ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,034, issued on July 8, was assigned to Autonomous Tractor Corp. (St. Michael, Minn.).
"Directly supported electric drive wheel system and hybrid vehicle" was invented by Terry Anderson (Brookings, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel assembly for a vehicle includes a wheel drive having a housing defining an internal volume, an annular rim ring circumferentially disposed about, extending radially through, and rotatable with respect to the housing, a hollow support cylinder extending along a rotational axis of the wheel assembly, and a motor disposed within the internal volume, the motor having a rotor anchored to the rim ring, a...