Vehicle speed reducer or eddy current brake

摘要

A speed reducer or eddy current brake for a vehicle, wherein the frame of the speed reducer is affixed on the support housing of the vehicle differential; the speed reducer includes a stator attached to the frame of the reducer; the frame is adjustable in position with respect to the stator; the rotor of the speed reducer is a flywheel which is properly positioned with respect to the vehicle drive shaft; means for adjusting the flywheel position with respect to the stator; means for magnetically shielding the bearings of the drive shaft of the flywheel from the magnetic force lines from the stator.