ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,906, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Cooling structure of in-wheel motor" was invented by Hideaki Miyazono (Kasugai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cooling structure of the in-wheel motor is a cooling structure of an in-wheel motor provided in a wheel of a tire-wheel assembly. The cooling structure of the in-wheel motor includes a rotary electric machine configured to rotate a hub to which a wheel is fixed, a knuckle rotatably supporting the hub, and a plurality of flow paths through which a coolant for cooling the rotary electric machine flows, and a pump configured to circulate t...