Patent ID: 7559390
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: B60K,B60L,F16H,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A drive train module for a vehicle comprising: an electric motor having a motor output shaft; a clutch differential having an input member, which is coupled to the motor output shaft, and first and second overrunning clutches, each of the first and second overrunning clutches having a clutch member and an output member, the clutch member being movable between a first condition, in which rotary power is transmitted between the input member and the output member, and a second condition in which rotary power is not transmitted between the input member and the output member; a pair of wheel hubs; and a pair of shafts, each shaft coupling one of the wheel hubs with the output member of an associated one of the first and second overrunning clutches; wherein the input member is a housing in which the first and second overrunning clutches are rotatably disposed; and wherein the housing includes a first internal thread form and a second internal thread form, the clutch member of the first overrunning clutch being threadably engaged to the first internal thread form and the clutch member of the second overrunning clutch being threadably engaged to the second internal thread form.