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Fiber composite wheel with electric motor and damping

US9421859B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

Andreas Buter · Braunschweig, DE
Andreas Günter Giessl · Limeshain, DE
Oliver Schwarzhaupt · Frankfurt, DE
Nicole Schweizer · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 2012
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 6, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/10
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

One or more embodiments of the present invention concerns a wheel body of a wheel of an electric vehicle including a rim body with a rim portion for receiving a tire and a spoke portion for carrying the rim portion on a bearing for rotatably mounting the rim body on a wheel axle, a motor receiving body for receiving an electric motor for driving the wheel, and the motor receiving body includes an outer, radially surrounding receiving portion for receiving and fixing an outer part of the electric motor, which part is rotatable relative to the wheel axle.

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