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Drive device for a vehicle axle of a two-track vehicle

US11065955B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Udo Pinschmidt · Gaimersheim, DE
Steffen Hummel · Diez, DE
Christian Wirth · Winterthur, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 18, 2018
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 18, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/62
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive device for a vehicle axle, especially a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle, wherein the vehicle axle includes an axle differential, which can be connected at the input end to a primary drive machine and can be connected at the output end across flange shafts arranged on either side to vehicle wheels of the vehicle axle, wherein the vehicle axle is associated with an additional drive machine and a shiftable superimposing gear, which can be shifted to a torque distribution gear in which a drive torque is generated by the additional drive machine.

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