Patent ID: 9403429
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B60K,B60L

Claim Text:
1. A motorized hub for electric powering of an axle of a hybrid drive automotive vehicle, said motorized hub comprising: a hub configured to receive a wheel, the hub being mounted rotationally relative to a hub carrier about a hub axis, an electric drive motor: reduction means acting between the rotor of the electric drive motor and the hub, said reduction means comprise a drive pinion configured to be connected to a shaft of the electric drive motor and a toothed ring configured to be connected to the hub; and coupling/uncoupling means comprises a dog clutch and sliding member mechanism, the sliding member mechanism being coaxial with the hub, the coupling/uncoupling means arranged between the reduction means and the hub and configured to adopt a coupling position in which rotation of the electric drive motor is coupled to the rotation of the hub and an uncoupling position in which rotation of the electric drive motor is uncoupled from the rotation of the hub and constantly connected for rotation with the hub, one end of said sliding member mechanism comprising frontal toothing configured to interact, in the coupling position, with complementary toothing cut on a sidewall of the toothed ring.