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US 12,752,619 B2Granted
Electrically driven axle
AssigneeMeritor Electric Vehicles Germany GmbH
InventorMarco Schramm
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Abstract
A commercial vehicle, such as an electric bus, comprising at least one electrically driven axle having a transmission-motor unit associated with at least one wheel assembly. A motor of the transmission-motor unit comprises a stator and a rotor. The rotor is connected in a torque-transmitting manner to a respective wheel assembly via a transmission. The rotor has an overhung bearing, and the rotor is mounted by the bearing of the transmission.
Claims19
A commercial vehicle comprising:
- an electric axle, the electric axle comprising a transmission-motor unit associated with a wheel assembly, wherein the transmission-motor unit comprises;
- a transmission, the transmission comprising a bearing;
- a dynamoelectric machine, the dynamoelectric machine comprising a stator and a rotor, wherein the rotor is connected in a torque-transmitting manner to the wheel assembly by way of the transmission, wherein the rotor is in an overhung position and is supported by the bearing of the transmission;
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- an axle housing, wherein the transmission and the dynamoelectric machine are completely received in the axle housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.