V-drive motor arrangement
AssigneeOshkosh Truck Corporation
InventorMartin Schimke
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Abstract
A V-drive motor arrangement for a motor vehicle, with the motor vehicle including a pair of frame members maintained in a spaced apart relationship. The V-drive motor arrangement includes a first motor mounted between the two frame members and coupled to a first gear set. A second motor is mounted between the two frame members and coupled to a gear set. Each motor is aligned with each respective gear set at a gear mesh angle other than 90°. Another embodiment of the V-drive motor arrangement includes the motors mounted at an angle relative to the horizontal plane of the frame members. Each gear set can be a bevel gear set.
Claims19
A V-drive motor arrangement for a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:
- a support structure on the hybrid electric vehicle, including a pair of frame members maintained in a spaced apart relationship;
- a principle power unit mounted on the support structure;
- a controller coupled to the principle power unit;
- a first motor mounted between the two frame members and coupled to a first gear set and to the controller;
- and
- a second motor mounted between the two frame members and coupled to a second gear set and to the controller,
- wherein each motor is mounted at a first angle relative to a horizontal plane and a second angle relative to a vertical plane, and each motor is aligned with each respective gear set at a gear mesh angle other than ninety degrees.
A V-drive motor arrangement for a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:
- a support structure on the hybrid electric vehicle;
- a principle power unit mounted on the support structure;
- a controller coupled to the principle power unit;
- a first frame member;
- a second frame member disposed a spaced apart distance from the first frame member in a substantially parallel relationship;
- a first motor mounted between the two frame members and coupled to the controller and to a first gear set;
- a second motor mounted between the two frame members and coupled to a controller and to a second gear set,
- a plurality of sensors mounted on the hybrid electric vehicle, the sensors operable to provide data input to the controller for adjusting an output to the motors;
- wherein each motor is mounted at a first angle relative to a horizontal plane and a second angle relative to a vertical plane, and each motor is aligned with each respective gear set at a gear mesh angle other than ninety degrees.
A method for mounting a pair of electric motors on a hybrid electric vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a hybrid electric vehicle having a support structure and a vehicle controller, the support structure having a principle power unit mounted thereon, and including two frame members maintained in a spaced apart relationship;
- mounting a first electric motor between the two frame members;
- coupling the first electric motor to the vehicle controller and to a first gear set;
- mounting a second electric motor between the two frame members a spaced apart distance from the first electric motor;
- coupling the second electric motor to the vehicle controller and to a second gear set;
- mounting a plurality of sensors on the hybrid electric vehicle, the sensors operable to provide data input to the vehicle controller for adjusting an output to the motors;
- aligning each motor at a first angle relative to a horizontal plane and a second angle relative to a vertical plane;
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- aligning each motor with each respective gear set at a gear mesh angle other than 90°.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.