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

US11110789B2 · kind B2 · utility

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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	Sep 7, 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, in particular a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle, wherein the vehicle axle includes an axle differential, which is connectable on the input side to a primary drive machine and is connectable on the output side via flanged shafts arranged on both sides to vehicle wheels of the vehicle axle, wherein an additional drive machine and a shiftable superimposed transmission are associated with the vehicle axle, which transmission is shiftable into a torque distribution gear step, in which a drive torque generated by the additional drive machine is generated, in dependence on the dimension and rotational direction of which a torque distribution on the two vehicle wheels is changeable.

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