Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Configurable, modular vehicle on common chassis platform, and associated systems and methods
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Application No.: US16141675Application Date: 2018-09-25
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Publication No.: US10792992B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Stanley W. DeLizo , Gerald Jay Angelo , Theodore Joseph Scherzinger , Brian J. Lindgren
- Applicant: PACCAR Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: PACCAR INC
- Current Assignee: PACCAR INC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Main IPC: B60K6/40
- IPC: B60K6/40 ; B60K6/24

Abstract:
A configurable, modular vehicle on common chassis platform, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a configurable modular vehicle includes: a chassis, a power plant module configured to generate electrical energy, and a drive train module. The drive train module includes: at least one traction motor configured to receive electrical energy from the power plant module, a transmission configured to transfer torque from the traction motor to a drive axle, and the drive axle configured to transfer torque to drive wheels, and a control system module configured to control components of the power plant module and the drive train module. The interfaces of the power plant module and the drive train module are predefined, and different types of the power plant modules and the drive train modules are interchangeable within their respective predefined interfaces.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200094669A1 CONFIGURABLE, MODULAR VEHICLE ON COMMON CHASSIS PLATFORM, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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