US 11,919,380 B2
Drivable axle for a vehicle
Peter Kontermann, Osnabrück (DE); and Benjamin Bäumer, Ibbenbüren (DE)
Assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/264,561
Filed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/068469
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/035227, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 213 651.3 (DE), filed on Aug. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0323393 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60G 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/00 (2013.01) [B60G 11/02 (2013.01); B60G 2202/11 (2013.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drivable axle for a vehicle comprising:
an axle body being configured to receive an axle shaft, and
a receiving structure for receiving a vehicle element for integration into a drive-train,
the receiving structure being connected to the axle body,
the receiving structure being configured to receive a drive unit of the vehicle and having openings for connection to the axle shaft, and the receiving structure has at least one open side such that an interior of the receiving structure is accessible through the open side from an exterior of the receiving structure,
the receiving structure having at least one fixing area for fixing the drive unit to the receiving structure, and
the drivable axle comprises a spring device for a sprung suspension of the vehicle.