An electric drive system including: a rotary motor system including a hub assembly, a first rotating assembly, a second rotating assembly, and a third rotating assembly, wherein the hub assembly defines a rotational axis about which the first rotating assembly, the second rotating assembly, and the third rotating assembly are coaxially aligned and are capable of independent rotational movement independent of each other; a multi-bar linkage mechanism connected to each of the first and third rotating assemblies and connected to the hub assembly and constraining movement of the hub assembly so that the rotational axis of the hub assembly moves along a defined path that is in a transverse direction relative to the rotational axis and wherein the multi-bar linkage mechanism causes the rotational axis of the hub assembly to translate along the defined path in response to relative rotation of the first rotating assembly and the third rotating assembly with respect to each other.

A drive unit for an electrically driven vehicle with an inverter module, an electric machine a stator which is controllable by the inverter module. The rotor of the electric machine rotationally drivingly communicates with at least one shaft of the drive unit, the shaft being rotatably supported in a respective associated housing by a bearing arrangement. The housing and the inverter module are grounded. Further, the drive unit has a grounded, low-impedance electrical connection between the shaft and the inverter module so that, when a potential difference occurs between the shaft and the inverter module, a short circuit is produced. Low-impedance potential equalizer is provided between the shaft and the associated housing. It is provided that the shaft is formed as a rotor shaft or as a transmission shaft, the bearing arrangement has two bearings spaced apart axially from one another, and the potential equalizer is formed axially between the two bearings.

A lubricant supported electric motor includes a stator extending along an axis, and a rotor rotatably disposed around the stator in radially surrounding and spaced relationship to define at least one support chamber. A lubricant is disposed in the support chamber for supporting the rotor around the stator. A wheel rim is fixedly attached to the rotor and is disposed in surrounding relationship with the rotor and the stator. Thus, in a first aspect, rotation of the rotor is directly transferred to the wheel rim such that the wheel rim rotates in accordance with the rotation of the rotor. In accordance with another aspect, the rotor is rotatably disposed within the stator, and a planetary gear reduction mechanism is operably interconnected to the rotor, the stator, and the wheel rim and configured to rotate the wheel rim in response to rotation of the rotor within the stator.

An electrically controllable drive assembly including an electric motor having a rotor capable of being driven to execute a rotational movement, a motor shaft connected in rotationally fixed fashion to the rotor, and a signal transmitter of a sensor device for the electronic acquisition and evaluation of the angle of rotation of the motor shaft. The signal transmitter is indirectly anchored on the motor shaft via a holding element. The holding element is a hollow cylinder that has an open first end with which the holding element is fastened on the motor shaft and a second end, situated facing away from the motor shaft, and at least one holding element region that extends into the open cross-section of the holding element.

A motor includes: an electrically conductive case; a shaft stored in the case and placed such that a part of the shaft penetrates the case; and a bearing via which the shaft is rotatably attached to the case. The shaft has an electrically conductive shaft material, and a high-resistance layer covering a surface of the shaft material and having a higher electric resistance than the shaft material.

Hybrid power train (1) with a low-voltage motor-generator (2), in particular with a 48V motor-generator (2), comprising: an internal combustion engine (3); a clutch (4) operatively connected to the internal combustion engine (3); a drive shaft (5) which at a first end portion is operatively connected to the clutch (4), and which at a second end portion is operatively connected to a gearbox; a low-voltage motor-generator (2) operatively connected to the drive shaft (5); an inverter unit (7) operatively connected to the low-voltage motor-generator (2); an electronic control unit (8); an electric power source (9) operatively connected to the inverter unit (7); wherein the low-voltage motor-generator (2) is arranged in a concentric manner around the drive shaft (5) in such a way as to form a driving connection between a rotor of the low-voltage motor-generator (2) and the drive shaft (5); wherein the low-voltage motor-generator (2), the inverter unit (7) the electric power source (9), and the gearbox are arranged entirely inside a bell housing (10) of the gearbox, and wherein the electronic control unit (8) comprises a) at least one controller arranged in the bellhousing (10) and no controller arranged out of the bellhousing (10); b) two or more controllers, wherein at least one controller is arranged in the bellhousing (10) and at least one controller is arranged out of the bellhousing (10); or c) at least one controller arranged out of the bellhousing (10) and no controller arranged in the bellhousing (10).

An apparatus includes a housing configured to receive at least a portion of an electric motor. The apparatus also includes a manifold disposed on an upper surface of the housing. The manifold includes a number of vertical jets configured to target one or more portions of the electric motor, the vertical jets includes multiple vias extending between (i) a cavity within the manifold and (ii) an interior portion of the housing. The cavity within the manifold is defined by (i) at least a portion of the upper surface of the housing, (ii) one or more side walls extending from the upper surface of the housing, and (iii) a cover lid coupled to the one or more side walls and configured to cover the cavity and the vias.

A rotor shaft for an electric machine includes a rotor shaft main body and a rotor shaft core which is arranged therein and which is connected to the rotor shaft main body. The rotor shaft comprises a substantially axially running cooling cavity configured to conduct a cooling fluid, and the rotor shaft core is composed of a different material than the rotor shaft main body.

The present invention relates to an in-wheel motor driving apparatus for reducing weight, improving Hall sensor assembly performance, and reducing a defect rate. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the weight of an in-wheel motor can be reduced by separating a suspension housing and a shaft and applying different materials thereto. Furthermore, the ease of assembling a Hall sensor can be improved, and the defect rate can be reduced.

An in-wheel motor unit provided in a wheel of a wheel unit, includes: a motor having a rotor disposed on a radially outer side of a stator; a brake disposed on an inner side of the motor; and a housing that accommodates the motor and the brake. Further, the housing has a cylindrical partition that radially partitions a space for accommodating the motor and a space for accommodating the brake, the stator is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the partition, and the brake is disposed on an inner peripheral side of the partition, and a fixing portion included in the brake is fixed to the housing.