US 12,203,541 B2
Drive unit having an electric motor
Matthias Schulitz, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Jens Hoffmann, Darmstadt (DE); Adrian Messner, Mainz (DE); and Ulrike Meyer, Schwalbach am Taunus (DE)
Assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH, Hannover (DE)
Appl. No. 18/253,352
Filed by Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH, Hannover (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/DE2021/200190
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 17, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/105970, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 214 433.8 (DE), filed on Nov. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0417317 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 57/04 (2010.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); F16D 65/853 (2006.01); F16H 57/032 (2012.01); F16H 57/037 (2012.01); F16D 65/78 (2006.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01)
CPC F16H 57/0483 (2013.01) [B60K 1/00 (2013.01); F16D 65/853 (2013.01); F16H 57/032 (2013.01); F16H 57/037 (2013.01); F16H 57/0413 (2013.01); F16H 57/0415 (2013.01); F16H 57/0476 (2013.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01); B60K 2001/006 (2013.01); F16D 2065/783 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02026 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02034 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02052 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive unit for a vehicle, having an electric motor and a transmission unit, wherein the electric motor is connected to the transmission unit via a drive shaft and a first output shaft and a second output shaft can be driven to rotate by the transmission unit, wherein the drive unit also has at least one brake unit, wherein the rotation of the one of the first output shaft and second output shaft can be delayed by the at least one brake unit, wherein the drive unit has at least one of the following:
a) a lubricant circuit through which both the transmission unit and the at least one brake unit can be supplied with lubricant, and
b) a cooling circuit through which both
(i) at least one of the electric motor and a power electronics system assigned to the electric motor; and
(ii) the at least one brake unit can be supplied with coolant.