Patent ID: 7147073

Claim:
A travel drive for heavy goods vehicles, with several wheel pairs ( 39 ) forming a driven wheel axle, which wheel pairs are each supported by a separate rocker arm ( 2 ), which extends between the wheels ( 8 ) of the respective wheel pairs ( 39 ) and carries on opposite sides two wheel hubs ( 16 ), on which the wheels ( 8 ) can be attached, whereby there is provided for each wheel ( 8 ) of the wheel pair ( 39 ) an independent wheel drive ( 3 ) consisting of an electric motor ( 4 ) and a reduction stage ( 19 ), which transfers the drive motion of the electric motor ( 4 ) to the respective wheel hub ( 16 ), wherein there is provided for each wheel ( 8 ) of the wheel pair ( 39 ) an independent wheel brake ( 26 ), which is arranged on an outside of the respective electric motor ( 4 ) and/or the respective reduction stage ( 19 ) facing away from the respective rocker arm ( 2 ) and which is arranged, together with the respective electric motor ( 4 ) and the respective reduction stage ( 19 ), inside the respective wheel hub ( 16 ) and the associated wheel axle ( 11 ).