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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11091023 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2016

Wheel assembly

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin Yilma, Canton, MI (US);

Travis Justin Raines, Grosse Ile, MI (US);

Pattrick Loew, Dearborn, MI (US);

Brian Robert Spahn, Plymouth, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Brandon Hicks

Bejin Bieneman PLC

Primary Examiner:

Jacob B Meyer

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 3/00 (2006.01); B62J 43/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B62K 3/002 (2013.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B60L 2220/44 (2013.01); B62J 43/00 (2020.02); B62K 2204/00 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wheel assembly includes an attachment module, a motor module, a battery module, and a wheel. The wheel is rotatably coupled to the attachment module about a rotational axis of the wheel. The attachment module has a plurality of coupling elements, and the motor module and the battery module each releasably couple to one of the coupling elements. The wheel extends around the attachment, motor, and battery modules. The motor and battery modules are identically shaped in a direction along the rotational axis.

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