Patent ID: 6059684
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B60K,F16H,H02K,Y02T

Abstract:
A drive train for an electric car, comprising:a motor with a motor output shaft defining two axially opposite ends of said motor;a differential gear unit arranged radially overlapping and adjacent to one of said ends of said motor;first and second drive shafts driven by said differential gear unit;a counter gear mechanism for transmitting power from the motor to said differential gear unit said counter gear mechanism comprising a counter shaft which is arranged to define a line from its axis to the axis of the motor output shaft which intersects, at substantially a right angle, a line joining the axis of the counter shaft and the axis of said drive shafts; anda universal joint joined to said differential gear unit and arranged axially outward of the other of said ends of said motor, whereby said universal joint and said differential gear unit are located on opposite sides of said motor.