Patent · US Expired

Electrically driven vehicles

US4165794A · kind A · utility

32Cited by
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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 29, 1977
Grant dateAug 28, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 29, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60K1/00
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Electrical drive apparatus for a vehicle comprising a detachable battery pack and a further unit comprising an electric motor, a differential with output shafts to respective vehicle wheels and a transmission from the motor to the differential including a universally jointed shaft, the axes of the motor differential output shafts and the shaft being substantially parallel and the motor being on the sprung and the differential being on the unsprung part of the vehicle.

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