US 11,865,922 B2
Drive arrangement for a vehicle
Jonathan Bernard Ameye, Graz (AT); Cyril Aime Gerland, Shanghai (CN); and Nicolas Jean Albert Allain, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Protean Electric Limited, Farnham (GB)
Appl. No. 17/599,846
Filed by Protean Electric Limited, Farnham (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/053004
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/201984, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1904386 (GB), filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185096 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B60K 17/30 (2006.01); B60K 17/34 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B60K 11/02 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 7/0007 (2013.01) [B60K 17/046 (2013.01); B60K 17/30 (2013.01); B60K 17/358 (2013.01); B62D 5/0418 (2013.01); B60K 11/02 (2013.01); B60K 2001/006 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0038 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive arrangement for a vehicle, the drive arrangement comprising:
a rotatable interface arranged to be mounted to the vehicle, wherein the rotatable interface is rotatably coupled to a mounting arm to allow continuous rotation of the mounting arm in a clockwise and anti clockwise direction that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal and transverse axis of the vehicle; and
a first electric motor having a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator is coupled to the mounting arm to allow the axis of the rotor to be substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotatable interface, wherein the rotor is arranged to be coupled to a wheel of the vehicle to allow the electric motor to provide drive torque to the wheel;
wherein the rotatable interface includes a first fluid interface for providing cooling to the electric motor from the vehicle; and
wherein an inlet of the first fluid interface is continuously rotatable relative to an outlet of the first fluid interface.