Patent ID: 6378638
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B60K,B60L,F16H,H02K,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A drive axle for a motor vehicle, comprising:a housing defining first and second chambers; an electric motor disposed in said first chamber and having a rotor shaft extending into said second chamber; and a gearbox disposed in said second chamber and operably coupling said rotor shaft to first and second output shafts, said gearbox including a planetary reduction gearset having a first ring gear fixed to said housing, a second ring gear, a sun gear driven by said rotor shaft, a planet carrier, and compound planet gears rotatably supported by said planet carrier and having a first gear segment fixed to a second gear segment, said first gear segment meshed with said first ring gear and said second gear segment meshed with said second ring gear, said sun gear being meshed with one of said first and second gear segments of said compound planet gears, said gearbox further including a differential assembly having an input member driven by said second ring gear, a first output member driving said first output shaft, and a second output member driving said second output shaft.