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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi Aichi-ken, JP;
Yukinobu Nishikawa, Anjo, JP;
Takeshi Kuwahara, Toyota, JP;
Eiji Ito, Nisshin, JP;
Yasuki Yoshikawa, Okazaki, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An electric vehicle comprises: an electric drive unit including an electric motor used as a drive power source, a transaxle including a differential device and coupled to a motor shaft of the electric motor in a power transmittable manner on one end side of the electric motor in a direction of a motor centerline to transmit an output of the electric motor through the differential device to a pair of drive shafts, and a case housing the electric motor and the transaxle. The case includes a first end surface portion located on the other end side of the electric motor in the motor centerline direction and rotatably supporting the motor shaft, and an accessory component of the vehicle is attached to an outside surface of the first end surface portion.