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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Allen Janson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jeffrey Edward Maurer, Commerce, MI (US);
David Gon Oh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bruce Granstrom, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/40 (2007.10); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); F16H 63/34 (2006.01); F16H 37/08 (2006.01); F16H 3/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 6/40 (2013.01); F16H 3/724 (2013.01); F16H 3/727 (2013.01); F16H 37/0806 (2013.01); F16H 63/3416 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid transaxle permits location of a traction motor in a more favorable location, decreasing the risk of occupant injury in a vehicle collision. Axis transfer gearing moves the generator off the engine axis, which permits placing the traction motor further forward without interference with the generator. The gearing is confined to two gear planes, reducing the transaxle width.