MUMBAI, India, May 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517000282 A) filed by Protean Electric Limited, Farnham, U.K., on Jan. 2, for 'an in-wheel electric motor.'
Inventor(s) include Whitehead, Andrew; Ford, Richard; and Zakakiotis, Marcos.
The application for the patent was published on May 9, under issue no. 19/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An in-wheel electric motor for a vehicle comprising a stator, a first rotor arranged to be housed within a wheel of the vehicle, and coupling means for selectively coupling the first rotor to the wheel of the vehicle and decoupling the first rotor to the wheel, such that when the first rotor is coupled to the wheel, ...