Wheel assembly with in-wheel motor
First Claim
1. A wheel assembly with an in-wheel motor, comprising:
- a motor for driving a wheel and which is arranged in the wheel;
a reduction mechanism which reduces the rate of rotational output of the motor and transmits the resultant rotational output to the wheel;
an oil tank in which oil collects;
an oil pump that is driven by rotational output of the motor;
an oil flow path that leads oil from the oil pump to at least one of the motor and the reduction mechanism;
a brake disc;
a brake dust cover that covers the brake disc from a vehicle inside in a vehicle width direction; and
a lower ball joint that is connected to a wheel-side end portion of a lower arm of a suspension arm,wherein the oil tank is arranged below the reduction mechanism, closer to the vehicle inside than the brake dust cover, and closer to a vehicle outside in the vehicle width direction than the lower ball joint.
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Abstract
A wheel assembly with an in-wheel motor includes a motor for driving a wheel, which is arranged in the wheel; a reduction mechanism that reduces the rate of rotational output of the motor and transmits the resultant rotational output to the wheel; an oil tank in which oil collects; an oil pump that is driven by rotational output of the motor; and an oil flow path that leads oil from the oil pump to at least one of the motor and the reduction mechanism. The oil tank is arranged below the reduction mechanism, farther toward a vehicle inside in a vehicle width direction than a brake dust cover, and farther toward the vehicle outside in the vehicle width direction than a lower ball joint.
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20 Claims
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1. A wheel assembly with an in-wheel motor, comprising:
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a motor for driving a wheel and which is arranged in the wheel; a reduction mechanism which reduces the rate of rotational output of the motor and transmits the resultant rotational output to the wheel; an oil tank in which oil collects; an oil pump that is driven by rotational output of the motor; an oil flow path that leads oil from the oil pump to at least one of the motor and the reduction mechanism; a brake disc; a brake dust cover that covers the brake disc from a vehicle inside in a vehicle width direction; and a lower ball joint that is connected to a wheel-side end portion of a lower arm of a suspension arm, wherein the oil tank is arranged below the reduction mechanism, closer to the vehicle inside than the brake dust cover, and closer to a vehicle outside in the vehicle width direction than the lower ball joint. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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