US 12,263,712 B2
Wheel-side device and suspension device
Hidehiro Takenaka, Miyoshi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/615,425.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-063302 (JP), filed on Apr. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0336099 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 3/14 (2006.01); B62D 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 7/001 (2013.01) [B60G 3/14 (2013.01); B62D 7/18 (2013.01); B60G 2200/13 (2013.01); B60G 2200/44 (2013.01); B60G 2204/182 (2013.01); B60G 2206/124 (2013.01); B60G 2206/50 (2013.01); B60G 2300/50 (2013.01); B60L 2220/46 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel-side device provided for each of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, comprising:
a drive mechanism provided on a suspension arm connecting a wheel support member that supports the wheel and a body-side member of the vehicle and including a drive actuator, an output shaft of the drive actuator being connected to the wheel via a constant velocity joint to rotationally drive the wheel; and
a steering actuator provided between the suspension arm and the wheel support member without a link member interposed therebetween and configured to steer the wheel;
wherein a part of the suspension arm and a part of the wheel support member are superposed on and connected to each other so as to be rotatable relative to each other about an axis extending generally in an up-down direction; and
wherein the constant velocity joint is located inside a connecting portion which is a portion where the part of the suspension arm and the part of the wheel support member are superposed on and connected to each other.