Drive System for a Motor Vehicle, and Motor Vehicle Having the Drive System

Abstract

A drive system for driving a motor vehicle is provided. The drive system includes a first turbocharger, a second turbocharger, and an internal combustion engine. The first turbocharger and the second turbocharger are, for the drive of the motor vehicle, operatively connected to the internal combustion engine. The first turbocharger and the second turbocharger are, in a height direction of a crankcase of the internal combustion engine, arranged one above the other in a defined corridor adjacent to the crankcase. The invention also provides a motor vehicle including the drive system.

Claims

1. A drive system for driving a motor vehicle comprising: a first turbocharger; a second turbocharger; and an internal combustion engine, wherein the first turbocharger and the second turbocharger are operatively connected to the internal combustion engine to drive the motor vehicle, and the first turbocharger and the second turbocharger are arranged one above the other in a height direction of a crankcase of the internal combustion engine in a defined corridor next to the crankcase.

2. The drive system according to claim 1, wherein the first turbocharger and the second turbocharger are arranged directly or substantially directly one above the other in an arrangement direction which extends parallel or at an acute angle to the height direction of the crankcase.

3. The drive system according to claim 1, wherein the first turbocharger and the second turbocharger are arranged in a width direction of the crankcase next to the crankcase.

4. The driver system according to claim 3, wherein the first turbocharger and the second turbocharger are arranged at a height of the crankcase.

5. The drive system according to claim 1, wherein the first turbocharger and the second turbocharger are arranged next to a front region of the crankcase.

6. The drive system according to claim 5, wherein the first turbocharger and the second turbocharger are arranged in an exhaust gas flow direction extending from the front region of the crankcase to a rear region of the crankcase.

7. The drive system according to claim 1, wherein a first exhaust manifold is provided with a first exhaust inlet for letting exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine into the first exhaust manifold, and a second exhaust manifold is provided with a second exhaust inlet for letting exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine into the second exhaust manifold, where the first exhaust manifold is configured and arranged in such a way that the exhaust gas is conducted from the first exhaust inlet to the first turbocharger firstly in a first height direction or substantially in the first height direction of the crankcase, and the second exhaust manifold is configured and arranged in such a way that exhaust gas is conducted from the second exhaust inlet to the second turbocharger firstly in a second height direction or substantially in the second height direction of the crankcase, the first height direction extending oppositely to the second height direction.

8. The drive system according to claim 2, wherein a first exhaust manifold is provided with a first exhaust inlet for letting exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine into the first exhaust manifold, and a second exhaust manifold is provided with a second exhaust inlet for letting exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine into the second exhaust manifold, where the first exhaust manifold is configured and arranged in such a way that the exhaust gas is conducted from the first exhaust inlet to the first turbocharger firstly in a first height direction or substantially in the first height direction of the crankcase, and the second exhaust manifold is configured and arranged in such a way that exhaust gas is conducted from the second exhaust inlet to the second turbocharger firstly in a second height direction or substantially in the second height direction of the crankcase, the first height direction extending oppositely to the second height direction.

9. The drive system according to claim 3, wherein a first exhaust manifold is provided with a first exhaust inlet for letting exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine into the first exhaust manifold, and a second exhaust manifold is provided with a second exhaust inlet for letting exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine into the second exhaust manifold, where the first exhaust manifold is configured and arranged in such a way that the exhaust gas is conducted from the first exhaust inlet to the first turbocharger firstly in a first height direction or substantially in the first height direction of the crankcase, and the second exhaust manifold is configured and arranged in such a way that exhaust gas is conducted from the second exhaust inlet to the second turbocharger firstly in a second height direction or substantially in the second height direction of the crankcase, the first height direction extending oppositely to the second height direction.

10. The drive system according to claim 5, wherein a first exhaust manifold is provided with a first exhaust inlet for letting exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine into the first exhaust manifold, and a second exhaust manifold is provided with a second exhaust inlet for letting exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine into the second exhaust manifold, where the first exhaust manifold is configured and arranged in such a way that the exhaust gas is conducted from the first exhaust inlet to the first turbocharger firstly in a first height direction or substantially in the first height direction of the crankcase, and the second exhaust manifold is configured and arranged in such a way that exhaust gas is conducted from the second exhaust inlet to the second turbocharger firstly in a second height direction or substantially in the second height direction of the crankcase, the first height direction extending oppositely to the second height direction.

11. The drive system according to claim 1, wherein the first turbocharger has a first turbine housing, and the second turbocharger has a second turbine housing, and a first lambda probe is arranged in the first turbine housing, and a second lambda probe is arranged in the second turbine housing.

