Patent ID: 8323143

Claim:
A wheel drive assembly, comprising: an input sun gear and a motor rotatably driving said input sun gear; a fixed drive end housing, said fixed drive end housing includes an input ring gear; an input carrier and a plurality of input planet gears rotatably mounted thereto, said input sun gear driving said plurality of input planet gears, said input planet gears meshing with said input ring gear causing rotation of said input carrier; an output sun gear driven by said input carrier; a fixed spindle-carrier housing; a generally cylindrically shaped spindle-carrier, said generally cylindrically shaped spindle-carrier residing within said fixed spindle-carrier housing, said fixed spindle-carrier housing includes an output ring gear; a plurality of output planet gears rotatably mounted in said spindle-carrier, said output sun gear driving said plurality of output planet gears, said output planet gears meshing with said output ring gear causing rotation of said generally cylindrically shaped spindle-carrier; a wheel; and, said wheel affixed to said generally cylindrically shaped spindle-carrier and rotatable therewith.