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US 12,674,504 B2Granted
Electric drive axle with multi-speed gearbox
AssigneeDana Belgium N.V.
InventorsKurt Cattoor, Filip D. Schacht, Filip Van Raepenbusch
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Abstract
An electric axle and electric axle product line. The electric axle includes, in one example, a multi-speed gearbox assembly rotationally coupled to a first electric machine and including a first shaft with a first clutch positioned coaxial thereto and a second shaft with a second clutch positioned coaxial thereto. In the multi-speed gearbox assembly, the first clutch and the second clutch are parallel to one another and configured to alter the unit's operating gear ratio.
Claims15
An electric axle comprising:
- a multi-speed gearbox assembly rotationally coupled to a first electric machine and including;
- a first shaft with a first clutch positioned coaxial thereto;
- and
- a second shaft with a second clutch positioned coaxial thereto;
- wherein the first clutch and the second clutch are configured to adjust a gear ratio of the multi-speed gearbox assembly;
- and
- wherein the first shaft and the second shaft are parallel to one another.
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An electric axle comprising:
- a multi-speed gearbox assembly configured to directly rotationally couple to a first electric machine in a first configuration and rotationally coupled to an input unit in a second configuration;
- wherein the multi-speed gearbox assembly comprises:
- a first shaft with a first clutch positioned coaxial thereto;
- and
- a second shaft with a second clutch positioned coaxial thereto;
- wherein the first clutch and the second clutch are configured to shift the multi-speed gearbox assembly between a first gear ratio and a second gear ratio;
- and
- wherein the first shaft and the second shaft are parallel to one another.
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