US 12,214,650 B2
Systems for drive axle
Marcio Massari, Sorocaba (BR); Cassio Leme, Sorocaba (BR); Bruno Marocchio, Sorocaba (BR); Vinicius Ventura, Sorocaba (BR); and Paula Nomura Watanabe, Sorocaba (BR)
Assigned to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC, Maumee, OH (US)
Filed by Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/652,851.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,578, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281302 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. F16H 48/38 (2012.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B60K 17/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/00 (2013.01) [B60K 17/046 (2013.01); B60K 17/16 (2013.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01); F16H 48/38 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a first tube pressed into a first portion of a differential housing on a first side of an electric motor, wherein a mount, a first reinforcement ring, a wheel hub assembly, and a brake housing are physically coupled to the first tube, and wherein the first reinforcement ring is physically coupled to the first portion via a plurality of fasteners; and
a second tube pressed into a second portion of the differential housing on a second side of the electric motor, the second side opposite the first side, wherein a second reinforcement ring is physically coupled to the second tube;
wherein a first drive axle portion extends through the first tube and a second drive axle portion extends through the second tube, and wherein the second drive axle portion is different than the first drive axle portion; and
wherein the first drive axle portion is coupled to a concentric axle adjacent to a first planetary gear set arranged in the first portion of the differential housing, and wherein the first reinforcement ring and the second reinforcement ring comprise respective dampeners.