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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2016
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Tomohiro Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoaki Oikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Saruwatari, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiko Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Soeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinori Inada, Kanagawa, JP;
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A power transmission device for a vehicle is comprised of a motor including a rotor shaft and a stator having an electromagnetic coil; an inverter configured to generate an alternating current, the inverter being connected with the coil to controllably rotate the rotor shaft relative to the stator; a gear set including an input shaft coupled with and rotated by the rotor shaft, an output shaft and gears so meshed as to transmit torque of the input shaft to the output shaft; and a grounding path electrically connecting a part of the gear set with a body of the vehicle, the part being so disposed as to have the input shaft electrically interposed between the part and the rotor shaft.