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US 2024/0336122 A1Published application
Dual motor ev axle system and method
AssigneesHigh Desert Racing Products, LLC, Hypercraft Inc.
InventorsEthan Fickling, Jacob Hawksworth
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Abstract
A dual motor electric vehicle (EV) axle system uses electric motors to power two wheels on a vehicle and allows for a high center ground clearance. The dual motor EV axle system includes a rear axle with a center axle section, two electric motors, gear reduction units, and spindles. The gear reduction units are vertically oriented to raise a center section of the axle. The motors are mounted at ends or at a center of an axle tube of the axle.
Claims10
A dual motor electric vehicle axle system, comprising:
- an axle including a center section;
- a pair of electric motors coupled to the axle and configured to power respective wheels of a vehicle;
- a pair of gear reduction units, the gear reducing units each including an upper end and a lower end;
- a pair of spindles,
- wherein the electric motors each coupled to the gear reducing unit adjacent to the upper end of the gear reducing unit and the spindles each coupled to the gear reducing unit adjacent to the lower end of the gear reducing unit so that ground clearance is provided between the center section of the axle and a support surface.
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