Radial wheel motor supported on auxiliary bearings in a parallel arrangement

An assembly comprising:

• a vehicle having a plurality of wheel stations, each wheel station of the plurality of wheel stations having a wheel hub and wheel bearings and wheel bolts, the wheel hub being connected to a hub shaft;
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• a wheel assembly affixed to at least one of the plurality of wheel assemblies, said wheel assembly being affixed to the wheel hub and bolted to the wheel bolts, said wheel assembly comprising:
• a first housing affixed by a torque restraint arm to a non-rotatable portion of the vehicle, said first housing having a support structure, said first housing having permanent magnets therein;
• a second housing affixed to the wheel hub of said vehicle so as to be rotatable relative to said first assembly, said second housing having windings therein, the windings of said second housing and the permanent magnets of said first housing defining an air gap therebetween, the permanent magnets of said first housing being positioned radially inwardly of the windings of said second housing, the air gap extending concentric to an axis of rotation of the wheel hub;
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• an energy storage module affixed only to said second housing, said energy storage module being cooperative with the windings of said second housing and with the permanent magnets of said first housing so as to receive and transmit energy from and to the windings relative to a motion of the vehicle.