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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Aisin Aw Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Aisin Aw Industries Co., Ltd., Echizen, JP;
Takeshi Torii, Chiryu, JP;
Daisuke Yamaoka, Anjo, JP;
Atsushi Okuda, Echizen, JP;
Tetsuya Yamauchi, Sabae, JP;
Atsushige Kawasaka, Echizen, JP;
Masashi Ikemura, Toyota, JP;
Yosuke Michikoshi, Toyota, JP;
AISIN AW CO., LTD., Anjo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., Echizen, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle drive apparatus includes: a sleeve including a first peripheral surface provided side by side with a spline; a connecting member including a groove provided side by side with a spline in spline engagement with the spline, recessed radially relative to the first peripheral surface, and including a bottom surface that serves as a second peripheral surface facing the first peripheral surface; and a tolerance ring disposed in the groove so as to exert a radial elastic force between the sleeve and the connecting member.