A method is provided for making a multi-speed hub drive wheel (MDW) for a vehicle. The method includes providing a set of standardized gear train modules which includes a first gear train module having a 2-speed star/epicyclic front end, a second gear train module having a 2-speed star compound back end, and a third gear train module having a single-plane star compound final stage reducer. A vehicle is selected having a set of gear train performance criteria associated therewith, and a module from the set of standardized gear train modules is incorporated into an MDW for the vehicle which meets the gear train performance criteria.
STANDARDIZED GEAR TRAIN MODULES FOR MULTI-SPEED HUB DRIVE WHEELS
2015-10-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English