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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2018
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Udo Pinschmidt, Gaimersheim, DE;
Steffen Hummel, Bergen, DE;
Christian Wirth, Moosinning / Eichenried, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A drive device for a vehicle axle, in particular a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle, wherein the vehicle axle includes an axle differential, which is connectable on the input side to a primary drive machine and is connectable on the output side via flanged shafts arranged on both sides to vehicle wheels of the vehicle axle, wherein an additional drive machine and a shiftable superimposed transmission are associated with the vehicle axle, which transmission is shiftable into a torque distribution gear step, in which a drive torque generated by the additional drive machine is generated, in dependence on the dimension and rotational direction of which a torque distribution on the two vehicle wheels is changeable.