IN-WHEEL MOTOR UNIT - AISIN SEIKI

Title:

IN-WHEEL MOTOR UNIT

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2010110258

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Disclosed is an in-wheel motor unit which has a simple structure and can be made lighter. The in-wheel motor unit (21) is suspended from a vehicle body and outputs torque from an internal motor (5) to a wheel (4); and has a knuckle (1), which is suspended from the aforementioned vehicle body; an output shaft (6), which outputs motor (5) torque to the wheel (4); a wheel hub (2), which rotates together with the wheel (4) and is connected to the output shaft (6) such that the output shaft (6) and the wheel hub (2) can rotate together; and a unit case (3) for the in-wheel motor unit (21), which houses the motor (5). The motor hub (2) is rotatably supported by a first part (1a) of the knuckle (1) via a hub bearing (10), and the unit case (3) is fixed to a second part (1b) of the knuckle (1) via a sleeve (11) (figure 3).

Inventors:

OSAWA MASAMI (JP)
TOJIMA YUKI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2010/054971

Publication Date:

September 30, 2010

Filing Date:

March 23, 2010

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

AISIN SEIKI (JP)
OSAWA MASAMI (JP)
TOJIMA YUKI (JP)

International Classes:

B60K7/00

Foreign References:

JP2008279850A	2008-11-20
JP2007191019A	2007-08-02
JP2007216928A	2007-08-30
JP2009073750A	2009-04-09
JP2005087871A	2005-04-07

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