Nicholas R Conway

US Patent:

20100038956, Feb 18, 2010

Filed:

May 14, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/466268

Inventors:

Brent Whitfield Byers - Plano TX, US
Nicholas Conway - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

B60B 7/04
H02P 8/00

US Classification:

301 3725, 318696

Abstract:

An electrical control system for a rotatable wheel cover assembly is presented, the system including a controller assembly comprising processors for controlling the relative motion of a wheel cover rotatably mounted to a wheel frame of a vehicle. The controller assembly outputs a first signal to motor drivers, which are mounted within the vehicle separated from the wheel cover, the motor drivers passing a first drive frequency to motor leads for open loop control of the speed of the motors that drive the wheel cover. The electrical control system provides power from an inboard side of the wheel frame to an outboard side via a slip ring assembly having connector assemblies passing through the wheel frame for controlling motion of the wheel cover. The wheel cover is mounted to a shaft of the motor, wherein the motor is mounted coaxially with the wheel frame.