Invention Grant
- Patent Title: In-wheel motor drive assembly
- Patent Title (中): 轮内电机驱动装置
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Application No.: US14354327Application Date: 2012-10-24
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Publication No.: US09126476B2Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: Toru Takahashi
- Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Clark & Brody
- Priority: JP2011-237260 20111028
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/077477 WO 20121024
- International Announcement: WO2013/062005 WO 20130502
- Main IPC: B60K7/00
- IPC: B60K7/00 ; B60G3/20 ; G01L5/00 ; B60K17/04 ; B60B27/00

Abstract:
An in-wheel motor drive assembly (11) includes a motor unit that drivingly rotates a motor-side rotating member, a speed reduction unit that reduces the rotational speed of the motor-side rotating member and transmits the reduced rotation to a wheel-side rotating member, a wheel hub (26) that is fixedly coupled to the wheel-side rotating member, a wheel hub bearing that rotatably supports the wheel hub (26), a casing (12) that covers the motor unit, the speed reduction unit, and the wheel hub bearing, a plurality of sensors (43) that are mounted on the casing (12) and capable of detecting strain generated in the casing (12), and a signal processor (46) that calculates load imposed on a wheel on the basis of strain signals output from the sensors (43).
Public/Granted literature
- US20140300175A1 IN-WHEEL MOTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2014-10-09
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