Patent ID: 9637127
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60W,F16H,Y02T

Claim:
1. An electric drive unit for a motor vehicle, comprising: an electric motor; a differential housing having a differential gear arrangement disposed therein, wherein the differential housing forms a carrier for a plurality of planetary gears; a reducing gear set drivingly connected to the electric motor; a drive input gear partially disposed within the differential housing, wherein the drive input gear has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is drivingly engaged with the plurality of planetary gears and the second portion is drivingly engaged with the reducing gear set; a ring gear disposed outside the differential housing, wherein the ring gear is drivingly engaged with the plurality of planetary gears; a first clutching device which may be selectively engaged to couple the drive input gear to the differential housing to establish a first drive ratio; and a second clutching device which may be selectively engaged to ground the ring gear to establish a second drive ratio.