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US 2026/0061815 A1Published application
Vehicle with e-axle
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsJeremy Andringa, Mitchel Nordahl
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a chassis and an axle assembly coupled to the chassis. The axle assembly includes: a drive shaft, a tractive element coupled to the drive shaft, a power take off, an electric motor configured to drive the drive shaft and the power take off; and a housing coupled to the chassis and at least partially containing the electric motor, the drive shaft, and the power take off.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- and
- an axle assembly coupled to the chassis, the axle assembly comprising:
- a drive shaft;
- a tractive element coupled to the drive shaft;
- a power take off (PTO);
- an electric motor configured to drive the drive shaft and the PTO;
- and
- a housing coupled to the chassis and at least partially containing the electric motor, the drive shaft, and the PTO.
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An electric axle for a vehicle, the electric axle comprising:
- a housing configured to be coupled to a chassis of the vehicle;
- a tractive element rotatably coupled to the housing;
- a first power take off (PTO) coupled to the housing;
- a second PTO coupled to the housing;
- an electric motor coupled to the housing and configured to drive the tractive element;
- at least one clutch positioned within the housing;
- and
- a controller configured to control the at least one clutch to reconfigure the electric axle between:
- a first mode of operation in which the electric motor is coupled to the first PTO and the electric motor is decoupled from the second PTO;
- and
- a second mode of operation in which the electric motor is coupled to the second PTO and the electric motor is decoupled from the first PTO.
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An electric axle for a vehicle, the electric axle comprising:
- a housing configured to be coupled to a chassis of the vehicle;
- an electric motor at least partially contained within the housing;
- a drive shaft configured to be coupled to a tractive element, at least selectively coupled to the electric motor, and extending within the housing;
- and
- a power take off (PTO) shaft at least selectively coupled to the electric motor and extending within the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.