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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2023
Stellantis Europe S.p.a., Turin, IT;
Renato Badino, Turin, IT;
Oreste Bertini, Turin, IT;
Stellantis Europe S.p.A., Turin, IT;
Abstract
A wheel unit with a disengageable drive for an electric vehicle has a wheel pin rotatably supported within a cylindrical wall of a central opening of the a wheel hub by a first rolling bearing, arranged on a portion of the wheel pin further away from a driven member (, and by a second rolling bearing and a third rolling bearing set alongside one another, arranged on a portion of the wheel pin closer to the driven member. The first bearing and the second bearing have respective outer rings, mounted with interference fit within the cylindrical wall and respective inner rings rigidly mounted on the wheel pin and rigidly connected together by a spacer sleeve. The third bearing has a respective outer ring mounted with possibility of axial play between the second bearing and an annular shoulder of the wheel pin.