Patent ID: 8024988
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: F16H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A drive unit for a motor vehicle, comprising: an engine; a transmission or gearbox; a clutch aggregate for transmitting torque, the clutch aggregate including at least two friction clutches that are assigned to respective first and second input shafts of the transmission or gearbox, wherein torque is transmitted through the clutch aggregate when at least one of the at least two friction clutches is closed; and, a control unit operatively arranged to control an automatic activation of the at least two friction clutches and the transmission or gearbox, wherein in the event of a malfunction of the activation of at least one of the at least two friction clutches, an auxiliary clutch for at least one of the first and second input shafts is opened to create an interruption of torque transmission within a section of the drive unit connected downstream of the clutch aggregate.