Patent ID: 11916463
Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 13:
14. A drive unit for a motor vehicle, comprising an electric machine configured to drive the motor vehicle, comprising:
a stator;
a rotor; and
an arrangement for liquid cooling of the electric machine comprising:
a cooling jacket configured to enclose an outer circumference of the electric machine and having an input and an output, wherein the cooling jacket is further configured to guide a cooling medium that enters the cooling jacket at the input to the output,
wherein, in an installed position of the electric machine, the input is arranged spatially below a rotational axis of the rotor, and the output is arranged spatially above the rotational axis,
wherein the drive unit is formed by one of:
a vehicle axle unit,
a transmission, or
a hybrid module arranged between an internal combustion engine and a transmission.