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US 2017/0321783 A1Published application
Traction motor assembly with gear-interconnected wheel and output shaft
AssigneeNidec Motor Corporation
InventorsWilliam D. Moore, Philip S. Johnson
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Abstract
Electric motors are disclosed. The motors are preferably for use in an automated vehicle, although any one or more of a variety of motor uses are suitable. The motors include lift, turntable, and locomotion motors.
Claims20
A mobile machine comprising:
- a motor assembly including a rotatable output shaft,
- said output shaft including an output gear;
- and
- a rotatable ground-engaging wheel including—
- a wheel gear, and
- a hub at least in part circumscribing the wheel gear,
- said wheel gear drivingly intermeshing with the output gear, such that rotation of the output gear imparts rotation to the wheel.
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A mobile machine comprising:
- a motor assembly including a rotatable output shaft,
- said output shaft including an output gear;
- and
- a rotatable wheel including a ground-engaging component and a unitary body,
- said unitary body including—
- a hub at least substantially supporting the ground-engaging component, and
- a plurality of teeth extending from the hub,
- said output gear drivingly intermeshing with said teeth such that rotation of the output gear imparts rotation to the ground-engaging component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.