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US 8,506,439 B2Granted
Axle drive device for an axle of a motor vehicle, as well as motor vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsSebastian Strasser, Ralf Schwarz
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Abstract
The invention relates to an axle drive device for an axle of a motor vehicle, with a drive assembly and a differential. Here, it is provided that the drive assembly is in the form of an electrical drive assembly and the differential has at least one override unit. The invention furthermore relates to a motor vehicle.
Claims14
A wheel drive system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a first axle assembly including a first pair of axles each connected to a wheel, a first differential drivingly connected to said axles and a first motor drivingly connected to said first differential;
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- a second axle assembly including a second pair of axles each connected to a wheel, a second differential drivingly connected to said second pair of wheels, at least one override assembly drivingly interconnecting said second differential and one of said second axles and a second motor drivingly connected to said second differential, wherein said overriding assembly includes a first linked set of gears and a clutch selectively drivingly interconnecting a cage of said second differential and said one of said second pair of axles and a second linked set of gears and a clutch selectively drivingly interconnecting said cage of said second differential and said one of said second pair of axles.
A wheel drive assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of axles each connected to a wheel;
- a differential drivingly connected to said wheels;
- a motor drivingly connected to said differential;
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- at least one override assembly drivingly interconnecting said differential and said axle including a first linked set of gears and a first clutch selectively drivingly interconnecting the cage of said differential and said one of said axles, and a second linked set of gears and a second clutch selectively drivingly interconnecting said cage of said differential and said one axle.
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