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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11738630 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2019

Vehicle in-wheel drive motor and a body side drive motor

Applicant:

Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;

Inventors:

Isao Toda, Hiroshima, JP;

Seiyo Hirano, Hiroshima, JP;

Kei Yonemori, Hiroshima, JP;

Hideki Sanai, Hiroshima, JP;

Assignee:

MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;

Attorney:

XSENSUS LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jason D Shanske

Assistant Examiner:

James J Triggs

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.01); B60K 6/24 (2007.10); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); B60K 6/44 (2007.10); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 20/20 (2016.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); H02K 7/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60K 6/40 (2007.10); B60K 6/442 (2007.10); B60K 6/52 (2007.10); B60L 9/18 (2006.01); B60L 50/61 (2019.01); B60L 53/24 (2019.01); B60L 50/40 (2019.01); B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B60K 6/26 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60K 6/24 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60K 6/40 (2013.01); B60K 6/44 (2013.01); B60K 6/442 (2013.01); B60K 6/52 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60L 9/18 (2013.01); B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.02); B60L 50/40 (2019.02); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 50/61 (2019.02); B60L 53/24 (2019.02); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60W 20/20 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); H02K 7/006 (2013.01); B60K 6/26 (2013.01); B60K 2001/045 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0405 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0416 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0092 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle drive device uses in-wheel motors to drive a vehicle and includes in-wheel motors that are provided in wheels of a vehicle and drive the wheels, a body side motor that is provided in a body of the vehicle and drives the wheels, and a controller that controls the in-wheel motors and the body side motor based on requested output power of a driver, in which the controller causes the body side motor to generate a driving force and the in-wheel motors not to generate driving forces when the requested output power of the driver is less than predetermined output power and the controller causes the body side motor and the in-wheel motors to generate driving forces when the requested output power of the driver is equal to or more than the predetermined output power.

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