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Drive axle for a motor vehicle, in particular for a passenger car, and motor vehicle

US12281698B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Tobias Haerter · Stuttgart, DE
Tobias Schilder · Ludwigsburg, DE
Jonathan Zeibig · Aalen, DE
Peter Hahn · Bangkok, TH

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 2022
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2042

Classification

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

Abstract

A drive axle for a motor vehicle includes two vehicle wheels, a first shaft by which a first of the vehicle wheels can be driven and a second shaft by which the second vehicle wheel can be driven. The drive axle also includes a first electric motor having a first stator and a first rotor, a differential gear by which the shafts can be driven and, via the shafts, the vehicle wheels can be driven by the first rotor of the first electric motor, and a second electric motor having a second stator and a second rotor. Only one of the shafts is assigned a clutch, by means of which the one shaft can be connected to the second rotor in a torque-transmitting manner, bypassing the other shaft and the differential gear.

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