Electric wheel drive unit for driving a wheel of a motor vehicle
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsPhilippe WAGNER, Aurelien GRAUSS, Simon ORTMANN, Laurent INEICHEN
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Abstract
An electric wheel drive unit (1) for driving a wheel of a motor vehicle is provided having a brake device (2) for braking the electric wheel drive unit (1) during operation, and a housing (3) which accommodates the brake device (2) in its interior (I). The brake device (2) is designed to convert kinetic energy into heat in order to perform braking, and to suck in a fluid in the axial direction (A) and to feed it in the radial direction (R) in order to cool the brake device (2) by a flow of fluid which is for the most part oriented radially and flows through the brake device (2).
Claims20
An electric wheel drive unit for driving a wheel of a motor vehicle, the electric wheel drive unit comprising:
- a brake assembly configured for braking the electric wheel drive unit during operation;
- a housing which accommodates the brake assembly in an interior thereof;
- the brake assembly is configured to convert kinetic energy into heat in order to perform braking, and to suck in a fluid in an axial direction and to convey the fluid in a radial direction in order to cool the brake assembly by a flow of the fluid which is for the most part oriented radially and flows through the brake assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.