Patent ID: 6662730
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: B61C

Abstract:
A device for driving a vehicle mounted on at least one driving axle fitted with wheels, the device comprising:at least one electric motor having a stator and a rotor mounted so as to rotate with respect to the stator, the rotor placed around the axle but not in contact with the axle; a drive element fastened to the axle and extending radially from the axle; the drive element being a drive disk coaxially fastened to the axle and located laterally with respect to the electric motor, along the axial direction of the axle, the drive element driving the axle; the motor having at least one stator disk and at least one rotor disk, the rotor disk and stator disk having opposing faces; a plurality of electrical windings being fixed to the face of the stator disk; a plurality of windings or permanent magnets being fixed to the opposing face of the rotor disk; and the rotor disk fastened to means for directly engaging elements in a peripheral region of the drive disk, remote from an axis of the axle.