US 12,311,745 B2
Drive shaft arrangement and a vehicle comprising said arrangement
Per Strandemo, Sävedalen (SE); and Lars Stenvall, Ljungskile (SE)
Assigned to Polestar Performance AB, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Polestar Performance AB, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/502,672.
Claims priority of application No. 22206536 (EP), filed on Nov. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0157788 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/26 (2006.01); B60K 23/06 (2006.01); F16D 41/07 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/00 (2013.01) [B60K 2001/001 (2013.01); B60K 17/26 (2013.01); B60K 23/06 (2013.01); F16D 41/07 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A drive shaft arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
a drive shaft arranged to transfer torque; and
a drive shaft joint at least partially enclosing a drive shaft end portion,
wherein the drive shaft joint comprises a housing and a one-way clutch provided at an inner portion of said housing,
the one-way clutch is arranged within said inner portion such that the one-way clutch:
engages with said drive shaft in a first drive shaft state, in which the drive shaft is adapted to transfer torque in a first direction, and
is adapted to disengage from said drive shaft in a second drive shaft state, in which the drive shaft is idle or transfers torque in a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein an outer race of the one-way clutch is fixedly provided into the inner portion of the housing and an inner race of the one-way clutch is disengageably provided in connection to the drive shaft joint, wherein the inner race at least partly surrounds the drive shaft joint located inside the housing.