Patent ID: 8403088

Claim:
Electric axle drive unit for an axle of a vehicle, comprising an electric machine arranged in an axial direction, the drive output of which is connected to the input of a transmission device, and having a single differential gear that distributes drive power from the transmission to a left-hand and a right-hand driveshaft of the axle, wherein the differential gear is located entirely on one side of the electric machine, the input member of the differential gear is connected to an output of the transmission device and the output members of which are connected respectively to a left-hand and a right-hand driveshaft of the axle; wherein at least one transmission stage of the transmission device and the differential gear are arranged on opposite sides of the electric machine in the axial direction, with the differential gear being connected to the transmission stage by a hollow shaft, wherein the transmission device has at least two transmission stages, and wherein the transmission stages can be selected by means of a shift device.