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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2000
Arnaud Michel Villeneuve, Wolverhampton, GB;
Arnaud Michel Villeneuve, Wolverhampton, GB;
GKN Technology Limited, , GB;
Abstract
A vehicle transmission comprising a vehicle chassis (), a hub unit () for a driven wheel; a chassis mounted drive motor assembly () individual to the hub unit and pivoted to the chassis about an axis () passing through or adjacent to the center of gravity of the motor assembly; a shaft assembly connecting the drive motor assembly to a rotatable part () of the hub unit and comprising a shaft () connected to a fixed, constant-velocity, universal joint () at the outboard end of the shaft which is drivingly connected to the rotatable part of the hub unit; a wheel suspension () connected between a non-rotatable part () of the hub unit and the chassis (); and a rigid tube () connnecting the non-rotatable part of the hub unit to the motor assembly, the non-rotatable part () of the hub unit being pivotally mounted with respect tot the tube about the center of articulation of the universal joint and the shaft lying within said tube and being rigidly connected to the motor assembly.