US 11,752,856 B2
Driving apparatus
Sho Ito, Toyota (JP); Seitaro Nobuyasu, Toyota (JP); Hiroyuki Tateno, Toyota (JP); and Yuki Yamada, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by c/o TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and c/o AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/652,351.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-027028 (JP), filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0266677 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 7/0007 (2013.01) [B60K 17/046 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0038 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving apparatus that includes an electric motor including a stator and a rotor, a case accommodating the electric motor, and a drive shaft connected to a wheel, the case to be mounted on a vehicle so as to partially overlap a side member as viewed from a vehicle width direction, the driving apparatus comprising:
a plurality of radial ribs respectively projecting in the vehicle width direction and extending radially, at least part of the plurality of radial ribs reaching a first region of the case that overlaps the side member and does not overlap with the wheel as viewed from the vehicle width direction, and
a connecting rib projecting in the vehicle width direction and joining with center side ends of the plurality of radial ribs.