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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Tsutomu Yoshino, Wako, JP;
Koichi Oku, Wako, JP;
Tsutomu Yoshino, Wako, JP;
Koichi Oku, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wheel rotating device () for an in-wheel motor vehicle includes a motor (), a speed reducer () coupled to an output part of the motor (), a hub () coupled to an output part of the speed reducer (), and a spindle () fixed relative to a vehicle body and supporting the hub () in a manner that permits the hub () to rotate. The hub () is coupled to a wheel () to rotate the wheel (). A stator () of the motor () is disposed inwardly in radial directions of the wheel () along an inner circumferential surface of the wheel (). A rotor () of the motor () is disposed inwardly in radial directions of the stator (). The speed reducer () is disposed between the rotor () and the hub () with bearings provided between the speed reducer () and the hub ().