Patent ID: 8915816
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: B60K,B60W,B60Y,F16H,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A propulsion device for a vehicle, the vehicle having an engine with an output shaft and a gearbox with an input shaft; the propulsion device comprising: the output shaft of the combustion engine; the input shaft of the gearbox; an electrical machine which comprises a stator and a rotor; a planetary gear which comprises movable components, including a sunwheel; a locking mechanism which is movable between first and second positions, wherein in the first position, the engine output shaft and the gearbox input shaft are configured to be allowed to rotate at different speeds via the configuration of and their engagement with the planetary gear, and in the second position the locking mechanism firmly connects the engine output shaft to the gearbox input shaft via the configuration and location of the planetary gear, wherein the engine's output shaft is connected to the planetary gear's sunwheel, wherein the locking mechanism comprises at least one spigot which in the first position of the locking mechanism is located and configured to engage with a first of the movable components of the planetary gear and in the second position of the locking mechanism is located and configured to engage also with a second of the movable components of the planetary gear.