16, 16 which are mounted rotatably thereon, and a sun gear 17. The use of a planetary gear mechanism of an alternative configuration is likewise conceivable, however; thus, for example, FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the first transmission part region 4 as a multi-step planetary gear mechanism.

(11) The second transmission part region 6 is configured as a differential transmission (also called a compensating transmission) and serves substantially to compensate for the rotational speeds between the two rear wheels 14, 14 of the motor vehicle and for the distribution of the drive torque between the two rear wheels 14, 14 of the rear axle 9 of the motor vehicle. The second transmission part region 6 which is shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 has a differential cage 7, two compensating bevel gears 18, 18 which are mounted rotatably on a pin, and two axle bevel gears 19, 19. The compensating bevel gears 18, 18 are not drive-connected among one another, but are drive-connected in each case to the axle bevel gears 19, 19. The axle bevel gears 19, 19 are connected fixedly in each case to one of the two half axles 3, 3 of the rear axle 9.

(12) The first transmission part region 4 is firstly drive-connected directly to the input element 2, namely a continuation of the prop shaft, and indirectly, namely via a reduction gear (not shown), to the additional drive unit 5, and is secondly drive-connected indirectly, namely via the second transmission part region 6, to the two half axles 3, 3 of the rear axle 9.

(13) The first transmission part region 4 therefore has three interfaces: two torque inputs, namely via the input element 2 and the additional drive unit 5, and a torque output, namely via the second transmission part region 6 and the output element 3, 3, 3.

(14) The input element 2 is drive-connected directly or indirectly to the internal gear 15 of the first transmission part region 4. The additional drive unit 5 is drive-connected indirectly via a reduction gear (not shown) to the sun gear 17 of the first transmission part region 4.

(15) The second transmission part region 6 is drive-connected via the differential cage 7 to the first transmission part region 4, the differential cage 7 configuring the planetary gear carrier 8 of the first transmission part region 4.

(16) In the case of an additional drive unit 5 which is not switched in, no transmission of drive torque takes place from the main drive unit 11 to the two half axles 3, 3; that is to say, in the case of an all-wheel-drive function which is not selected, no torque is transmitted to the rear axle 9.

(17) The transmission of drive torque from the main drive unit 11 to the rear axle 9 and therefore the realization of the all-wheel-drive function take place only when the additional drive unit 5 is switched in, that is to say when the necessary supporting torque is provided via the sun gear 17 of the first transmission part region 4, which sun gear 17 is drive-connected to the additional drive unit 5. The electric machine provides the torque at the sun gear, which torque serves as a supporting torque. Said supporting torque controls the entire torque of the rear axle 9, which entire torque is therefore directly proportional to the supporting torque which is provided by the additional drive unit 5. The proportion of the torque which is supplied by the additional drive unit 5 is dependent on the fixed-carrier transmission ratio of the first transmission part region 4.

(18) Therefore, by way of the provided torque, the additional drive unit 5 controls the entire torque which is output at the rear axle 9. The distribution of torque can be set in a fully variable manner for all driving situations as a result.

LIST OF DESIGNATIONS

(19) 1 Transmission arrangement

(20) 2 Input element

(21) 3 Output element

(22) 3 First half axle (of the rear axle)

(23) 3 Second half axle (of the rear axle)

(24) 4 First transmission part region

(25) 5 Additional drive unit

(26) 6 Second transmission part region

(27) 7 Differential cage

(28) 8 Planetary gear carrier

(29) 9 Rear axle

(30) 10 Front axle

(31) 11 Main drive unit

(32) 12 Main transmission

(33) 13 Torque-transmitting element

(34) 14, 14 Rear wheel

(35) 15 Internal gear

(36) 16, 16 Planetary gear

(37) 17 Sun gear

(38) 18, 18 Compensating bevel gear

(39) 19, 19 Axle bevel gear