Clutch and electric motor
AssigneeBorgWarner Inc.
InventorsBradley Duane Chamberlin, Sven Norbert Altlay, Jomon Kaniampalackal, Clemens Burger
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Abstract
A number of variations may include a product including a stator assembly and/or a rotor assembly wherein at least one of the stator assembly and/or rotor assembly includes a central cavity, and at least two clutch assemblies, wherein at least a portion of each of the two clutch assemblies is received in the cavity. A number of variations may include a module wherein a plurality of clutches and electric motor are received in the same housing to form a module wherein the electromagnetic (motor performance and clutch performance can be tested prior to installing the module in a vehicle.
Claims4
A product comprising:
- including
- a rotor assembly including a rotor hub having a first horizontal portion having an outer surface and an inner surface and a second horizontal portion having an outer surface portion and an inner surface portion radially offset from the first horizontal portion by a vertical portion the inner surface and the inner surface portion defining, at least in part, a central cavity, a plurality of rotor laminations mounted to the outer surface of the first horizontal portion;
- and
- at least two clutch assemblies arranged in the central cavity, a first of the at least two clutch assemblies being mounted to the inner surface of the first horizontal portion and a second of the at least two clutch assemblies being mounted to the inner surface portion of the second horizontal portion,
- wherein the rotor hub is supported at one end by a bearing assembly and is supported at another end by one of a third clutch assembly and a second bearing assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.