US 12,240,559 B2
Hub motor arrangements, systems, and methods
Robert Chen, Cerritos, CA (US); Fu-Yao Wang (Yau Wang), New Taipei (TW); Shih-Chen Lu (Louis Lu), New Taipei (TW); Ian Desberg, Cerritos, CA (US); and Robert Hadley, Cerritos, CA (US)
Assigned to Razor USA LLC, Cerritos, CA (US)
Filed by Razor USA LLC, Cerritos, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/807,334.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/202,656, filed on Jun. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0133794 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B62K 3/00 (2006.01); B62J 43/10 (2020.01); B62K 21/12 (2006.01); B62M 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 3/002 (2013.01) [B62J 43/10 (2020.02); B62K 21/12 (2013.01); B62M 11/00 (2013.01); B62K 2202/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hub motor arrangement for a vehicle, the hub motor arrangement comprising:
a housing configured to rotate about a housing axis of rotation on a first axle and a second axle;
a motor unit disposed at least partially within the housing, the motor unit comprising a motor gear;
a first gear and a second gear, the first gear having a first axis of rotation a first distance away from the housing axis of rotation, and the second gear having a second axis of rotation a second distance away from the housing axis of rotation, the second distance larger than the first distance; and
a ring gear inside the housing, the ring gear configured to rotate with the housing;
wherein the motor gear is configured to drive the first gear, the first gear is configured to drive the second gear, and the second gear is configured to drive the ring gear to rotate the housing.