ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,548, issued on July 7.
"Radial wheel motor supported on auxiliary bearings in a parallel arrangement" was invented by Kevin R. Williams (Waller, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel assembly for a vehicle has a rotor housing adapted to be affixed to a non-rotatable portion of the vehicle, a stator housing adapted to be affixed to a wheel hub of the vehicle so as to be rotatable relative to the rotor housing, and an energy storage module affixed only to the stator housing. The stator housing has a support structure having a wheel rim. The rotor housing has permanent magnets therein. The stator housing has windings therein. The ...