Devices and methods of thermal management for a motorized wheel
AssigneeSuperpedestrian, Inc.
InventorsAssaf Biderman, Eric Barber, Long Hin Fong, John David Heinzmann, Robert Paul Roy
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Abstract
A method of thermal management for an electrically motorized wheel, the method can include defining a thermally conductive path from at least one component, the at least one component becoming heated during operation of the electrically motorized wheel, providing the path with a thermally conductive material and further defining the path such that the path contacts the at least one component, further defining the path such that the path contacts a hub shell assembly of the electrically motorized wheel thereby conducting heat from the at least one component to the hub shell assembly.
Claims21
A method of thermal management for an electrically motorized wheel, the method comprising:
- defining a thermally conductive path from at least one component, said at least one component becoming heated during operation of the electrically motorized wheel,
- providing the thermally conductive path with a thermally conductive material and further defining the thermally conductive path such that the thermally conductive path contacts the at least one component,
- further defining the thermally conductive path such that the thermally conductive path contacts a shaft or a hub shell assembly of the electrically motorized wheel thereby conducting heat from the at least one component to the shaft or the hub shell assembly.
A method of thermal management for an electrically motorized wheel having a hub shell assembly containing at least one component that becomes heated during operation of the electrically motorized wheel, the method comprising:
- agitating airflow within the hub shell assembly via a plurality of convection elements that extend from the hub shell assembly;
- and
- forming a thermal path from the at least one component that becomes heated during operation of the electrically motorized wheel to the hub shell assembly.
A hub shell assembly for an electrically motorized wheel, comprising:
- a drive side shell defined about an axis;
- a non-drive side ring mounted to the drive side shell;
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- a removable access door removably attachable to the non-drive side ring, wherein at least one of the drive side shell, the non-drive side ring and the removable access door forms a portion of a thermal path defined from at least one component that becomes heated during operation of the electrically motorized wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.