IP Library Granted Patent US 7,392,995
Granted Patent B2
US 7,392,995 · App. 11/256,227 · Granted Jul 1, 2008

Driving device for wheels

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Patent No.
US 7,392,995
App. No.
11/256,227
Granted
Jul 1, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving device for a wheelbarrow includes a motor assembly which has a shaft and a driving gear is connected to the shaft. The driving gear is engaged with planet gears of a gear set to drive a collar which is connected to a rim with a tire connected to the rim. Therefore, the wheel rotates when the motor assembly is activated. A brake mechanism an adjustment nut which is threadedly connected to a motor frame of the motor assembly such that when the user pulls a brake lever, the adjustment nut is moved to shift a brake lining to brake the wheel.

Claims (7)

1. A driving device for a wheelbarrow, comprising:

a motor assembly having a shaft and a rotor mounted onto the shaft, the rotor having a coil connected thereto, a frame embracing the rotor and magnets, electric brushes, commutators, a motor frame having a threaded section, and a cover;

a gear set having a collar which has a toothed inner periphery and a board located within the collar, a plurality of planet gears rotatably connected to the board and engaged with the toothed inner periphery, a driving gear connected to the shaft and engaged with the planet gears;

a wheel assembly having a tire connected to a rim and the collar connected to the rim, and

a brake mechanism having a connection plate which is connected to a side of the motor frame, an adjustment nut having a threaded inner periphery which is threadedly connected to the threaded section on the motor frame, a brake lining located between the adjustment nut and the connection plate, a fastener mounted to an outer periphery of the adjustment nut, a link connected to the motor frame and connected with an end of a spring, the other end of the spring connected with the fastener which is connected to a brake lever.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a first bearing is connected between the collar and the board, and a second bearing is connected between the connection plate and the motor frame.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the threaded section on the motor frame and threaded inner periphery of the adjustment nut have wide pitches.

Continuity (1)
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