Inventors:
Joseph N. Scarbo - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
Derk Hartland - Lake Forest CA, US
Russel L. Wicks - Costa Mesa CA, US
Neil E. Hannemann - Oceanside CA, US
Assignee:
American Challenge Technologies, Inc. - Beverly Hills CA
International Classification:
B60K 1/02
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.