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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Klaus-peter Mollhagen, Memingen, DE;
Klaus-Peter Mollhagen, Memingen, DE;
Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH, Biberach an der Riss, DE;
Abstract
A heavy goods vehicle has several wheel pairs forming a driven wheel axle, which wheel pairs are each supported by a separate rocker arm, which extends between the wheels of the respective wheel pairs and carries on opposite sides two wheel hubs on which the wheels can be attached. For each wheel of the wheel pair there is provided an independent wheel drive which consists of an electric motor and a reduction stage, which transfers the drive motion of the electric motor to the respective wheel hub. For each wheel of the wheel pair there is provided an independent wheel brake, which is arranged on an outside of the respective electric motor and/or the respective reduction stage facing away from the respective rocker arm and which is arranged, together with the respective electric motor and the respective reduction stage, inside the respective wheel hub and the associated wheel axle.