Patent ID: 8276693
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. An electric vehicle powertrain comprising: a housing comprising a left wall and a right wall, the left wall having an inboard side facing the right wall and an outboard side facing away from the right wall, and the right wall having an inboard side facing the left wall and an outboard side facing away from the left wall, wherein the left wall and the right wall each have a motor shaft relief and a drive shaft relief; a left electric motor mounted on the outboard side of the left wall at the motor shaft relief in the left wall and having a rotatable motor shaft; a right electric motor mounted on the outboard side of the right wall at the motor shaft relief in the right wall and having a rotatable motor shaft; a left drive pulley located on the inboard side of the left wall and rotatably attached to the rotatable motor shaft of the left motor through the motor shaft relief in the left wall; a right drive pulley located on the inboard side of the right wall and rotatably attached to the rotatable motor shaft of the right motor through the motor shaft relief in the right wall; a left driven pulley located on the inboard side of the left wall at the drive shaft relief in the left wall; a right driven pulley located on the inboard side of the right wall at the drive shaft relief in the right wall; a left drive shaft rotatably attached to the left driven pulley through the drive shaft relief in the left wall and extending away from the left wall on the outboard side of the left wall; a right drive shaft rotatably attached to the right driven pulley through the drive shaft relief in the right wall and extending away from the right wall on the outboard side of the right wall; a left drive belt on the inboard side of the left wall and extending around the left drive pulley and extending around the left driven pulley so as to rotatably connect the left drive pulley to the left driven pulley; and a right drive belt on the inboard side of the right wall and extending around the right drive pulley and extending around the right driven pulley so as to rotatably connect the right drive pulley to the right driven pulley; wherein: