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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2012
Ulrich Mair, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Stephan Pollmeyer, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Martin Munster, Munchen-Laim, DE;
Ulrich Mair, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Stephan Pollmeyer, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Martin Munster, Munchen-Laim, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A drive unit, for an electric vehicle, comprising an electric machine that can be arranged in the area of an end of a vehicle axle of the electric vehicle and also a transmission unit, which co-operates with the electric machine, for driving a wheel of the electric vehicle. The electric machine and the transmission unit can be arranged adjacent to the wheel. The electric machine is designed so that the electric machine can be arranged adjacent to a wheel at either of the two ends of the vehicle axle in the drive unit for driving the wheel concerned. The invention also concerns a vehicle axle incorporating the drive unit.