Patent 11332116 was granted and assigned to BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT on May, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A hybrid drive train for a hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine configured to drive the hybrid vehicle and an output shaft configured to provide torque to drive the hybrid vehicle, and a transmission which has a transmission input shaft. The hybrid drive train also includes a first electric machine by which the transmission input shaft can be driven, a second electric machine by which the output shaft can be driven to start the internal combustion engine, and an auxiliary unit configured to be driven by the second electric machine.