Borgwarner Inc.

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.

Philip R Kellogg

Tao Peng

Jeffrey Lee Kincaid

Dale K Benedict

James Bourn

Thomas George Kaveney, Ii

Aaron A Sinka

Marcello Ciparullo

Robert J Cabrera

An electric drive system in a battery electric vehicle (BEV) includes an output shaft, configured to couple with a drive wheel of the BEV, having a face gear at a distal end; a differential, including a pinion gear cage receiving pinion gears rotatably connected to the pinion gear cage via gear pins, having radially-outwardly-facing gear teeth that are oriented at a non-zero angle relative to an axis of rotation; and a housing receiving the differential that is configured to couple to a rotating electrical machine of the BEV, and engages the radially-outwardly-facing gear teeth preventing radial and axial movement of the differential relative to the housing, wherein the pinion gears engage the face gear and permit angular displacement of the output shaft relative to another output shaft.

Differentials with face gears for electrical drive systems

An electric drive system in a battery electric vehicle (BEV) includes an output shaft, configured to couple with a drive wheel of the BEV, having a face gear at a distal end; a differential, including a pinion gear cage receiving pinion gears rotatably connected to the pinion gear cage via gear pins; and a housing that receives the differential having an outer surface that is configured to couple to a rotating electrical machine of the BEV, wherein the pinion gears engage the face gear and permit angular displacement of the output shaft relative to another output shaft.

A stabilizer bar assembly having a pair of bar members and a clutch assembly with a first and second couplers, which are fixedly coupled to the bar members, a coupling sleeve and a rotary lock. The coupling sleeve matingly engages the first coupler. The coupling sleeve is movable along an axis between a first position, in which the coupling sleeve is disengaged from the second coupler to permit relative rotation between the stabilizer bar members about the axis, and a second position in which the coupling sleeve is engaged to the first and second couplers. The rotary lock has lock members that are fixedly coupled to the coupling sleeve and the second coupler. The lock members engage one another when the coupling sleeve is in the second position to inhibit relative movement about the rotational axis between the coupling sleeve and the second coupler.

Disconnecting stabilizer bar assembly having disconnect mechanism with reduced backlash

A differential with one or more friction and thrust washer sets so that axially generated thrust forces can be used in certain situations to affect a torque bias ratio of the differential.

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Philip R Kellogg