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Title:
IN-WHEEL MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/062005
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An in-wheel motor drive device (11) is provided with: a motor unit which rotationally drives a motor-side rotary member; a deceleration unit which decelerates the rotation of the motor-side rotary member and transmits the decelerated rotation to a wheel-side rotary member; a wheel hub (26) which is fixedly coupled to the wheel-side rotary member; a wheel hub bearing which rotatably supports the wheel hub (26); a casing (12) which covers the motor unit, the deceleration unit, or the wheel hub bearing; a plurality of sensors (43) which are mounted to the casing (12) and capable of detecting distortion occurring in the casing (12); and a signal processing unit (46) which calculates a load applied to a wheel on the basis of distortion signals outputted by the sensors (43).

Inventors:
TAKAHASHI TORU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/077477
Publication Date:
May 02, 2013
Filing Date:
October 24, 2012
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Assignee:
NTN TOYO BEARING CO LTD (JP)
TAKAHASHI TORU (JP)
International Classes:
B60K7/00; B60G17/019; G01L5/00; B60B35/14; B60G3/20
Foreign References:
JP2008081089A2008-04-10
JP2008081090A2008-04-10
JP2008126733A2008-06-05
JPH10271607A1998-10-09
Other References:
See also references of EP 2772377A4
None
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
IMY INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE, P. C. (JP)
Patent business corporation eye I international patent firm (JP)
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