US 12,233,710 B2
Drive device
Masataka Iwamoto, Toyota (JP); Koichi Okuda, Toyota (JP); and Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/581,569.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-096108 (JP), filed on Jun. 12, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0408959 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); F16H 1/20 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01)
CPC B60K 17/043 (2013.01) [B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); F16H 1/203 (2013.01); F16H 1/206 (2013.01); F16H 57/043 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0076 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive device for a vehicle, comprising:
a first motor including a first rotary shaft extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle;
a second motor including a second rotary shaft extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle;
a first counter shaft disposed parallel to the first rotary shaft and connected to the first rotary shaft via a first counter gear;
a second counter shaft disposed parallel to the second rotary shaft and connected to the second rotary shaft via a second counter gear;
a first transmission shaft disposed parallel to the first counter shaft and connected to the first counter shaft via a third counter gear;
a second transmission shaft disposed parallel to the second counter shaft and connected to the second counter shaft via a fourth counter gear;
a first drive shaft extending in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle and including one end connected to the first transmission shaft via a first hypoid gear and another end connected to a left wheel; and
a second drive shaft extending in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle and including one end connected to the second transmission shaft via a second hypoid gear and another end connected to a right wheel, wherein in a plan view in a vertical direction of the vehicle,
the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft are positioned between the first counter shaft and the second counter shaft in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle, and
the first transmission shaft and the second transmission shaft are positioned between the first counter shaft and the second counter shaft in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle.