US 11,787,276 B2
Electric vehicle with axle modules
Rodscha Drabon, Salzkotten (DE); Hendrik Reineke, Bad Driburg (DE); Eiko Schmidtke, Paderborn (DE); Peter Auer, Paderborn (DE); Jonathan Behm, Paderborn (DE); Eugen Lepp, Salzkottenj (DE); and Ivo Kletetzka, Paderborn (DE)
Assigned to BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH, Paderborn (DE)
Filed by BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH, Paderborn (DE)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/394,518.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 120 690.9 (DE), filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0041042 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60G 11/08 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/02 (2013.01) [B60G 11/08 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0405 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle for the transportation of persons or loads, comprising:
a frame structure;
axle modules coupled to the frame structure, wherein the axle modules comprise a front axle module and a rear axle module, at least one of the axle modules has a drive or an energy source, at least one of the axle modules has two pairs of suspension points for attachment to the frame structure, and each of the two pairs of suspension points are configured at different heights in a vertical direction of the vehicle;
a connecting line that connects a first pair of the suspension points to a second pair of the suspension points, in side view, through a wheel center point offset by +100 millimeters (mm) with respect to the wheel center point in the vertical direction of the vehicle at the wheel center point or through a center of mass of a battery box; and
wheels, wherein each wheel is kinematically coupled to the front axle module or the rear axle module.