Patent ID: 7017696
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: B60K,B60L,B62D,B62K,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising: at least one large annulate wheel with a large toroidal hub, and a correspondingly large toroidal axle joined to said vehicle to rotatably position and urge said large toroidal hub to effect rotatory movements of said large annulate wheel; at least one fully closed toroidal rotor with magnetic and/or electromagnetic means of an electric motor, attached to or integrated with said large toroidal hub; at least one stator with magnetic and/or electromagnetic means of said electric motor, attached to or integrated with said large toroidal axle; at least one opening fully encircled by said fully closed toroidal rotor with magnetic and/or electromagnetic means of said electric motor, which is large enough to allow the entry and exit of a passenger of said vehicle, through said large toroidal axle; a bearing means linked to said large toroidal hub and said large toroidal axle to decrease the friction between said large toroidal hub and said large toroidal axle during said rotatory movements of said large annulate wheel; a source of electric power conducts through electrical and/or electronic processing unit or units to said electric motor to rotatably urge said electric motor which mechanically transfers torque to said large annulate wheel; and at least one more of said large annulate wheel or any other wheel, placed at an axial distance from the first said large annulate wheel and linked rotatably to said vehicle, which is rotatably urged by a torque-giving power source.