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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Masafumi Sakuma, Chiryu, JP;
Shigetaka Isogai, Nishio, JP;
Inventors:
Masafumi Sakuma, Chiryu, JP;
Shigetaka Isogai, Nishio, JP;
Assignee:
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An in-wheel motor system includes a knuckle supporting a hub to be rotatable and including a tank portion in which a refrigerant is accumulated, a housing fixedly attached to the knuckle, a motor incorporated within the housing and driving the hub to rotate, and a pump incorporated within the housing and pumping the refrigerant accumulated within the tank portion to the motor by means of a rotational power of the motor to refrigerate the motor.