US 12,459,516 B2
Dual motor gearbox spool lock
Nathan D. Mandery, Perrysburg, OH (US); and Kyle Mourdock, Bowling Green, OH (US)
Assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC, Maumee, OH (US)
Filed by Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/185,165.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/269,697, filed on Mar. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294703 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 10/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 30/18172 (2013.01) [B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0225 (2013.01); B60W 2520/26 (2013.01); B60W 2710/021 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for an electric vehicle, comprising:
a first electric motor coupled to a first gear train;
a second electric motor coupled to a second gear train, wherein the first gear train couples the first electric motor to a first wheel via a first output shaft of the first gear train and the second gear train couples the second electric motor to a second wheel via a second output shaft of the second gear train;
a spool lock configured to couple the first gear train and the second gear train; and
a splined intermediate shaft is positioned between and in a same plane as the first output shaft and the second output shaft, and wherein the splined intermediate shaft is coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft.