US 11,850,928 B2
Electric drive axle for a vehicle
Frank Seemann, Euerbach (DE); Paul Lenz, Waldkirchen (DE); Andreas Grossl, Kopfing (AT); Werner Hechberger, Fuerstenzell (DE); Kai Borntraeger, Langenargen (DE); Maik Woerl, Immenstaad (DE); Marco Di Sarno, Osnabrück (DE); and Cong Ren, Jiang Sui (CN)
Assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen (DE); and ZF DRIVETECH (SUZHOU) CO. LTD., Suzhou (CN)
Appl. No. 17/277,492
Filed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE); and ZF Drivetech (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., Suzhou (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 13, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/074441
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/058103, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 215 924.6 (DE), filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032755 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/16 (2006.01); B60K 17/28 (2006.01); B60K 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/02 (2013.01) [B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60K 17/16 (2013.01); B60K 17/28 (2013.01); B60K 2025/005 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. An electric drive axle for a vehicle, comprising:
an electric vehicle drive system (1, 13) configured for driving at least one vehicle wheel (11, 12);
a double shift element (6); and
a connection interface (8) for a power take-off (PTO),
wherein the electric vehicle drive system (1, 13) is coupled to the double shift element (6) such that the electric vehicle drive system (1, 13) is drivingly coupled to the at least one vehicle wheel (11, 12) at least in a first engagement position of the double shift element (6) and such that the electric vehicle drive system (1, 13) is decoupled from the at least one vehicle wheel (11, 12) and is drivingly coupled to the connection interface (8) for the power take-off (PTO) in a second engagement position of the double shift element (6).