US 12,140,218 B2
Integrated gearbox in electric motor systems
Thibault Devreese, Ghent (BE)
Assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC, Maumee, OH (US)
Filed by Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,539.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160464 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 57/02 (2012.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01)
CPC F16H 57/02 (2013.01) [B60K 2001/001 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02034 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02052 (2013.01); F16H 57/0476 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gearbox assembly, comprising:
an electric motor enclosed in a housing;
a gearbox enclosed in the housing, the gearbox having an idler gear directly coupled to an electric motor gear arranged on a first shaft, the electric motor gear directly coupled to an electric motor output shaft, wherein the idler gear is a single gear arranged on a second shaft;
an accessory gear coupled directly to the idler gear, the accessory gear arranged on a third shaft; and
a differential arranged on a differential shaft different than the third shaft, wherein an input differential gear is in meshed engagement with the accessory gear.