Patent ID: 7311627

Claim:
A drive arrangement for the drive of attached implements for an agricultural or industrial utility vehicle, comprising: a combination gearbox; a first electrical machine; a power take-off shaft providing a drive interface to drive an attached implement wherein mechanical torque is provided to the implement; a gearbox interface of the combination gearbox driven by an internal combustion engine; a second electrical machine driven directly or indirectly by the internal combustion engine; a brake with which the power take-off shaft can be stopped; a rectifier associated with each of the first electrical machine and the second electrical machines so that each of the electrical machines can be switched in both directions of rotation and both directions of torque; and, a control arrangement controlling the internal combustion engine, the first electrical machine, the second electrical machine, at least one rectifier and the brake; wherein the first electrical machine is connected with a second gearbox interface of the combination gearbox, and the power take-off shaft is connected with a third gearbox interface of the combination gearbox and wherein when the combination gearbox is driven by the internal combustion engine over the gearbox interface and the power take-off shaft is stopped by the brake, the entire mechanical energy supplied to the combination gearbox is supplied to the first electrical machine.