Utility vehicle with electric motor at drive wheel
AssigneeAsw, LLC
InventorsJason Patrick Delor, Gauravkumar Davda
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Abstract
A utility vehicle configured for traveling off-road includes: a chassis; and a drive wheel assembly coupled with the chassis and including: a drive wheel assembly rotatable portion configured for rotating and thereby for enabling the utility vehicle to traverse a ground; a hub carrier coupled with the drive wheel assembly rotatable portion, which is configured for rotating relative to the hub carrier; and an electric motor configured for causing the drive wheel assembly rotatable portion to rotate, the electric motor including a stator which is fixedly coupled with the hub carrier.
Claims15
A utility vehicle configured for traveling off-road, the utility vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a drive wheel assembly coupled with the chassis and including:
- a drive wheel assembly rotatable portion configured for rotating and thereby for enabling the utility vehicle to traverse a ground;
- a hub carrier coupled with the drive wheel assembly rotatable portion, which is configured for rotating relative to the hub carrier;
- and
- an electric motor configured for causing the drive wheel assembly rotatable portion to rotate, the electric motor including a stator which is fixedly coupled with the hub carrier;
- a suspension system including a lower control arm assembly including a first control arm linkage and a second control arm linkage each of which is coupled with the chassis and the hub carrier, the first control arm linkage and the second control arm linkage converging toward one another in a direction toward the hub carrier;
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- a brake assembly which is positioned at least substantially inboard of the lower control arm assembly.
A drive wheel assembly of a utility vehicle configured for traveling off-road, the utility vehicle including a chassis, the drive wheel assembly being coupled with the chassis, the drive wheel assembly comprising:
- a drive wheel assembly rotatable portion configured for rotating and thereby for enabling the utility vehicle to traverse a ground;
- a hub carrier coupled with the drive wheel assembly rotatable portion, which is configured for rotating relative to the hub carrier, the hub carrier being configured for being that, together with the chassis of the utility vehicle, to which each of a first control arm linkage and a second control arm linkage of a suspension system of the utility vehicle is coupled, wherein the first control arm linkage and the second control arm linkage converge toward one another in a direction toward the hub carrier, the utility vehicle further including a brake assembly which is positioned at least substantially inboard of the lower control arm assembly;
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- an electric motor configured for causing the drive wheel assembly rotatable portion to rotate, the electric motor including a stator which is fixedly coupled with the hub carrier.
A method of using a utility vehicle configured for traveling off-road, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing that the utility vehicle includes a chassis and a drive wheel assembly coupled with the chassis, the drive wheel assembly including a drive wheel assembly rotatable portion configured for rotating and thereby for enabling the utility vehicle to traverse a ground;
- coupling a hub carrier with the drive wheel assembly rotatable portion, which is configured for rotating relative to the hub carrier;
- coupling fixedly a stator of an electric motor with the hub carrier, the electric motor being configured for causing the drive wheel assembly rotatable portion to rotate;
- and
- using the utility vehicle, the utility vehicle further including a suspension system including a lower control arm assembly including a first control arm linkage and a second control arm linkage each of which is coupled with the chassis and the hub carrier, the first control arm linkage and the second control arm linkage converging toward one another in a direction toward the hub carrier, the utility vehicle further including a brake assembly which is positioned at least substantially inboard of the lower control arm assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.