Wheel drive module for driving and steering a wheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11760188-B2
Application number	US-201916973481-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2019
Priority date	Jun 22, 2018
Publication date	Sep 19, 2023
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023

Abstract

A wheel drive module (1) is provided for driving and steering a wheel (30), comprising the wheel (30), a first drive motor (11), a second drive motor (21), and a transmission. The wheel (30) can be driven and steered simultaneously by the first drive motor (11) and the second drive motor (21) via the transmission, wherein a first motor shaft (12) for driving the transmission extends from the first drive motor (11) in a first motor shaft direction (12′), a second motor shaft (22) for driving the transmission extends from the second drive motor (21) in a second motor shaft direction (22′), the first motor shaft direction (12′) and the second motor shaft direction (22′) are opposite each other, and the first drive motor (11) and the second drive motor (21) extend parallel to the first and second motor shaft directions (12′, 22′) over a common overlap section (Ü).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wheel drive module ( 1 ) for driving and steering a wheel ( 30 ), comprising the wheel ( 30 ), a first drive motor ( 11 ), a second drive motor ( 21 ), and a transmission, wherein
the wheel ( 30 ) can be driven and steered simultaneously by the first drive motor ( 11 ) and the second drive motor ( 21 ) via the transmission, wherein
a first motor shaft ( 12 ) for driving the transmission extends from the first drive motor ( 11 ) in a first motor shaft direction ( 12 ′),
a second motor shaft ( 22 ) for driving the transmission extends from the second drive motor ( 21 ) in a second motor shaft direction ( 22 ′),
the first motor shaft direction ( 12 ′) and the second motor shaft direction ( 22 ′) are opposite each other, and
the first drive motor ( 11 ) and the second drive motor ( 21 ) extend parallel to the first and second motor shaft directions ( 12 ′, 22 ′) over a common overlap section (Ü),
wherein the transmission comprises a first and a second driving, gearwheel ( 15 , 25 ) which can be rotated about a common rotation axis (R), as well as an output shaft ( 31 ) which can be rotated about a wheel axis (A) and which can be driven by the first and the second driving gearwheels ( 15 , 25 ),
wherein the output shaft ( 31 ) is connected to the wheel ( 30 ) and the wheel ( 30 ) can be driven by the output shaft ( 31 ),
the output shaft ( 31 ) with the wheel ( 30 ) can be rotated by a first rotation of the first driving gearwheel ( 15 ) and a second rotation of the second driving gearwheel ( 25 ) about their common rotation axis (R) and can be driven about the wheel axis (A), and
the first motor shaft direction ( 12 ′) and the second motor shaft direction ( 22 ′) extend parallel to the rotation axis (R).

2. The wheel drive module according to claim 1 , wherein
the overlap section (Ü) is 50-80% of the respective entire extent of the first drive motor ( 11 ) and of the second drive motor ( 21 ) parallel to the first and to the second motor shaft directions ( 12 ′, 22 ′).

3. The wheel drive module according to claim 1 , wherein
the output shaft ( 31 ) is provided with a driven gearwheel ( 32 ) which is arranged between the first driving gearwheel ( 15 ) and the second driving gearwheel ( 25 ) and engages therein.

4. The wheel drive module according to claim 1 , wherein
the first driving gearwheel ( 15 ) of the transmission can be driven by a first driving gearwheel pairing of the first motor shaft ( 12 ),
the second driving gearwheel ( 25 ) of the transmission can be driven by a second driving gearwheel pairing of the second motor shaft ( 22 ), and
the first driving gearwheel pairing is spaced from the second driving gearwheel pairing along the rotation axis (R) by an offset (X).

5. The wheel drive module according to claim 4 , wherein
the first motor shaft ( 12 ) comprises a first pinion ( 13 ) which engages in the first driving gearwheel ( 15 ) and with it forms the first driving gearwheel pairing, or
the first motor shaft ( 12 ) comprises a first pinion ( 13 ) which engages in a first intermediate wheel ( 14 ) which engages in the first driving gearwheel ( 15 ) and with it forms the first driving gearwheel pairing.

6. The wheel drive module according to claim 4 , wherein
the second motor shaft ( 22 ) comprises a second pinion ( 23 ) which engages in the second driving gearwheel ( 25 ) and with it forms the second driving gearwheel pairing, or
the second motor shaft ( 22 ) comprises a second pinion ( 23 ) which engages in a second intermediate wheel ( 24 ) which engages in the second driving gearwheel ( 25 ) and with it forms the second driving gearwheel pairing.

7. The wheel drive module according to claim 4 , wherein
the overlap section (Ü) of the first drive motor ( 11 ) and the second drive motor ( 21 ) is arranged between the first and the second driving gearwheel pairings.

8. The wheel drive module according to claim 4 , wherein
the first drive motor ( 11 ) and the second drive motor ( 21 ) are arranged entirely between the first and the second driving gearwheel pairings.

9. The wheel drive module according to claim 4 , wherein
the first drive motor ( 11 ) and/or the second drive motor ( 21 ) have/has, parallel to the rotation axis (R), a linear dimension which is equal to or less than the offset (X) between the first driving gearwheel pairing and the second driving gearwheel pairing.

10. The wheel drive module according to claim 1 , wherein
the motor shafts ( 12 , 22 ) of the drive motors ( 11 , 21 ) are arranged offset in circumferential direction (UM) with respect to the rotation axis (R) of the driving gearwheels ( 15 , 25 ).

11. The wheel drive module according to claim 1 , wherein
the first motor shaft ( 12 ) and the second motor shaft ( 22 ) are mutually offset with respect to the rotation axis (R) of the driving gearwheels ( 15 , 25 ) in a radial direction (RA) of the driving gearwheels ( 15 , 25 ).

12. The drive wheel module according to claim 1 , wherein
the first and the second drive motors ( 11 , 21 ) are arranged adjacent to one another in a circumferential direction (UM) of the rotation axis (R).

Assignees

• Ebm Papst St Georgen Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Obermeyer Friedrich
• Hornberger Joerg
• Riedel Andreas
• Silberhorn Richard

Classifications

• B62D5/0418 Primary

  Electric motor acting on road wheel carriers · CPC title

• B62D7/02 Primary

  for pivoted bogies · CPC title

• B60K7/0007 Primary

  the motor being electric · CPC title

• B60B19/00

  Wheels not otherwise provided for or having characteristics specified in one of the subgroups of this group · CPC title

• B60K17/046

  with planetary gearing having orbital motion · CPC title