Patent ID: 11946531
Assignee: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 13:
14. An electric drive module comprising:
a housing;
an electric motor coupled to the housing, the motor having a motor output shaft that is rotatable about a motor axis;
a first output shaft that is rotatable about an output axis that is parallel to the motor axis; and
a transmission received in the housing and transmitting rotary power between the electric motor and the first output shaft, the transmission having an input pinion, a pair of first compound gears and a driven gear, the input pinion being coupled to the motor output shaft for rotation therewith, each of the first compound gears being rotatable about a first intermediate axis that is parallel to the motor axis, each of the first compound gears having a first reduction gear, which is meshingly engaged with the input pinion, and a second reduction gear that is coupled to the first reduction gear for rotation therewith, the driven gear being received in the housing and being meshingly engaged by the second gears;
wherein loading on the driven gear is shared evenly across the second reduction gears, wherein the output axis is offset from the motor axis and the intermediate axes, and wherein the output axis does not pass through the electric motor;
wherein the motor axis and the first intermediate axes are disposed in a common plane.