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US 7,641,010 B2Granted
In-wheel motor with high durability
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyoji Mizutani, Fumito Kurata, Shigekazu Yogo, Kenji Harada, Atsushi Torii, Yuki Tojima, Masafumi Sakuma
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Abstract
An in-wheel motor includes a motor generating motive power, a planetary gear arranged toward a wheel disc relative to the motor to reduce an output of the motor, and a shaft arranged toward the wheel disc relative to the planetary gear and connected to a planetary carrier. Shaft is connected to a constant velocity joint transmitting the motive power to wheel disc.
Claims3
An in-wheel motor, comprising:
- an electric motor generating motive power;
- a speed reducer arranged toward a wheel relative to said electric motor to reduce an output of said electric motor;
- a rotation shaft arranged toward said wheel relative to said speed reducer to transmit an output of said speed reducer to said wheel;
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- a case accommodating said electric motor and said speed reducer, wherein said case includes a first case arranged toward a vehicle body to fix said electric motor and said speed reducer, and a second case arranged toward said wheel to be coupled to said first case at a face perpendicular to said rotation shaft, and wherein said second case abuts to an end face, perpendicular to said rotation shaft, of said speed reducer to fix said speed reducer in said rotation shaft direction,
- wherein said rotation shaft is connected to a motive power transmission mechanism transmitting said motive power to said wheel, and
- wherein said case is connected to knuckle via spring, and said knuckle rotatably supports said wheel, and said case is coupled to said knuckle by torque rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.