Patent ID: 11859697
Assignee: ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 5:
6. An axle assembly comprising:
an electric motor having a rotor that is rotatable about a first axis;
a countershaft that is rotatable about a countershaft axis;
a drop gear set that operatively connects the rotor to the countershaft;
a drive pinion that is rotatable about a drive pinion axis;
a countershaft transmission that operatively connects the countershaft to the drive pinion;
a differential assembly that is operatively connected to the drive pinion, wherein the electric motor and the countershaft transmission are positioned on opposite sides of the differential assembly; and
a housing that receives the countershaft transmission, a first clutch, and a first actuator that is mounted to an outside of the housing, wherein the countershaft transmission includes a set of drive pinion gears that receive the drive pinion, and the first actuator is configured to actuate the first clutch to selectively couple a first member of the set of drive pinion gears to the drive pinion.