Motorcycle with an electrically driveable front wheel

US10752122B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Ernst August Werner · Aachen, DE
• Gerhard Mueller · Meitingen, DE
• Franz Garnweitner · Neufahrn, DE
• Werner Weck · Munich, DE
• Gerhard Reiner · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/70
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle with a front wheel and a front wheel of a vehicle is provided. The front wheel is drivable by a first drive arrangement, and a rear wheel of the vehicle is drivable by a second drive arrangement. The first drive arrangement may be integrated into the front wheel, and includes an electric motor for selectively rotatably driving the front wheel, a reduction gear between the electric motor and the front wheel, and an actuable coupling for selectively coupling or decoupling the electric motor to the reduction gear.