Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle driveline with articulating wheel motors
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Application No.: US16005448Application Date: 2018-06-11
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Publication No.: US10703192B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Mason Verbridge
- Applicant: RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Plymouth
- Assignee: RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee: RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Plymouth
- Agency: Clements Bernard Walker
- Agent Robert R. Richardson; Christopher L. Bernard
- Main IPC: B60K7/00
- IPC: B60K7/00

Abstract:
A driveline for a vehicle includes a frame member, a knuckle, a control arm, a hub, an electric motor, and an axle member. The control arm couples the knuckle to the frame member. The hub is coupled to the knuckle and adapted to support a drive wheel for rotation about a wheel axis relative to the knuckle. The electric motor includes a rotor rotatable about a motor output axis. The motor is supported so that an orientation of the motor output axis relative to the knuckle and the frame member changes when an orientation of the control arm relative to the frame member changes. The axle member couples the rotor to the hub for torque transmission therebetween.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190375287A1 VEHICLE DRIVELINE WITH ARTICULATING WHEEL MOTORS Public/Granted day:2019-12-12
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