Patent ID: 9676295
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B60L,H05K,Y02T

Claim:
1. An electrical drive system for a vehicle, the drive system comprising: a drive arrangement configured for connection with a vehicle wheel; a parallel gear set connected to the drive arrangement wherein said parallel gear set includes first and second inputs; a differential gear set including an output connected to said second input of the parallel gear set; a plurality of electric motors including a first motor, a second motor, and a third motor, the second motor connected to said first input of the parallel gear seat, and the third motor selectively connected to a first input of the differential gear set wherein said first input of said differential gear set comprises a differential port of said differential gear set; and an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to execute control logic stored in a memory associated with said ECU to control the operation of the plurality of electric motors.