Patent ID: 9248733
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: B60C,B60K,H02K

Claim Text:
1. A device for propelling a vehicle, comprising: two electric motors, wherein each electric motor is configured for propelling a respective wheel of the vehicle; a cooling device configured with each electric motor; each cooling device comprising at least one cooling fluid line; each of the cooling fluid lines connected to a common cooling fluid connection line; the cooling device further comprising a housing around each electric motor, the cooling fluid lines defined within the housing and including a cooling fluid inlet and a cooling fluid outlet in each housing; the cooling fluid connection line connected directly to the cooling fluid outlet of one of the housings and directly to the cooling fluid inlet of the other respective housing; and wherein a cooling fluid recirculation path is established by which the cooling fluid runs from a pump or reservoir to the cooling fluid inlet of a one the housings, through the fluid cooling line within the first housing, out of the cooling fluid outlet of the first housing, through the cooling fluid connection line, into the cooling fluid inlet of the second housing, through the fluid cooling line within the second housing, out of the cooling fluid outlet of the second housing, and back to the pump or reservoir.