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US 11,002,352 B2Granted
Axle assembly having an axle housing
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorsChetankumar Ghatti, Rodrigo Soffner
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Abstract
An axle assembly having an axle housing, an electric motor module, and a countershaft transmission module. The axle housing may have a first mounting flange and a second mounting flange. The electric motor module may be mounted to the first mounting flange. The countershaft transmission module may be mounted to the second mounting flange.
Claims20
An axle assembly comprising:
- an axle housing that includes:
- a drop gear housing portion that defines a first mounting flange;
- a center portion that extends from the drop gear housing portion and defines a second mounting flange;
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- an arm portion that extends from the center portion and is configured to receive an axle shaft;
- an electric motor module that is mounted to the first mounting flange;
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- a countershaft transmission module that is mounted to the second mounting flange.
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An axle assembly comprising:
- an axle housing that at least partially receives a differential assembly, the axle housing having a first mounting flange and a second mounting flange that is disposed opposite the first mounting flange;
- an electric motor module that is mounted to the first mounting flange and that has a rotor that is rotatable about a first axis;
- a countershaft transmission module that is mounted to the second mounting flange, the countershaft transmission module having a countershaft subassembly that is partially received in the axle housing and is rotatable about a countershaft axis and a set of countershaft gears that is operatively connectable to the countershaft subassembly;
- a drop gear set that is received in the axle housing and operatively connects the rotor to the countershaft subassembly;
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- a drive pinion that operatively connects the countershaft transmission module to the differential assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.