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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
Ken Yamamoto, Iwata, JP;
Minoru Suzuki, Iwata, JP;
Ken Yamamoto, Iwata, JP;
Minoru Suzuki, Iwata, JP;
NTN Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The in-wheel motor drive assemblyincludes: a motor unit A; a wheel hub bearing unit having a tubular wheel hub, a cylindrical outer-ring-side membersurrounding the outer circumferential surface of the wheel hub, and a wheel hub bearingdisposed in an annular space formed between the outer circumferential surface of the wheel hub and the inner circumferential surface of the outer-ring-side member to rotatably support the wheel hub; and a speed reduction unitbeing a speed reduction mechanism having an output shaftextending in one direction and an input shaftextending in the other direction and reducing the rotational speed of the input shaft and transmitting the reduced rotation to the output shaft, the output shaft being fixedly inserted in the center of the wheel huband the input shaft being fixedly inserted in the motor rotary shaft