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Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2020
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Mizuki Bingo, Toyota, JP;

Takeshi Kuwahara, Toyota, JP;

Kazuki Iwakura, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/025 (2012.01); B60T 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B60K 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 1/005 (2013.01); B60K 17/04 (2013.01); F16H 57/025 (2013.01); B60K 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle including: (i) a drive-force transmission unit including a casing and installed in a offset position that is offset from a widthwise center of the vehicle in an offset direction; (ii) a component protruding away from the casing toward a front side of the vehicle, and including first and second region portions such that the first region portion is located on a front side of the second region portion in the offset direction; and (iii) an attachment member through which the component is attached to a vehicle-front side portion of the casing. The attachment member is provided with a displacement adjustment portion that is configured, upon application of an external force to the component from the front side of the vehicle, to facilitate the first region portion of the component to be displaced toward a rear side of the vehicle, more than the second region portion of the component.


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