Patent ID: 7179193

Claim:
An arrangement for driving a wheel of a vehicle, said arrangement comprising: a planetary gear transmission including a sun gear connected to a driving axle, a planet carrier on which at least one planet gear is arranged in engagement with the sun gear, and a ring gear arranged around and in engagement with said at least one planet gear; said ring gear and an outer, static part are of one piece construction and form an annular member; a braking device and a wheel hub, said wheel hub being fixedly connected to the planet carrier and the braking device being arranged to brake the planet carrier relative to the static part that is arranged outside the planet carrier in the radial direction; and a bearing arrangement provided between the hub and the annular member which comprises at least one row of balls arranged along a circular track established between races provided in the hub and the annular member and wherein the race provided in the hub is located radially outside the race provided in the annular member and wherein said hub has an annular part fixedly interconnected to a cover disk, said ring gear having an edge portion including a lip and a groove, said annular part received in said groove to overlap said lip of said ring gear.