Patent ID: 7445067
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: B60G,B60K,B60L,H02K,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electric wheel motor assembly, comprising: a planetary gearset having a sun gear, a ring gear and a planet carrier that rotatably supports a plurality of planet gears; a wheel spindle, wherein a portion of said wheel spindle includes said ring gear that is maintained in a non-rotating condition; a first wheel bearing and a second wheel bearing that rotatably support said planet carrier on said wheel spindle, said first wheel bearing defining a first plane that extends radially therefrom and said second wheel bearing defining a second plane that extends radially therefrom; and an electric motor having a stator and a rotor, a portion of said rotor includes said sun gear, said sun gear having a plurality of gear teeth that engages with said planet gears, said plurality of gear teeth on said sun gear is disposed between said first plane and said second plane.