A planetary gearbox with substantial speed reduction includes a stationary spindle, an integral service brake, and a parking brake. The integral service brake resides radially outwardly with respect to the parking brake in a stacked arrangement such that a...

A hybrid electric vehicle includes a high voltage DC bus and an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine is mechanically coupled to a non self-excited generator /motor which is preferably a switched reluctance machine. A power inverter el...

A wheel drive assembly includes a rotatable spindle-carrier affixed to a wheel. A fixed housing includes an output ring gear and the spindle-carrier resides generally within the housing. An output sun gear driven by an input carrier drives output planetary...