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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
May. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Yoel Etzioni, Kibbutz Tzora, IL;
Philip Solomon, Kibbutz Tzora, IL;
Michael Glazman, Jerusalem, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tzora Active Systems Ltd., Kibbutz Tzora, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a hub motor for a wheeled conveyance having a stationary electric motor encased in a rotating, multi-part housing, at least one of the parts of the housing constituting a wheel disk and a wheel rim, and a reduction gear internal or external to the motor, the output member of which is adapted to drive at least one part of the multi-part housing, wherein the rim portion of the multi-part housing carries, and is in direct contact with, a wheel tire.