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Patent No.:

US 10938273 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2018

Electric vehicle drive units

Applicant:

Rivian Ip Holdings, Llc, Plymouth, MI (US);

Inventors:

Mason Verbridge, Canton, MI (US);

Gary Gloceri, Waterford, MI (US);

Assignee:

Rivian IP Holidings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US);

Attorney:

Haley Guiliano LLP

Primary Examiner:

Rina I Duda

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/51 (2019.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01); B60K 17/08 (2006.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); F16H 57/033 (2012.01); H02K 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/00 (2019.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60K 23/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 7/116 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 17/08 (2013.01); B60K 23/0808 (2013.01); B60L 15/2054 (2013.01); B60L 50/00 (2019.02); B60L 50/51 (2019.02); F16H 57/02 (2013.01); F16H 57/033 (2013.01); H02K 7/003 (2013.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01); B60K 2001/006 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2220/42 (2013.01); B60L 2220/46 (2013.01);
Abstract

A dual drive unit may include two motors, two power transfer mechanisms, and two output shafts. The output shafts are co-linear. The dual drive unit may include two single drive units, which may be similar to each other, coupled together at a joint, which may optionally include a clutch. A drive unit may be modular, and various components may be combined to provide power to an output shaft. For example, a drive unit may include a differential at a first interface, which may be removable, and two drive units may be coupled together at the first interface. A drive unit may have a Z configuration, wherein a motor on a first side of a vehicle powers a wheel on an opposite side of the vehicle.

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