Abstract: Electric vehicle powertrains, highway vehicles, and methods of manufacturing vehicles have dual belts driving wheels from two electric motors. Embodiments have a centrally-located transmission housing containing two belts and pulleys, and motors are mounted outside of the housing. A battery may power the motors and an internal combustion engine may power wheels on the other end of the vehicle through a separate transmission. Each belt may have a tensioner and drive shafts may have universal joints and decouplers. The transmission may have a central wall or supports which may support the pulleys and adjacent pulleys may have a common centerline and be supported by a common pin through the central wall.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 16, 2011
Date of Patent:
October 2, 2012
Assignee:
American Challenge Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Joseph N. Scarbo, Derk Hartland, Russel L. Wicks, Neil E. Hannemann
Abstract: Electric vehicle powertrains, highway vehicles, and methods of manufacturing vehicles have dual belts driving wheels from two electric motors. Embodiments have a centrally-located transmission housing containing two belts and pulleys, and motors are mounted outside of the housing. A battery may power the motors and an internal combustion engine may power wheels on the other end of the vehicle through a separate transmission. Each belt may have a tensioner and drive shafts may have universal joints and decouplers. The transmission may have a central wall or supports which may support the pulleys and adjacent pulleys may have a common centerline and be supported by a common pin through the central wall.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 16, 2011
Publication date:
March 1, 2012
Applicant:
American Challenge Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Joseph N. Scarbo, Derk Hartland, Russel L. Wicks, Neil E. Hannemann