Patent ID: 6394924
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B60K,F16H,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A drive arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising:a change-speed gearbox having a gearbox input shaft; an internal combustion engine with a crankshaft; a clutch arranged to connect the crankshaft to the gearbox input shaft of the change-speed gearbox; an electric machine having a stator and a rotor; a step-down gear mechanism arranged operatively to connect the electric machine to at least one of the crankshaft and the gearbox input shaft in order to step down rotational speed of the electric machine, the step-down gear mechanism being designed as an epicyclic gear mechanism which has a sun gear, an internal gear and a number of planet gears; and a stator carrier having protrusions, the planet gears being rotatably mounted on the protrusions.