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US 12,759,668 B2Granted
Electrically-powered snowmobile
AssigneeTaiga Motors Inc.
InventorMatthew Schroeder
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Abstract
Architectures of electrically-powered snowmobiles are provided. A snowmobile includes a body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front end and a rear end, a battery pack mounted to the body and enclosing a plurality of battery modules, and an electric motor assembly mounted to the body. The electric motor assembly includes an electric motor configured to receive electrical energy from the plurality of battery modules. At least part of the electric motor assembly is positioned forwardly of the battery pack.
Claims19
A snowmobile comprising:
- a body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front end and a rear end;
- a battery pack mounted to the body and enclosing a plurality of battery modules;
- an electric motor assembly mounted to the body, the electric motor assembly including an electric motor configured to receive electrical energy from the plurality of battery modules to drive a motor output of the electric motor;
- and
- a transmission comprising:
- a transmission shaft extending along a transmission shaft axis between a first end drivingly coupled to the motor output and a second end;
- and
- a drive wheel drivingly coupled to the second end of the transmission shaft,
- wherein an output speed at the second end of the transmission shaft axis differs from an input speed at the first end of the transmission shaft axis.
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An electric vehicle comprising:
- a body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front end and a rear end;
- a battery pack mounted to the body and enclosing a plurality of battery modules;
- an electric motor assembly mounted to the body, the electric motor assembly including an electric motor configured to receive electrical energy from the plurality of battery modules to drive a motor output of the electric motor, the electric motor being soft-mounted to the body;
- and
- a transmission comprising a transmission shaft extending along a transmission shaft axis between a first end drivingly coupled to the motor output and a second end,
- wherein:
- the transmission shaft axis is co-axial with a motor output axis;
- and
- an output speed at the second end of the transmission shaft axis differs from an input speed at the first end of the transmission shaft axis.
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A snowmobile comprising:
- a body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front end and a rear end;
- a battery pack mounted to the body and enclosing a plurality of battery modules;
- an electric motor assembly mounted to the body, the electric motor assembly including an electric motor configured to receive electrical energy from the plurality of battery modules to drive a motor output of the electric motor;
- and
- a transmission comprising:
- a transmission shaft extending along a transmission shaft axis between a first end drivingly coupled to the motor output and a second end;
- and
- a drive wheel drivingly coupled to the second end of the transmission shaft,
- wherein:
- the body defines a center plane being upright and containing the longitudinal axis, the transmission shaft axis being transverse to the center plane;
- and
- the motor output, the transmission shaft and the drive wheel are disposed on only one side of the center plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.