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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2017
Applicants:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;

Alchemica Corporation, Susono-shi, Shizuoka, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Isono, Susono, JP;

Nobuyoshi Sugitani, Susono, JP;

Aizoh Kubo, Kyoto, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); F16D 65/18 (2006.01); F16H 1/28 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/02 (2006.01); B60K 17/14 (2006.01); F16D 55/226 (2006.01); F16D 121/20 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/046 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60K 17/02 (2013.01); B60K 17/145 (2013.01); F16D 55/2262 (2013.01); F16D 65/18 (2013.01); F16D 65/186 (2013.01); F16H 1/28 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0038 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0061 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0092 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/424 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/73 (2013.01); F16D 2121/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A drive unit having a downsized brake device for applying a braking force to a drive wheel is provided. The drive unit comprises: a first brake device that applies braking torque to a first rotary member situated closer to a first motor than a first speed reducing device in a first torque transmitting route between the first motor and a first drive shaft; and a second brake device that applies braking torque to a second rotary member situated closer to a second motor than a second speed reducing device in a second torque transmitting route between the second motor and a second drive shaft.


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