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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Grzegorz Janiszewski, Angered, SE;
Assignee:
AB Volvo, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
475150 ; 475207 ; 180 657 ;
Abstract
Drive unit for an electrically powered vehicle, comprising an electric motor (1) and a transmission (2) coupled between the electric motor and the drive axles (30,31) of the vehicle. The transmission (2) has a cylindrical speed reducer (8) with two reduction steps and two different gear ratios, a planetary gear set (9) driven by the speed reducer and which provides a third reduction step and which drives a differential (10) to which the drive axles are coupled. One drive axle (31) extends through the transmission and the electric motor.