Patent ID: 8684873
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: B60K,F16H,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A drive system for a motor vehicle, having: a double clutch transmission with first and second component transmissions, a double clutch, a main shaft parallel to and not coaxial with the component transmissions and an output shaft parallel to and not coaxial with the main shaft and parallel and not coaxial with the component transmissions; an internal combustion engine operatively connectable selectively to one of the component transmissions via the double clutch to drive the output shaft; a gear drive rotatably arranged on the output shaft; and an electric machine parallel to and not coaxial with the output shaft and operatively connectable via the gear drive to at least one fixed gear of one of the component transmissions to drive the output shaft or to recover kinetic energy from the drive system, the electric machine further being operatively connectable to the internal combustion engine to drive the internal combustion engine.