US 11,807,091 B2
Axle drive
Frank Seemann, Euerbach (DE); Paul Lenz, Waldkirchen (DE); Andreas Grossi, Kopfing (AT); Werner Hechberger, Fuerstenzell (DE); Kai Borntraeger, Langenargen (DE); Maik Woerl, Immenstaad (DE); Marco Di Sarno, Osnabrück (DE); and Cong Ren, Jiang Sui (CN)
Assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen (DE); and ZF DRIVETECH (SUZHOU) CO. LTD., Suzhou (CN)
Appl. No. 17/277,524
Filed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE); and ZF Drivetech (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., Suzhou (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 13, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/074439
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/058101, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 215 934.3 (DE), filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032756 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/02 (2013.01) [B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60K 17/046 (2013.01); B60K 2007/003 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0061 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/73 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An axle drive (1) for a motor vehicle axle, comprising:
a first drive unit (2);
a second drive unit (2); and
an output axle (6),
wherein the first and second drive units (2) are positioned such that an overall center of gravity (7) of the axle drive (1) is situated proximate a center of the output axle (6) and/or an axis of rotation of a vehicle wheel driven by the axle drive (1), and
wherein each of the first and second drive units (2) comprises a respective input axle (5), and the input axles (5) of the first and second drive units (2) are arranged at the same height (z) as the output axle (6).