12. The drive system according to claim 7, wherein the first turbocharger has a first turbine housing, and the second turbocharger has a second turbine housing, and a first lambda probe is arranged in the first turbine housing, and a second lambda probe is arranged in the second turbine housing.

13. The drive system according to claim 1, wherein downstream of the first turbocharger, at least one catalytic converter is arranged, and downstream of the at least one catalytic converter, at least one particle filter is arranged in the drive system, and at least one monitoring probe is arranged in the drive system downstream of the at least one catalytic converter and upstream of the at least one particle filter.

14. The drive system according to claim 7, wherein downstream of the first turbocharger, at least one catalytic converter is arranged, and downstream of the at least one catalytic converter, at least one particle filter is arranged in the drive system, and at least one monitoring probe is arranged in the drive system downstream of the at least one catalytic converter and upstream of the at least one particle filter.

15. The drive system according to claim 1, wherein at least one catalytic converter is arranged in the drive system downstream of the first turbocharger and downstream of the second turbocharger, and an expansion compensation member, for compensating for movements and/or deformations of the first turbocharger and/or of the second turbocharger, is attached to the first turbocharger and/or to the second turbocharger and movably arranged on the at least one catalytic converter.

16. The drive system according to claim 7, wherein at least one catalytic converter is arranged in the drive system downstream of the first turbocharger and downstream of the second turbocharger, and an expansion compensation member, for compensating for movements and/or deformations of the first turbocharger and/or of the second turbocharger, is attached to the first turbocharger and/or to the second turbocharger and movably arranged on the at least one catalytic converter.

17. The drive system according to claim 1, wherein in the drive system, at least one catalytic converter is arranged downstream of the first turbocharger and downstream of the second turbocharger, and at least one particle filter is arranged downstream of the at least one catalytic converter, and the at least one catalytic converter and/or the at least one particle filter are/is arranged in a width direction of the crankcase next to the crankcase in a longitudinal direction of the crankcase over a crankcase length of between approximately 40% and 80%.

18. The drive system according to claim 17, wherein the at least one catalytic converter and/or the at least one particle filter are/is arranged in the width direction of the crankcase next to the crankcase in the longitudinal direction of the crankcase over a crankcase length of between approximately 50% and 70%.

19. A motor vehicle comprising: a drive system according to claim 1, wherein the first turbocharger and the second turbocharger are arranged one above the other in an engine compartment of the motor vehicle in the height direction of the crankcase of the internal combustion engine in the defined corridor next to the crankcase.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0029] FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a drive system according to the invention.

[0030] FIG. 2 is a schematic, perspective, sectional view illustrating a drive system according to the invention.

[0031] FIG. 3 is a schematic, sectional side view of the drive system according to the invention.

[0032] FIG. 4 is a schematic, perspective view of an exhaust gas system from the present invention.

[0033] FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of a drive system according to the invention.

[0034] FIG. 6 shows a motor vehicle comprising a drive system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0035] Elements having the same function and effect are provided in each case with the same reference signs in FIGS. 1 to 6.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0036] FIG. 1 is a front view of a drive system 100 for driving a motor vehicle 1000. The drive system 100 has a first turbocharger 10, a second turbocharger 20 and an internal combustion engine 70 having a crankcase 71. The first turbocharger 10 and the second turbocharger 20 are operatively connected to the internal combustion engine 70 to drive the motor vehicle 1000. In FIG. 1, it can be seen that the first turbocharger 10 and the second turbocharger 20 are arranged one above the other in a height direction H of the crankcase 71 in a defined corridor 80 next to the crankcase 71.

[0037] As shown in FIG. 1, the first turbocharger 10 and the second turbocharger 20 are arranged directly one above the other in an arrangement direction which extends at an acute angle or approximately parallel to the height direction H of the crankcase 71. The first turbocharger 10 and the second turbocharger 20 are additionally arranged in a width direction B of the crankcase 71 next to the crankcase 71 at a height of the crankcase 71.

[0038] FIG. 1 additionally shows the air intake system 40 of the drive system 100. As can clearly be seen in FIG. 1, the clean air and charge air lines extend side-by-side and do not or hardly cross one another. In addition, the relatively short pipe lengths and the small deflections can be found in the embodiment shown and are made possible by the arrangement of the turbochargers 10, 20 according to the invention.

