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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2010
Raphael Fischer, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Michael Bogner, Eckental, DE;
Raphael Fischer, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Michael Bogner, Eckental, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
An electrical drive unit for a motor vehicle, with the drive unit including a wheel-hub drive that drives a vehicle wheel and that is arranged on the vehicle wheel by a wheel bearing, the wheel-hub drive having a rotor and a stator. According to the invention, a sealing device is provided between the rotor and the stator, and/or between the rotor and a component adjacent to the rotor, and/or between the stator and a component adjacent to the stator. A sealing surface of the sealing device is arranged on a radius with the center point around a virtual tilt axis of the wheel bearing, or substantially along a tangent to the radius.