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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2004
Applicant:
Dean M. House, Pataskala, OH (US);
Inventor:
Dean M. House, Pataskala, OH (US);
Assignee:
ArvinMeritor Technology LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/72 (2006.01); F16H 37/08 (2006.01); F16H 48/06 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An axle assembly mounts an electric motor to a central housing opposite an input yoke that is driven by an engine. The input yoke is mounted along an axis parallel to the electric motor to alternatively or additionally permit the engine to drive a gear reduction within the axle housing through a planetary gear assembly. Another axle assembly is powered by just an electric motor to provide a relatively lighter duty axle assembly for yet another vehicle configuration.