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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2021
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Michael Hombauer, Harthausen, DE;
Michael Mainusch, Munich, DE;
Georg Johann Meingassner, Taufkirchen, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An electrical drive unit includes an electric motor having a first transverse end and an opposite second transverse end, and a gearbox including a main gearbox portion and a transverse projection portion. The motor is attached to the gearbox at the second transverse end of the motor and is located on a first transverse side of the main gearbox portion in a first transverse direction. The transverse projection portion of the gearbox includes at least one gear of the gearbox and extends from the first transverse side of the main gearbox portion such that the transverse projection portion and at least a portion of the at least one gear extends in the first transverse direction beyond the second transverse end of the motor.