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US 10,800,243 · App. 16/148,372 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Electromechanical drive assembly for a multitrack motor vehicle

Inventors: Thorsten Biermann (Wachenroth, DE); Daniel Burghardt (Herzogenaurach, DE); Brian Lee (York, SC); Christopher Shamie (Brighton, MI)
Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
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Patent No.
US 10,800,243
App. No.
16/148,372
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromechanical drive assembly for a multitrack motor vehicle includes two electric motors, each with an associated reduction gear. The first and the second electric motor are arranged adjacent to one another and are, aligned transversely to the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle. The first and the second reduction gear are connected on oppositely facing sides of the motors.

Claims (29)

1. An electromechanical drive assembly for a multitrack motor vehicle, comprising:

a first electric motor having a first rotor, which revolves around a first rotor axis;

a first reduction gear, which is configured to be driven by the first electric motor and to form a first power output, which has a first gear output element, which rotates around a first gear output axis;

a second electric motor having a second rotor, which revolves around a second rotor axis; and

a second reduction gear, which is configured to be driven by the second electric motor and to form a second power output, which has a second gear output element, which rotates around a second gear output axis;

wherein the first and second electric motors are arranged adjacent to one another, the first rotor axis and the second rotor axis are aligned transversely to a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, and the first and the second reduction gear are connected to a motor pair formed by the first and second electric motors on oppositely facing sides of said motor pair; and

wherein the first rotor axis, first gear output axis, second rotor axis, and second gear output axis are coplanar.

2. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first rotor axis and the second rotor axis are aligned parallel to one another.

3. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first reduction gear comprises an epicyclic stage which is arranged coaxially with the first rotor axis.

4. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second reduction gear comprises an epicyclic stage which is arranged coaxially with the second rotor axis.

5. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first reduction gear comprises an epicyclic stage which is arranged coaxially with the first gear output axis.

6. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second reduction gear comprises an epicyclic stage which is arranged coaxially with the second gear output axis.

7. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and the second reduction gear each comprise a spur-wheel or traction-means stage, via which an offsetting of the rotor axes relative to the gear output axes is accomplished.

8. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and the second gear output axis are arranged in coaxial alignment.

9. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first electric motor, the second electric motor, the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear are combined into a modular unit.

10. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear are of identical construction and are placed against corresponding ends of the motor pair in an alignment turned through 180° relative to one another.

11. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an axis distance between the rotor axis and an associated gear output axis is greater than or equal to half a distance between the rotor axes.

12. The electromechanical drive assembly of claim 1 further comprising a housing including a housing trough into which the first electric motor, the first reduction gear, the second electric motor, and the second reduction gear are inserted from a direction traverse to the respective rotor or gear output axis.

13. An electromechanical drive assembly for a multitrack motor vehicle, comprising:

a first electric motor having a first rotor, which revolves around a first rotor axis;

a first reduction gear, which is configured to be driven by the first electric motor and to form a first power output, which has a first gear output element, which rotates around a first gear output axis;

a second electric motor having a second rotor, which revolves around a second rotor axis;

a second reduction gear, which is configured to be driven by the second electric motor and to form a second power output, which has a second gear output element, which rotates around a second gear output axis; and

a housing including a housing through into which the first electric motor, the first reduction gear, the second electric motor, and the second reduction gear are inserted from a direction traverse to the respective rotor or gear output axis;

wherein the first and second electric motors are arranged adjacent to one another, the first rotor axis and the second rotor axis are aligned transversely to a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, and the first and the second reduction gear are connected to a motor pair formed by the first and second electric motors on oppositely facing sides of said motor pair; and

wherein the first reduction gear comprises an epicyclic stage which is arranged coaxially with the first gear output axis.

14. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first and the second gear output axis are arranged in coaxial alignment.

15. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first electric motor, the second electric motor, the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear are combined into a modular unit.

16. The electromechanical drive assembly as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear are of identical construction and are placed against corresponding ends of the motor pair in an alignment turned through 180° relative to one another.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2018
From: BIERMANN, THORSTEN; BURGHARDT, DANIEL; LEE, BRIAN; SHAMIE, CHRISTOPHER
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 047020/0933 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62568945 · Oct 6, 2017
Related Publication 20190105977A1 · Apr 11, 2019