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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Udo Pinschmidt, Gaimersheim, DE;
Steffen Hummel, Bergen, DE;
Christian Wirth, Moosinning/Eichenried, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/348 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/046 (2013.01); B60K 17/348 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive device for a vehicle axle, especially a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle, wherein the vehicle axle includes an axle differential, which can be connected at the input end to a primary drive machine and can be connected at the output end across flange shafts arranged on either side to vehicle wheels of the vehicle axle, wherein the vehicle axle is associated with an additional drive machine and a shiftable superimposing gear, which can be shifted to a torque distribution gear in which a drive torque is generated by the additional drive machine.