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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2011
Joseph N. Scarbo, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Derk Hartland, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Russel L. Wicks, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Neil E. Hannemann, Oceanside, CA (US);
Joseph N. Scarbo, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Derk Hartland, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Russel L. Wicks, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Neil E. Hannemann, Oceanside, CA (US);
American Challenge Technologies, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
Electric vehicle powertrains, highway vehicles, and methods of manufacturing vehicles have dual belts driving wheels from two electric motors. Embodiments have a centrally-located transmission housing containing two belts and pulleys, and motors are mounted outside of the housing. A battery may power the motors and an internal combustion engine may power wheels on the other end of the vehicle through a separate transmission. Each belt may have a tensioner and drive shafts may have universal joints and decouplers. The transmission may have a central wall or supports which may support the pulleys and adjacent pulleys may have a common centerline and be supported by a common pin through the central wall.