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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, Llc, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Donald Remboski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jacqueline Dedo, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);
Mark Versteyhe, Oostkamp, BE;
Other;
Abstract
A lubricant supported electric motor includes a stator extending along an axis, and a rotor rotatably disposed around the stator in radially surrounding and spaced relationship to define at least one support chamber. A lubricant is disposed in the support chamber for supporting the rotor around the stator. A wheel rim is fixedly attached to the rotor and is disposed in surrounding relationship with the rotor and the stator. Thus, in a first aspect, rotation of the rotor is directly transferred to the wheel rim such that the wheel rim rotates in accordance with the rotation of the rotor. In accordance with another aspect, the rotor is rotatably disposed within the stator, and a planetary gear reduction mechanism is operably interconnected to the rotor, the stator, and the wheel rim and configured to rotate the wheel rim in response to rotation of the rotor within the stator.