Patent ID: 6752227
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60T,Y10T

Abstract:
A final drive for propelling a vehicle wheel, the drive comprising:a vehicle wheel with a rim (12) defining a wheel rotational axis; a drive motor (1) having a rotational drive axis offset with respect to the wheel rotational axis, and the drive motor (1) driving the vehicle wheel via reduction gears (3, 11); and a disk brake (15) situated within the rim (12) for braking rotation of the vehicle wheel, and the disk brake (15) being actuated by an actuation mechanism (23); wherein the reduction gears (3, 11) comprise first and second reduction gear sets (3, 11) which are located adjacent one another, and the disk brake (15) is located between the drive motor (1) and the first and second reduction gears (3, 11).