[0039] FIG. 2 is a sectional, perspective view of an exhaust system 90 of the drive system 100. The exhaust system 90 has a first exhaust manifold 12 and a second exhaust manifold 22. As shown in FIG. 2, a first catalytic converter 11 is arranged downstream of the first turbocharger 10 or of a first turbine of the first turbocharger 10. A second catalytic converter 21 is arranged downstream of the second turbocharger 20 or the second turbine of the second turbocharger 20. A particle filter 30 is arranged downstream of the first catalytic converter 11 and the second catalytic converter 21. An outlet funnel 50 is positioned downstream of the particle filter 30.

[0040] In the exhaust system 90, a first lambda probe 13 is arranged in a first turbine housing 15, and a second lambda probe 23 is arranged in a second turbine housing 25. In addition, the exhaust system 90 has a first monitoring probe 14 and a second monitoring probe 24, the first monitoring probe 14 being arranged downstream of the first catalytic converter 11 and upstream of the particle filter 30, and the second monitoring probe 24 being arranged downstream of the second catalytic converter 21 and upstream of the particle filter 30.

[0041] An expansion compensation member 60 for compensating for movements and/or deformations of the first turbocharger 10 and the second turbocharger 20 is attached to the first turbocharger 10 and to the second turbocharger 20 and movably arranged on the first catalytic converter 11 and the second catalytic converter 21 in the exhaust system 90 shown.

[0042] FIG. 3 is a sectional side view of the exhaust system 90 shown in FIG. 2. As can be seen in FIG. 3, the interfaces of a first charge air supply 16 and a second charge air supply 26 and of a first clean air line 18 and a second clean air line 28 are each located at the same level.

[0043] FIG. 4 shows exhaust ducts and casings of the exhaust system 90. FIG. 4 shows the first turbine housing 15 for the first turbocharger 10 and the second turbine housing 25 for the second turbocharger 20. From FIG. 4, it can additionally be seen that the first exhaust manifold 12 is provided with a first exhaust inlet 17 for letting exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine 70 into the first exhaust manifold 12, and a second exhaust manifold 22 is provided with a second exhaust inlet 27 for letting exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine 70 into the second exhaust manifold 22. The first exhaust manifold 12 is configured in such a way that exhaust gas is firstly conducted in a first height direction H1 of the crankcase 71 from the first exhaust inlet 17 to the first turbocharger 10. The second exhaust manifold 22 is configured in such a way that exhaust gas is firstly conducted in a second height direction H2 of the crankcase 71 from the second exhaust inlet 27 to the second turbocharger 20. The first height direction H1 extends oppositely to the second height direction H2.

[0044] FIG. 5 is a side view of the above-described drive system 100. FIG. 5 shows that the two catalytic converters 11, 21 and the particle filter 30 are arranged in the width direction B of the crankcase 71 next to the crankcase 71 in a longitudinal direction L of the crankcase 71 over only approx. 40% of the crankcase length. In addition, FIG. 5 shows that the first turbocharger 10 and the second turbocharger 20 are arranged next to a region of the front third of the crankcase 71.

[0045] FIG. 6 shows a motor vehicle 1000 comprising the drive system 100 described in detail above. In the motor vehicle 1000 shown, the first turbocharger 10, the second turbocharger 20, the catalytic converters 11, 21 and the particle filter 30 are arranged inside the exhaust system 90 in an engine compartment M of the motor vehicle 1000.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0046] 10 first turbocharger [0047] 11 first catalytic converter [0048] 12 first exhaust manifold [0049] 13 first lambda probe [0050] 14 first monitoring probe [0051] 15 first turbine housing [0052] 16 first charge air supply [0053] 17 first exhaust inlet [0054] 18 first clean air line [0055] 20 second turbocharger [0056] 21 second catalytic converter [0057] 22 second exhaust manifold [0058] 23 second lambda probe [0059] 24 second monitoring probe [0060] 25 second turbine housing [0061] 26 second charge air supply [0062] 27 second exhaust inlet [0063] 28 second clean air line [0064] 30 particle filter [0065] 40 air intake system [0066] 50 outlet funnel [0067] 60 expansion compensation member [0068] 70 internal combustion engine [0069] 71 crankcase [0070] 80 corridor [0071] 90 exhaust system [0072] 100 drive system [0073] B width direction [0074] H height direction [0075] H1 first height direction [0076] H2 second height direction [0077] L longitudinal direction

[0078] The foregoing disclosure has been set forth merely to illustrate the invention and is not intended to be limiting. Since modifications of the disclosed embodiments incorporating the spirit and substance of the invention may occur to persons skilled in the art, the invention should be construed to include everything within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.