Patent ID: 7870918

Claim:
A drive unit for a motor vehicle having a vehicle frame, an electric machine ( 1 ) which is at least indirectly fixedly connected to the vehicle frame, a sprung wheel suspension and a wheel ( 9 ) supported thereby, the wheel ( 9 ) being rotated about a wheel axis and driven by a device for transmitting torque ( 10 ), the wheel suspension comprising a strut unit having an axis coaxial with the electric machine, and the device for transmitting torque ( 10 ) being arranged between the electric machine ( 1 ) and the wheel ( 9 ), coaxially with respect to the axis of the strut unit, the device for transmitting torque including a torque transmission structure ( 11 ) capable of redirecting the torque provided by electric machine ( 1 ) from an axis of the strut unit to an axis of the wheel ( 9 ) for driving the wheel ( 9 ).