US 12,434,551 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 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Aug. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/366,415.
Application 18/366,415 is a continuation of application No. 17/652,351, filed on Feb. 24, 2022, granted, now 11,752,856.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-027028 (JP), filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382214 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
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)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving apparatus that includes an electric motor including a stator and a rotor, and a case accommodating the electric motor, and is mounted on a vehicle, the driving apparatus comprising:
a plurality of radial ribs respectively projecting in a vehicle width direction and extending radially,
a connecting rib projecting in the vehicle width direction and joining with center side ends of the plurality of radial ribs, and
a bearing that includes an outer race press-fitted into the case and rotatably supports the rotor of an electric motor,
wherein the connecting rib includes a backup seat formed so as to at least partially overlap the outer race of the bearing as viewed from the vehicle width direction.