American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.

Linamar Gmbh

Nguyen, Thanh

Browne, Mike

Ledford, Kevin

Falls, Bruce

Sefcik, Michael Colby

Quintana, Adrian

Kevin Ledford

Thanh Tri Nguyen

Bruce Falls

Michael Colby Sefcik

Thanh N Nguyen

Adrian Quintana

Mike Browne

Bruce A Duncan

John D Overholt

Russell R Ryan, Ii

Donald S DeVries

Patrick S Adair

Thanh Nguyen

An axle assembly for an electric or hybrid vehicle includes electrically powered drive motors for respectively driving vehicle wheels. The axle assembly preferably includes a dual motor arrangement, wherein two electric motors are arranged end-to-end. Each motor includes an inverter that is directly connected to its respective motor, and includes a gearbox assembly coupled between an output of the motor and a corresponding constant-velocity (CV) joint operatively connected to a wheel. The inboard ends of the motors are secured to opposite faces of a cooling manifold wherein the cooling manifold maintains the motors in axial alignment. The cooling manifold plate is positioned between an inboard end of each of the motor housings, and the cooling manifold plate axially aligns the first and second motors. Further, each motor drives its respective gearbox assembly, which includes a gear reduction and clutch mechanism having a brake band assembly that is selectively operable to disconnect the respective motor from the vehicle wheel associated therewith.

Hybrid axle assembly for a motor vehicle

A universal joint that includes a spider, which has a trunnion, a bearing cup, a bearing, which is disposed between the trunnion and the bearing cup, and a seal assembly. The seal assembly has a first portion, which is engaged to the spider, and a second portion that sealingly engages the bearing cup and the first portion. The first portion can include features that limit axial movement of the second portion relative to the first portion.

Universal joint with trunnion shaft seal assembly

A propshaft having first and second universal joints. The first universal joint has a first joint member, which is fixedly coupled to a first end of the shaft member, and a second joint member that is pivotally coupled to the first joint member. The second universal joint has a third joint member, which is fixedly coupled to a second end of the shaft member opposite the first end, and a fourth joint member that pivotally coupled to the third joint member. At least one of the second joint member and the fourth joint member is electrically insulated from the shaft member.

Propshaft assembly with universal joint having non-conductive sleeve between yoke and bearing cup

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