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Centralized full-time electric four-wheel drive system

US10814720B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 2019
Grant dateOct 27, 2020
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/72
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A centralized full-time electric four-wheel drive system, including: a housing; a central differential; a main drive unit, whose power output gear meshes with the ring gear of the central differential; a dual-rotor motor having a first and a second output gear at either end; a rear-axle differential; a first planetary gearset (PG), whose sun gear and ring gear connect to the carrier of the central differential and the housing respectively; a second PG with common carrier of the first PG, whose sun gear connects to the sun gear of the central differential and ring gear meshes with the first output gear; a third PG, whose sun gear and ring gear connect to the semi-axle of the rear-axle differential and the housing respectively; a forth PG with common carrier of the third PG, whose sun gear connects to the rear-axle differential cage and ring gear meshes with the second output gear.

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