US 12,109,859 B2
Electric vehicle
Kotaro Yamamoto, Kawasaki (JP); Senthil Arumugam, Kawasaki (JP); and Gowtham Buthan, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to Daimler Truck AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen (DE)
Appl. No. 18/292,728
Filed by Daimler Truck AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 29, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/026035
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 26, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/008065, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-123982 (JP), filed on Jul. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262148 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60G 11/10 (2006.01); B60G 11/113 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 11/113 (2013.01) [B60G 2204/121 (2013.01); B60G 2204/4306 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle comprising a ladder frame and a driving unit, the driving unit comprising a motor that generates driving force to be transmitted to an axle of the electric vehicle and a transmission mechanism that shifts the driving force passed from the motor, the electric vehicle further comprising:
a motor housing that accommodates the motor of the driving unit;
a leaf spring that suspends the axle from the electric vehicle;
a first coupling part that couples the ladder frame to the motor housing; and
a second coupling part that is integrated with the first coupling part and that couples the ladder frame to an end part of the leaf spring, wherein
the second coupling part has a rib-shaped portion that protrudes outward in the vehicle width direction and that is connected to the end part the leaf spring.