| CPC F16H 48/40 (2013.01) [B60K 1/00 (2013.01); F16H 37/0813 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
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1. A drive assembly for a drive train of a motor vehicle comprising:
a differential configured for driving a first axle and a second axle while allowing the first axle and the second axle to rotate about a center axis at different speeds than each other;
an input shaft;
a first gear set continuously drivingly connected to the differential for inputting a first torque to the differential, the first gear set including a first input gear coaxial to the input shaft;
a second gear set continuously drivingly connected to the differential for inputting a second torque to the differential, the first torque being lower than the second torque, the second gear set including a second input gear coaxial to the input shaft; and
a clutch actuatable between a first orientation in which the clutch drives the first gear set to transmit the first torque to the differential, and a second orientation in which the clutch drives the second gear set to transmit the second torque to the differential,
wherein the first gear set includes a first final drive gear drivingly connected to and mounted on the differential for inputting the first torque to the differential,
the second gear set including a second final drive gear drivingly connected to the differential for inputting the second torque to the differential,
the second input gear being drivingly connected to the second final drive gear by at least one intermediate gear,
the at least one intermediate gear includes an upstream intermediate gear directly drivingly connected to the second input gear and a downstream intermediate gear directly drivingly connected to the second final drive gear.
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