Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drive apparatus for a vehicle axle of a vehicle
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Application No.: US17781454Application Date: 2020-11-09
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Publication No.: US11951826B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Bastian Gebhard
- Applicant: AUDI AG
- Applicant Address: DE Ingolstadt
- Assignee: AUDI AG
- Current Assignee: AUDI AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Ingolstadt
- Agency: STAAS & HALSEY LLP
- Priority: DE 2019132591.9 2019.12.02
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/081412 2020.11.09
- International Announcement: WO2021/110359A 2021.06.10
- Date entered country: 2022-06-01
- Main IPC: B60K17/02
- IPC: B60K17/02 ; B60K17/12 ; F16D11/14 ; F16D23/12

Abstract:
A two-tracked vehicle is powered by an electric machine which operates as a motor to rotate output shafts via an axle differential with each of the output shafts coupled to a vehicle wheel. One of the output shafts is subdivided into a wheel-side shaft portion and an electric-machine-side shaft portion which can be drivingly coupled to each other by a form-fit coupling to bring the electric machine into driving connection with the vehicle wheels during driving operation. The wheel-side shaft portion and electric-machine-side shaft portion can be decoupled from each other to prevent drag losses during driving operation when the electric machine is deactivated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230001785A1 DRIVE APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE AXLE OF A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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