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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masayuki Ishibashi, Numazu, JP;
Hiroki Kunifuda, Chiryu, JP;
Hyuksoo Kwon, Anjo, JP;
Shinichiro Suenaga, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An electric vehicle includes a mechanical-electrical integrated unit constituted by a drive apparatus and an electric-power control apparatus that are housed in a same casing. The drive apparatus includes a first electric motor, a second electric motor and a transmission device. The electric-power control apparatus is configured to control an electric power transmitted and received by the first and second electric motors. The electric-power control apparatus and the drive apparatus are housed in upper and lower casing portion of the casing, respectively. The second electric motor includes a stator core that is provided with a plurality of fastened portions, such that one of the plurality of fastened portions is disposed in a position which overlaps the upper casing portion in a vertical direction of the vehicle and which is located on a front side of an axis of the second electric motor in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.