Electric motor and gearing assembly

An apparatus comprising:

• an axial flux electric motor including a stator operably coupled with a rotor;
• a shaft secured to the rotor;
• a gearing assembly drivingly coupled with the shaft;
• a housing assembly defining a non-partitioned interior space housing both the electric motor and the gearing assembly;
• and
• wherein the shaft is rotatably supported on a pair of bearing supports, wherein the shaft is unsupported between the electric motor and the gearing assembly and wherein the electric motor and the gearing assembly are both disposed along the shaft between the pair of bearing supports;
• and wherein the apparatus further includes:
• a second axial flux electric motor including a second stator operably coupled with a second rotor;
• a second shaft rotatably secured to the second rotor;
• a second gearing assembly drivingly coupled with the second shaft;
• wherein the housing assembly defines a second non-partitioned interior space housing both the second electric motor and the second gearing assembly;
• and
• wherein the second shaft is rotatably supported on a second pair of bearing supports, wherein the second shaft is unsupported between the second electric motor and the second gearing assembly and wherein the second electric motor and the second gearing assembly are both disposed on the second shaft between the second pair of bearing supports;
• wherein the non-partitioned interior space housing both the electric motor and the gearing assembly and the second non-partitioned interior space housing both the second electric motor and the second gearing assembly are separated by a partition member;
• and
• wherein the partition member supports the stator of the axial flux motor and a first bearing support of the pair of bearing supports, the first bearing support for rotatably supporting an end of the shaft and wherein the partition member supports the second stator of the second axial flux motor and a second bearing support of the second pair of bearing supports, the second bearing support rotatably supporting an end of the second shaft.

An apparatus comprising:

• an axial flux electric motor including a stator operably coupled with a rotor;
• a shaft secured to the rotor;
• a gearing assembly drivingly coupled with the shaft;
• a housing assembly defining a non-partitioned interior space housing both the electric motor and the gearing assembly;
• wherein the shaft is rotatably supported on a pair of bearing supports, wherein the shaft is unsupported between the electric motor and the gearing assembly and wherein the electric motor and the gearing assembly are both disposed along the shaft between the pair of bearing supports;
• and
• wherein the housing assembly includes an end plate and wherein the end plate supports the stator and one of the pair of bearing supports, the one bearing support supported by the end plate supporting an end of the shaft.