Drive train with an automated auxiliary-range transmission
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Abstract
A drive train of a motor vehicle, with a hybrid drive having an internal combustion engine, and an electric machine, and an automated auxiliary range transmission, wherein the automated auxiliary range transmission has at least one main transmission and an auxiliary range unit mounted downstream of the main transmission, in particular as a range group, wherein an input shaft of the automated auxiliary range transmission is connected to the internal combustion engine of the hybrid drive via a controllable starter clutch, and an axle shaft of the automated auxiliary range transmission is connected to an axle drive, wherein the electric machine of the hybrid drive can be coupled to the force flux or torque flux of the drive train between the main transmission and the auxiliary range unit and/or between the auxiliary range unit and the axle drive.
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ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG | LÖWENTALER STR 20 FRIEDRICHSHAFEN 88046 |
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- 2011 Application Filing Year
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- 1317 Applications Filed
- 1083 Patents Issued To-Date
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Kaltenbach, Johannes | Friedrichshafen, DE | 230 | 1425 |
# of filed Patents : 230 Total Citations : 1425 |
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