US 11,938,802 B2
Electric motorized wheel assemblies
Michael John Harmon, Westland, MI (US); Hussain Z. Tajmahal, Detroit, MI (US); Marielle Conrad, Detroit, MI (US); Benjamin Jordan Curtis, Ferndale, MI (US); David Earl Ooms, Canton, MI (US); and Yejin Han, Detroit, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/243,376.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348065 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60K 6/26 (2007.10); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 27/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B62D 27/023 (2013.01); B62D 27/065 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60K 6/26 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel assembly for use with an electric vehicle, the wheel assembly comprising:
an electric motor;
a wheel;
a suspension assembly; and
a frame mounting interface to attach the wheel assembly to a side rail of a subframe of the electric vehicle, the frame mounting interface including a rail having a bottom surface to be fixedly coupled to a top surface of the side rail, the suspension assembly disposed between the wheel and the frame mounting interface.