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US 2026/0276065 A1Published application
Electric drive axle with multi-speed gearbox
AssigneeDana Belgium N.V.
InventorsKurt CATTOOR, Filip D. SCHACHT, Filip VAN RAEPENBUSCH
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Abstract
An electric axle and electric axle product line. The electric axle includes, in one example, a multi-speed gearbox assembly rotationally coupled to a first electric machine and including a first shaft with a first clutch positioned coaxial thereto and a second shaft with a second clutch positioned coaxial thereto. In the multi-speed gearbox assembly, the first clutch and the second clutch are parallel to one another and configured to alter the unit’s operating gear ratio.
Claims7
An electric axle product line, comprising:
- a first electric axle assembly including:
- a first electric machine coupled to a first multi-speed gearbox assembly;
- and a second electric axle assembly including:
- a second electric machine coupled to a second multi-speed gearbox assembly;
- and a first input unit that includes a gear reduction rotationally coupled to the second electric machine and a gear in the second multi-speed gearbox assembly;
- wherein the first and second multi-speed gearbox assemblies have an identical profile.
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An electric axle product line, comprising:
- a first multi-speed gearbox assembly rotationally coupled to a first electric machine;
- and a second multi-speed gearbox assembly rotationally coupled to a second electric machine, the second electric machine having a different size than the first electric machine, the first multi-speed gearbox assembly being identical to the second multi-speed gearbox assembly, wherein the first multi-speed gearbox assembly includes:
- a first shaft with a first clutch positioned coaxial thereto;
- and a second shaft with a second clutch positioned coaxial thereto;
- wherein the first clutch and the second clutch are configured to adjust a gear ratio of the first multi-speed gearbox assembly;
- and wherein the first shaft and the second shaft are parallel to one another.
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