US 12,187,379 B2
Power unit
Kazutoshi Usa, Hamamatsu (JP)
Assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed by SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/465,714.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-184019 (JP), filed on Nov. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0166303 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. B62M 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62M 11/02 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power unit in which a gear case is provided on one side, in a vehicle width direction, of a motor case, an opening of the gear case being covered with a gear case cover from an outside in the vehicle width direction, the power unit comprising:
a motor shaft protruding toward the gear case from a motor case side;
a drive shaft protruding outward in the vehicle width direction from the gear case cover; and
a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit, to the drive shaft, power from the motor shaft,
wherein an output gear is fixed to the motor shaft, inside the gear case cover,
a drive sprocket is fixed to the drive shaft, wherein an entirety of the drive sprocket is outside the gear case cover, and
the drive sprocket is positioned inward, in the vehicle width direction, of the output gear.