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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tatsuya Ohzu, Wako, JP;
Yutaka Arimura, Wako, JP;
Daisuke Hoshino, Wako, JP;
Shingo Soma, Wako, JP;
Yosuke Tanaka, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/091 (2006.01); F16H 57/021 (2012.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B60K 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/043 (2013.01); B60K 17/22 (2013.01); F16H 3/091 (2013.01); F16H 57/021 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02034 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02043 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an electric vehicle including a motor shaft connected to a drive motor, a counter shaft coupled with the motor shaft, a drive shaft coupled with the counter shaft, a drive wheel coupled with the drive shaft, a plurality of bearings configured to support the counter shaft, and a plurality of gears configured to rotate integrally with the counter shaft, a torque sensor is disposed in a region in which a slope of a bending moment occurring on the counter shaft is minimum at a time that the drive motor is driven.