Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Martin Munster

Ulrich Mair

Stephan Pollmeyer

Jens Heimann

Daniel Wolf

A drive unit, for an electric vehicle, comprising an electric machine that can be arranged in the area of an end of a vehicle axle of the electric vehicle and also a transmission unit, which co-operates with the electric machine, for driving a wheel of the electric vehicle. The electric machine and the transmission unit can be arranged adjacent to the wheel. The electric machine is designed so that the electric machine can be arranged adjacent to a wheel at either of the two ends of the vehicle axle in the drive unit for driving the wheel concerned. The invention also concerns a vehicle axle incorporating the drive unit.

Drive unit and vehicle axle for an electric vehicle

A drive device located closely adjacent to the wheel for a single wheel of a motor vehicle. The drive device has an electric drive that has at least one driveshaft for the wheel. A gearing interacts with the at least one drive shaft for transmitting torque to drive the wheel and is connectable to the individual wheel. A locking mechanism is disposed to lock the wheel and is designed to block the gearing and/or the drive shaft.

Drive device for an individual wheel of a motor vehicle

A drive device () for driving a wheel () of an electrically powered vehicle having an electric machine () and a transmission unit. The transmission unit has a spur gear transmission () and a planetary transmission () which, when viewed in the direction of the flow of force during a traction operation, is positioned on the output side of the electric machine () in the sequence of the planetary transmission () and then the spur gear transmission ().

Drive device for driving a wheel for an electrically powered vehicle

A vehicle axle, in particular a torsion beam axle for an electric vehicle, with at least one trailing arm on which is arranged a drive unit located close to a wheel, and the drive unit comprises an electric machine and a transmission unit. The drive unit, close to the wheel, has at least one supply line and at least one damper such that the drive unit, close to the wheel, is formed at least partially as a trailing arm and the damper is connected, on at least one side, to the drive unit at least in a single-shear manner and can be connected, on at least the other side, to a body of the electric vehicle. The at least one vehicle axle is utilized on a motor vehicle.

Axle for a motor vehicle

An electromechanical device for driving and/or braking a shaft () includes an electric motor having a rotor () that is rotationally fixed to the shaft (), and a stator () supported in a housing () around the shaft () with a rotational degree of freedom in the peripheral direction in the direction of brake actuation. The stator () is operatively connected to the brake pad () by a device () that converts rotational movement of the stator () into axial movement of at least one brake pad () that is supported in an axially movable fashion such that, when the electric motor is operated as a generator, the stator () is rotated relative to the housing () by torque arising between the rotor () and the stator (), such that the brake pad () is pressed by the device () against the brake disc ().

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