Drive assembly for electric snowmobile
AssigneeBombardier Recreational Products Inc.
InventorFrancois Leboeuf
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Abstract
An electric snowmobile has; a frame having a tunnel; a seat connected to the tunnel; at least one ski operatively connected to the frame; a drive track disposed at least in part under the tunnel; at least one drive sprocket drivingly engaging the drive track; an axle extending through the at least one drive sprocket and being coaxial with the at least one drive sprocket; an electric motor connected to the tunnel, an output shaft of the electric motor being coaxial with the axle, the electric motor being disposed to one side of the axle; a reduction gearset operatively connecting the output shaft of the electric motor to the at least one drive sprocket for driving the at least one drive sprocket; and a battery pack connected to the frame and electrically connected to the electric motor.
Claims20
An electric snowmobile comprising:
- a frame having a tunnel;
- a seat connected to the tunnel;
- at least one ski operatively connected to the frame;
- a drive track disposed at least in part under the tunnel;
- at least one drive sprocket drivingly engaging the drive track;
- an axle extending through the at least one drive sprocket and being coaxial with the at least one drive sprocket;
- an electric motor connected to the tunnel, an output shaft of the electric motor being coaxial with the axle, the electric motor being disposed to one side of the axle;
- a reduction gearset operatively connecting the output shaft of the electric motor to the at least one drive sprocket for driving the at least one drive sprocket;
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- a battery pack connected to the frame and electrically connected to the electric motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.