Electric wheel assembly applicable for parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel, axle, and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12005784-B2
Application number	US-202117221830-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2021
Priority date	Oct 9, 2018
Publication date	Jun 11, 2024
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed are an electric wheel assembly applicable for a parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel, an axle, and a vehicle. The electric wheel assembly includes a wheel and support axle assembly, an internal-rotor hub motor, a planetary gear reducer and a brake system. A planetary carrier is connected to a hub. The hub is connected to a spoke and a rim. The wheel support axle passes through a rotor sleeve and is provided with a hub bearing to support the hub and a whole wheel. A sun gear disposed at an end of the rotor sleeve of the internal-rotor hub motor is a power input of the planetary gear speed reducer, and the planetary carrier is a power output. A planetary gear of the planetary gear reducer is a tower-shaped gear and realizes a relatively high transmission ratio under a condition that an axial length is relatively small.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric wheel assembly applicable for a parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel, comprising a wheel and support axle assembly, an internal-rotor hub motor, a planetary gear reducer and a brake system, wherein:
the wheel and support axle assembly comprises a tire, a rim, a spoke, a hub, an axle end cap, a hub bearing, a round nut and locking pin for the hub bearing, a wheel support axle, and an axle housing;
the internal-rotor hub motor comprises a motor housing, a stator, a winding, a rotor, a rotor support, a motor bearing, and a resolver;
the planetary gear reducer comprises a sun gear, a planetary gear, a planetary gear bearing, a planet carrier, a planetary gear pin shaft, a ring gear carrier, and a ring gear; and
the brake system is a drum brake system and comprises a brake drum, a brake shoe, and a brake end cap.

2. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the wheel and support axle assembly are provided with two tires and two rims; the two tires are installed on the two rims, respectively; the two rims are standard rims for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel and are arranged symmetrically with respect to a central surface of the electric wheel assembly; the spoke and spoke installation planes of the two rims are installed together; and the spoke is connected to the hub.

3. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the wheel support axle is a stepped shaft, and an end thereof having a relatively small outside diameter passes through the hub; the hub bearing is arranged between the wheel support axle and the hub; the round nut and locking pin for the hub bearing is installed on the end of the wheel support axle having the relatively small outer diameter; and another end of the wheel support axle is fixed inside the axle housing.

4. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the axle housing is a hollow cylindrical structure, and two ends thereof are provided with flanges, respectively; and the brake end cap of the brake system is installed on the flange.

5. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the motor housing of the internal-rotor hub motor comprises a stator housing, an inner end cap, an outer end cap, and a rotor sleeve.

6. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 5 , wherein the stator housing is a cylindrical structure; an end of the stator housing is connected together with the inner end cap and the brake end cap; and another end of the stator housing is connected together with the outer end cap and the planetary gear reducer.

7. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 5 , wherein the inner end cap has a stepped cross-section gradually expanding towards the axle housing, and an outmost ring-shaped end surface of the inner end cap is provided with a mounting hole configured to connect with the stator housing and the brake end cap, and the resolver of the internal-rotor hub motor and components of the brake system are arranged in internal space of the inner end cap with the stepped cross-section.

8. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 5 , wherein the stator is sleeved on an inner ring-shaped surface of the stator housing; the rotor is sleeved over the rotor support; and the rotor support is sleeved over the rotor sleeve.

9. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 5 , wherein the rotor sleeve is a stepped sleeve structure; one end of the rotor sleeve away from the axle housing is provided with a gear; the brake system is installed on another end of the rotor sleeve; the motor bearings are arranged between the rotor sleeve and the inner end cap and between the rotor sleeve and the outer end cap, respectively; and the resolver is disposed at a side, proximate to the axle housing, of the motor bearing proximate to the axle housing.

10. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 5 , wherein the stator housing, the inner end cap, and the brake end cap are provided with openings; three-phase wires of the internal-rotor hub motor are drawn out from a three-phase wire exit of the brake end cap; and low-voltage signal lines extend out from a signal wire exit of the brake end cap.

11. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 5 , wherein a cooling manner is oil spray cooling for the internal-rotor hub motor; the stator housing is connected to a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet; a lubricating oil channel provided with a ring-shaped oil channel and an internal oil passage, an oil spray orifice, and an oil return opening are provided inside the stator housing to realize the oil spray cooling for the internal-rotor hub motor.

12. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 5 , wherein another cooling manner is an integrated cooling and lubrication for the wheel and support axle assembly, the internal-rotor hub motor, and the planetary gear reducer; for the integrated cooling and lubrication, an opening is disposed in the outer end cap of the internal-rotor hub motor, so that cooling oil enters the internal-rotor hub motor through a coolant inlet, and enters the planetary gear reducer, and then passes between the planetary gear and the hub bearing, and enters inside space of the hub, then flows back to the planetary gear reducer and a bottom of the internal-rotor hub motor, and flows out from a coolant outlet at the bottom of the internal-rotor hub motor; moreover, a screen and an attraction permanent magnet are installed adjacent to the opening of the outer end cap to filter and adsorb metal wear debris.

13. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 5 , wherein the planetary gear reducer is arranged between the spoke and the internal-rotor hub motor, and is installed, together with the outer end cap of the rotor hub motor, on the stator housing; and
the sun gear of the planetary gear reducer is a power input end of the planetary gear reducer, and the planet carrier is a power output end of the planetary gear reducer.

14. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 13 , wherein the planetary gear meshes with the sun gear and the ring gear; a plurality of planetary gears are provided; each planetary gear is supported on the planet carrier through the planetary gear pin shaft; the planetary gear bearing is provided between each planetary gear and the planetary gear pin shaft; an end of the planetary gear pin shaft away from the axle housing is fixed together with the planet carrier and the hub; each planetary gear has a stepped and tower-shaped gear structure, and comprises a primary gear and a secondary gear; the primary gear meshes with the sun gear; the secondary gear is arranged to be coaxial with the primary gear and meshes with the ring gear, and a number of teeth of the secondary gear is less than that of the primary gear.

15. The electric wheel assembly applicable for the parallelly mounted dual-tire wheel according to claim 14 , wherein the ring gear is sleeved inside the ring gear carrier; the r

Assignees

• Univ Tsinghua

Inventors

• Li jian-qiu
• Hu jia-yi
• Cai bing-kun
• Li Hang
• Xu liang-fei
• Ouyang ming-gao

Classifications

• H02K24/00

  Machines adapted for the instantaneous transmission or reception of the angular displacement of rotating parts, e.g. synchro, selsyn · CPC title

• H02K9/26

  Structural association of machines with devices for cleaning or drying cooling medium, e.g. with filters · CPC title

• H02K9/19

  for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil · CPC title

• H02K7/116

  with gears · CPC title

• H02K7/102

  with friction brakes · CPC title