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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2023
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Koichi Okuda, Toyota, JP;

Naoki Itazu, Nagoya, JP;

Satoshi Kasamai, Miyoshi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); F16H 1/20 (2006.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/04 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); F16H 1/20 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02034 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02052 (2013.01);
Abstract

A drive apparatus is for a vehicle that includes left and right wheels. The drive apparatus includes: (a) a left-side gear transmission mechanism disposed between a left-side drive source and the left wheel; and (b) a right-side gear transmission mechanism disposed between a right-side drive source and the right wheel. Each of the left-side and right-side gear transmission mechanisms includes a plurality of rotary shafts and a plurality of gears. The left-side and right-side gear transmission mechanisms are the same as each other in terms of a number of the rotary shafts, a number of the gears and a positional relationship between the gears. Each of the gears of the left-side gear transmission mechanism and a corresponding one of the gears of the right-side gear transmission mechanism are identical with each other and disposed in the same attitude as each other.


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