Patent ID: 6632155
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B60K,B60W,F16H,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A drive system, for motor vehicles comprising a first power source, an internal combustion engine, and a second power source, an electric motor, which act on a gearbox having a plurality of speed change gear sets as speed selector, the first power source connected by way of a clutch to a first shaft of the gearbox and the second power source directly connected to a second shaft of the gearbox, wherein a separate driven shaft is provided which is coupled alternatively to the first shaft or the second shaft of the gearbox when the speed change gear sets of the gearbox engage to transmit torque from the second shaft to the first shaft when the second power source powers the vehicle or from the first shaft to the second shaft when the first power source powers the vehicle, respectively.