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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Makoto Taniguchi, Oobu, JP;
Takuzou Mukai, Handa, JP;
Inventors:
Makoto Taniguchi, Oobu, JP;
Takuzou Mukai, Handa, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrically motorized wheel assembly is provided which may be used in automotive vehicles. The wheel assembly is equipped with at least one electric motor having an output shaft located eccentrically from an axle of a wheel. The wheel assembly includes a protective cover which closes an opening of the wheel to define a substantially enclosed inner chamber within which a belt-driven torque transmission mechanism is disposed to protect it from foreign objects.