Patent ID: 6698313
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A61G,B60K,B60L,B60Y,B62B,B62D,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
A gear drive unit for propelling first and second propulsion elements of a vehicle comprising:a housing, a first motor carried by the housing, the first motor having a first output shaft with a first longitudinal axis; a second motor carried by the housing adjacent the first motor, the second motor having a second output shaft with a second longitudinal axis which is parallel to the first longitudinal axis: a first power train carried by the housing coupling the first motor to the first propulsion element and not the second propulsion element; a second power train carried by the housing coupling the second motor to the second propulsion element and not the first propulsion element; and a mount to secure the housing, the first and second motors, and the first and second power trains to the vehicle as a one-piece, integrated assembly, wherein the first and second output shaft have ends engaged with the first and second power train and oriented in the same direction towards a common one of the first and second propulsion elements.