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Electric drive axle for hybrid vehicle

  • US 6,401,850 B1
  • Filed: 03/14/2001
  • Issued: 06/11/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. 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 ring gear fixed to said housing, 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 meshed with said sun gear and a second gear segment meshed with said ring gear, said gearbox further including a differential assembly having an input member driven by said planet carrier, a first output member driving said first output shaft, and a second output member driving said second output shaft.

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