Patent ID: 6590306
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B60G,B60L,B62K,B62M

Abstract:
An electric motor arrangement for driving an associated, juxtaposed wheel comprised of a rim portion mounting a tire and a disk shaped portion, said electric motor comprising a rotor and a stator supported for relative rotation, one of said rotor and said stator carrying a plurality of spaced permanent magnets, the other of said rotor and said stator carrying a plurality of coil windings juxtaposed to said permanent magnets for effecting rotation of said rotor, a motor cover enclosing said rotor and said stator and adapted to extend at least in part into the associated wheel, a wheel driving shaft driven by said rotor and having an end portion extending through an opening in said motor cover for driving the associated wheel, said motor cover opening being surrounded by a disk shaped portion facing and juxtaposed to said disk shaped portion of said wheel, and a controller for controlling the supply of electrical power to said coils mounted on the side of said disk shaped portion facing said disk shaped portion of said wheel and through which said wheel driving shaft extends.