Patent ID: 9660500
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60Y,B62K,B62M,H02K

Claim:
1. A hub motor arrangement, comprising: a housing defining an interior space and an axis of rotation; a first lateral support member positioned at least partially within the interior space of the housing; a second lateral support member positioned at least partially within the interior space of the housing and spaced from the first lateral support member along the axis of rotation; a plurality of connecting shafts extending between the first lateral support member and the second lateral support member; a plurality of planet gears, each planet gear being a double spur gear supported on a respective one of the plurality of connecting shafts; a motor; a sun gear driven by the motor and that drives a first gear portion of each of the plurality of planet gears; a ring gear driven by a second gear portion of each of the plurality of planet gears, wherein the ring gear drives the housing for rotation about the axis of rotation; and an axle defining the axis of rotation of the housing, wherein a first end portion of the axle is located outside of the interior space of the housing and a second end portion of the axle is located within the interior space of the housing such that the axle does not pass completely through the housing.