Patent attributes
A motor-driven wheel driving apparatus has a wheel bearing, a planetary reduction gear, a driving section with an electric motor to drive the planetary reduction gear, and a rotation member. The wheel bearing includes a wheel hub, an inner ring, an outer member and double row rolling elements arranged between the inner and outer raceway surfaces. The planetary reduction gear includes an input element, a stationary element, a plurality of planetary, and an output element to rotatably support the planetary elements relative to a connecting shaft. The driving section forming the electric motor has a stator housing, a stator portion contained within the stator housing, and a rotor portion secured on the rotation member arranged opposite to the stator portion via a predetermined air gap. The connecting shaft is removably and torque-transmittably connected to the wheel hub. The connecting shaft is adapted to drive the wheel by transmitting the rotation of the electric motor to the wheel hub via the planetary reduction gear.
