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US 12,017,520 B2Granted
Electric commercial vehicle rear axle
AssigneeHarbinger Motors Inc.
InventorsAlexi Charbonneau, Phillip John Weicker, Jackson George Diebel
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Abstract
A rear axle of a commercial electric vehicle includes a curved de Dion axle that includes stub axles, CV cups, each configured to receive a portion of a CV axle, and a central portion disposed downward and rearward of the stub axles. The rear axle includes a curved form factor to allow for a portion of an electric drive unit to be disposed in a manner where a hub centerline connecting the stub axles intersects the electric drive unit.
Claims19
An electric commercial vehicle comprising:
- a chassis, comprising a forward end and a rearward end;
- an electric drive unit, coupled to the chassis;
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- a rear axle, comprising a monolithic curved de Dion axle, the curved de Dion axle comprising:
- a first stub axle;
- a second stub axle, disposed opposite the first stub axle;
- a central portion, disposed between the first stub axle and the second stub axle and comprising a downward curve from the first stub axle and the second stub axle;
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- a leaf spring mount, disposed on the central portion, wherein a first portion of the electric drive unit is disposed closer to the forward end than any portion of the rear axle, wherein a second portion of the electric drive unit intersects a hub centerline of the rear axle, wherein the hub centerline defines an axis of rotation associated with the first stub axle, wherein the central portion is disposed downward and rearward of the hub centerline, and wherein the leaf spring mount is disposed downward and rearward of the hub centerline.
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An electric commercial vehicle rear axle, comprising:
- a monolithic curved de Dion axle, the curved de Dion axle comprising:
- a first stub axle, wherein a hub centerline defines an axis of rotation associated with the first stub axle;
- a second stub axle, disposed opposite the first stub axle;
- a CV cup configured to receive a portion of a CV axle;
- a central portion disposed between the first stub axle and the second stub axle, disposed downward and rearward of the hub centerline, and comprising a downward curve from the first stub axle and the second stub axle;
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- a leaf spring mount, disposed on the central portion and disposed downward and rearward of the hub centerline.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.