Electric drive axle housing welded structure
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of automobile electric drive axle structure design, in particular to an electric drive axle shell welding structure.
Background
At present, the development of the electric drive axle speed reducer has compact and complex structural space arrangement and limited shell space arrangement. The planet carrier shells are connected through bolts, as shown in fig. 1, the differential shells are connected through bolts, as shown in fig. 2, the planet carriers are arranged separately from the differential shells, the occupied space is large, the weight is heavy, and the cost is high.
Disclosure of utility model
Based on the expression, the utility model provides an electric drive axle housing welding structure, which aims to solve the technical problems that in the prior art, the left and right differential housings are connected by bolts, the left and right planet carrier housings and the left and right differential housings are arranged separately, the occupied space is large, the weight is heavy, and the cost is high.
The technical scheme for solving the technical problems is as follows:
an electric drive axle housing welding structure comprises a left differential housing, a left planet carrier, a right planet carrier and a right differential housing;
the right end of the left planet carrier and the left end of the right planet carrier are welded and fixed, the right planet carrier is sleeved outside the left differential case and welded and fixed, and the right end of the right planet carrier and the left end of the right differential case are welded and fixed.
Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the application has the following beneficial technical effects:
The invention creates the arrangement structure and the connection mode of the left and right planet carriers and the left and right differential shells, adopts welding connection between the left and right differential shells and the left and right planet carriers, arranges the left and right differential shells and the left and right planet carriers as a whole, reduces the use of bolts, optimizes the space arrangement of the shells, reduces the weight of an electric drive bridge and realizes light weight.
On the basis of the technical scheme, the utility model can be improved as follows.
Further, the left differential case includes a cylindrical portion and a disc portion, the disc portion is coaxially connected to a right end of the cylindrical portion, a stepped hole is formed in the right carrier, and the stepped hole is disposed corresponding to an outer edge of the disc portion.
Further, the left planet carrier is sleeved on the left differential case and is not in contact with the left differential case.
Further, the welding between the left planet carrier and the right planet carrier, between the right planet carrier and the left differential case, and between the right planet carrier and the right differential case is laser welding.
Further, the right end of the left planet carrier and the left end of the right planet carrier are in butt joint with each other and have the same outer contour.
Further, the right end of the right planet carrier and the left end of the right differential case are butted with each other and have the same outer contour.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a structure in which left and right planetary carriers are connected by bolts in the prior art;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a prior art structure in which left and right differential cases are bolted;
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a welding structure of an electric drive axle housing according to an embodiment of the present application.
In the figures, 10, left differential case, 20, left carrier, 30, right carrier, 40, right differential case.
Detailed Description
In order that the application may be readily understood, a more complete description of the application will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. Embodiments of the application are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. This application may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application.
As shown in fig. 3, an embodiment of the present application provides an electric drive axle housing welding structure including a left differential housing 10, a left carrier 20, a right carrier 30, and a right differential housing 40.
The right end of the left planet carrier 20 and the left end of the right planet carrier 30 are welded and fixed, the right planet carrier 30 is sleeved outside the left differential case 10 and welded and fixed, and the right end of the right planet carrier 30 and the left end of the right differential case 40 are welded and fixed.
In a preferred embodiment of the present application, the left differential case 10 includes a cylindrical portion 11 and a disc portion 12, the disc portion 12 is coaxially connected to the right end of the cylindrical portion 11, a stepped hole 301 is formed in the right carrier 30, and the stepped hole 301 is disposed corresponding to the outer edge of the disc portion 12.
By the structural design, the contact area between the right planet carrier 30 and the left differential case 10 is increased, and the stability of the welded structure is ensured.
The left carrier 20 is sleeved on the left differential case 10 and is not in contact with the left differential case 10, and the right end of the left carrier 20 and the left end of the right carrier 30 are butted with each other and have the same outer contour.
Further, the welding between the left planet carrier 20 and the right planet carrier 30, between the right planet carrier 30 and the left differential case 10, and between the right planet carrier 30 and the right differential case 40 is laser welding, preferably laser brazing welding, and the right end of the right planet carrier 30 and the left end of the right differential case 40 are butted with each other and have the same outer contour.
The invention creates the arrangement structure and the connection mode of the left and right planet carriers and the left and right differential shells, adopts welding connection between the left and right differential shells and the left and right planet carriers, arranges the left and right differential shells and the left and right planet carriers as a whole, reduces the use of bolts, optimizes the space arrangement of the shells, reduces the weight of an electric drive bridge and realizes light weight.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the utility model is not intended to limit the utility model to the precise form disclosed, and any such modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the utility model are intended to be included within the scope of the utility model.