Patent ID: 7528518

Claim:
An in-wheel motor incorporated in a wheel rim of a vehicle to drive a wheel, comprising: a hub unit including a fixed component fixed to a non-rotating part of a vehicle body of the vehicle, and a rotating component fixed to the wheel rim and rotatably fitted to the fixed component by means of a bearing; a disk shaped fixed to a non-rotating part of the vehicle body of the vehicle and positioned on the inner side of the wheel rim viewed along with the width of the vehicle; an annular stator directly connected to the peripheral part the stator bracket and positioned in the wheel rim with its center positioned on the axis of rotation of the rotating component; a rotor bracket fixed to the rotating component and positioned on the inner side of the wheel rim viewed along with the width of the vehicle; and an annular rotor supported by the rotor bracket and positioned near the stator and in the wheel rim with its center positioned on the axis of rotation of the rotating component.