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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2017
Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, Llc, Maumee, OH (US);
Thibault G. Devreese, Ghent, BE;
Wouter W. A. Galoppin, Kampenhout, BE;
Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Abstract
An electric drive axle having first and second axle shafts operatively connected by a differential apparatus, and an electric motor having a driving shaft coupled with a rotor of the electric motor is provided. A driving shaft may be coupled for rotation with a rotor of the electric motor, and disposed parallel with the first axle shaft. A first driving gear may be disposed on the driving shaft. A driven shaft having a first driven gear and a second driven gear, wherein the first driven gear meshes with the first driving gear. A layshaft disposed parallel with the first axle shaft may comprise a first layshaft gear coupled therewith and meshed with the second driven gear. A second layshaft gear disposed on the layshaft may be in meshed engagement with a first drive gear coupled with the differential apparatus case.