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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2018
Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, Llc, Maumee, OH (US);
Joshua A. Perry, Maumee, OH (US);
William F. Waltz, Toledo, OH (US);
George A. Willford, Waterville, OH (US);
James F. Ziech, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is an electric axle including a differential assembly drivingly connected to a first axle half shaft and a second axle half shaft, wherein the first and second axle half shafts each have a wheel coupled to the ends thereof; an electric motor/generator drivingly connected to a first rotatable shaft; a first gear set having a first gear connected to the first rotatable shaft and a second gear connected to a second rotatable shaft; a second gear set having a first gear connected to the second rotatable shaft and a second gear selectively connected to a third rotatable shaft; a third gear set having a first gear connected to the third rotatable shaft and a second gear drivingly connected to the differential assembly; and a selector device configured to selectively connect the third rotatable shaft to the second gear of the second gear set or the first rotatable shaft.