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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hideki Fukudome, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An in-wheel motor unit comprises a housing, a motor, a speed reducer including a rotating body and an output shaft fixed to the rotating body and penetrating the housing to extend to outside of the housing in an axle outward direction, and a hub bearing including a bearing part and a hub part integrated with the bearing part. A part of the output shaft positioned at an axle outward direction side of the rotating body is supported only by the bearing part. A part of the bearing part is positioned inside the housing. Inside of this part is disposed a first seal member which fluid-tightly seals a gap between an inner race and an outer race at a position positioned at an axle inward direction side of a group of rolling elements.