Wheel supporting apparatus
AssigneeAisin Aw Co., Ltd.
InventorsMitugu Yamashita, Mutsumi Kawamoto, Hidemitsu Inagaki
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Abstract
In a wheel supporting apparatus, a strut type suspension has an upper end supported by a vehicle frame and a lower end supported by the vehicle frame through a lower arm. The wheel supporting apparatus comprises a wheel supporting part provided at the lower end of the strut type suspension, and supporting the wheel to allow relative rotation to the strut type suspension. A center axis of the strut type suspension is disposed parallel to a rotation axis of the relative rotation of the wheel.
Claims6
An electric wheel motor and supporting apparatus for rotatably supporting the electric wheel motor on a vehicle frame, comprising:
- a wheel motor including:
- a motor casing having an upper extension fixed thereto;
- a stator element fixed to said motor casing;
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- a rotor rotatably mounted within said motor casing;
- a wheel rotatably mounted on said motor casing;
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- output means for transmitting power from said wheel motor to said wheel, for rotatably driving said wheel;
- a strut type suspension including:
- a strut having an upper end supported by the vehicle frame, a lower end and a longitudinal axis extending between said upper and lower ends;
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- an arm member pivotally connecting said lower end of said strut to the vehicle frame;
- wheel motor support means, mounted on said lower end of said strut and rotatably connected to said upper extension, for rotatably suspending said wheel motor from said upper extension for rotation around a steering axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.