US 12,011,994 B2
Driving apparatus
Yuto Masuda, Toyota (JP); Yusuke Suzuki, Toyota (JP); Koichi Okuda, Toyota (JP); Toshihisa Mizutani, Kariya (JP); and Taiki Owari, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/347,066.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-111797 (JP), filed on Jul. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017607 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 17/16 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); F16H 48/00 (2012.01); F16H 48/05 (2012.01); F16H 48/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 17/165 (2013.01) [B60K 1/02 (2013.01); F16H 48/05 (2013.01); F16H 2048/02 (2013.01); F16H 2048/04 (2013.01); F16H 2048/082 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving apparatus, comprising:
a first motor;
a first gear mechanism having a first input shaft and a first output shaft, the first input shaft being connected to the first motor;
a second motor; and
a second gear mechanism having a second input shaft and a second output shaft, the second input shaft being connected to the second motor,
wherein
the first gear mechanism is configured such that the first input shaft and the first output shaft are in an intersecting or twisted position;
the second gear mechanism is configured such that the second input shaft and the second output shaft are in an intersecting or twisted position, and
the first gear mechanism and the second gear mechanism are configured such that the direction of rotation of the first output shaft is the same as the direction of rotation of the second output shaft when the direction of rotation of the first input shaft is different from the direction of rotation of the second input shaft.