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Article energies On the Design of In-Wheel-Hub Motor Transmission SystemsArticle with Six-Link Mechanisms for Electric VehiclesOn the Design of In-Wheel-Hub Motor Transmission Systems with Six-Link Mechanisms for Electric Vehicles Ngoc-Tan Hoang and Hong-Sen Yan * Ngoc-Tan Hoang and Hong-Sen Yan * Mechanical Engineering Department, National Cheng Kung University, No.1 University Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan;Mechanical [email protected] Engineering Department, National Cheng Kung University, No.1 University Road, Tainan 70101, *Taiwan; Correspondence: [email protected] [email protected]; Tel.: +886-093-951-5000 * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +886-093-951-5000 Received: 3 September 2018; Accepted: 24 October 2018; Published: 26 October 2018 Received: 3 September 2018; Accepted: 24 October 2018; Published: 26 October 2018 Abstract: Nowadays, there are several electric vehicles (EV) on the market, due to the innovation of technologyAbstract: Nowadays, that promotes there new are severalcomponents electric such vehicles as batteries, (EV) on transmissions, the market, due and to electric the innovation motors. Thisof technology study proposes that promotes the design new procedure components for such the asconfiguration batteries, transmissions, synthesis and and simulation electric motors. of in- wheel-hubThis study motor proposes transmissions the design with procedure six-link for mechanisms. the configuration The synthesis synthesis process and simulation shows six of mechanismsin-wheel-hub with motor six members transmissions and eight with joints, six-link 15 mechanisms.new clutchless Themotor synthesis transmissions, process and shows 16 new six clutchedmechanisms motor with transmissions. six members andA novel eight joints,motor 15transmission new clutchless with motor the transmissions,possibility of synthesized and 16 new configurationsclutched motor is transmissions. chosen as a case A novelto analyze motor the transmission working rules with connected the possibility with the of synthesizedpower flow modesconfigurations and operation is chosen modes. as a case Moreover, to analyze this the design working is rulesmodeled connected for the with simulation the power process flow modes that generatesand operation the results modes. of Moreover, the operation this designmode transition is modeled and for energy the simulation regulation. process that generates the results of the operation mode transition and energy regulation. Keywords: electric vehicles; configuration synthesis; motor transmission; in-wheel-hub motor; six- linkKeywords: mechanismelectric vehicles; configuration synthesis; motor transmission; in-wheel-hub motor; six-link mechanism 1. Introduction 1. Introduction Many powertrain architectures have been designed and analyzed [1–10]. Yang et al. [11] comparedMany the powertrain fuel economy, architectures transmission have been complexity designed, and and exhaust analyzed gases [1–10 of]. some Yang etpopular al. 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This and approach simulation shows of allin-wheel-hub the steps from motor transmissions with six-link mechanisms (see Figure 2). This approach shows all the steps from the existing design