Drive module assembly

A drive module assembly for use in a vehicle, said drive module assembly comprising:

• a housing defining a housing interior;
• an electric machine, comprising,
• a rotor disposed in said housing interior and extending along a rotor axis, and wherein said rotor defines a rotor interior, and
• a stator disposed about said rotor with respect to said rotor axis such that said stator surrounds said rotor;
• a differential rotatably coupled to said rotor and disposed in said rotor interior;
• a first input shaft rotatably coupled to said differential;
• a second input shaft rotatably coupled to said differential;
• a first counter shaft rotatably coupled to said first input shaft;
• a second counter shaft rotatably coupled to said second input shaft;
• a first output shaft rotatably coupled to said first counter shaft;
• and
• a second output shaft rotatably coupled to said second counter shaft;
• wherein said differential is configured to receive rotational torque from said electric machine and configured to transmit rotational torque from said electric machine to said first and second input shafts;
• and
• wherein said drive module assembly further comprises a first differential bearing that is disposed in said rotor interior and is coupled to said differential and said rotor to support rotation of said first input shaft, and a second differential bearing that is disposed in said rotor interior and is coupled to said differential and said rotor to support rotation of said second input shaft.