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US 2024/0101219 A1Published application
Means of transport that can be simultaneously driven electromotively and by human muscular power
AssigneeKillwatt GmbH
InventorsHans Peter ACKERMANN, Volker ACKERMANN
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Abstract
A means of transport, in particular a pedelec, which can be driven by means of drive energy produced electromotively and by human muscular power, comprising a drive unit in which an electric drive motor and a harmonic drive transmission are nested one inside the other, thereby saving space.
Claims16
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A means of transport, in particular a pedelec, that can be simultaneously driven electromotively and by human muscular power, with a drive unit, said drive unit comprising:
- an input shaft for transmitting drive energy generated from human muscular power;
- an output shaft for delivering drive energy to a travel unit;
- a harmonic drive transmission arranged around a rotation axis and having a wave generator, a flexspline and a ring gear;
- an electric drive motor arranged around the rotation axis and having a stator and a rotor, wherein drive energy of the electric drive motor can be transmitted to the output shaft via the harmonic drive transmission,
- wherein the flexspline is configured as a sleeve extending in the direction of the rotation axis, which is connected on one axial side to a rotary bearing and toward the other axial side has an engagement region for the wave generator, wherein a sleeve cavity is provided between the rotary bearing and the wave generator, as seen in the direction of the rotation axis, and
- wherein the electric drive motor is arranged in an axial direction of the rotation axis at least partially, preferably completely, in the sleeve cavity of the flexspline of the harmonic drive transmission, in particular with respect to the axial extent of its rotor and/or stator along the rotation axis.
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