US 11,919,356 B2
Drive unit of a vehicle and a method for levelling a vehicle
Huba Nemeth, Budapest (HU)
Assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/428,085
Filed by KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/051472
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/160900, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19155216 (EP), filed on Feb. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126643 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B60G 17/0195 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/0195 (2013.01) [B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60G 2204/46 (2013.01); B60G 2300/026 (2013.01); B60G 2300/50 (2013.01); B60G 2500/30 (2013.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive unit for a commercial vehicle, comprising:
at least one electric motor;
means for levelling an axle driven by the at least one electric motor; and
a gearbox arranged between the electric motor and a wheel hub of the commercial vehicle, wherein the gearbox comprises a first output to drive the wheel hub and a second output to actuate levelling.