Fluid Transmission Patents (Class 105/96.2)
  • Patent number: 9403429
    Abstract: A motorized hub for electric powering of an axle of a hybrid drive automotive vehicle, said motorized hub comprising a hub designed to receive a wheel, the hub being mounted rotationally relative to a hub carrier about a hub axis, the motorized hub comprising an electric drive motor, the electric motor comprising an external stator connected to the hub carrier and an internal rotor whose axis of rotation is remote from the hub axis, the motorized hub comprising reduction means acting between the rotor of the electric motor and the hub, the motorized hub comprising coupling/uncoupling means capable of adopting a coupling position in which rotation of the electric motor is coupled to the rotation of the hub and an uncoupling position in which rotation of the electric motor is uncoupled from the rotation of the hub, the motorized hub being characterized in that the coupling/decoupling means are arranged between the reduction means and the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: GĂ©rard Baumgartner, Daniel Walser