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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2023
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Nidec Drive Technology Corporation, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Taihei Tsubone, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Wataru Yada, Tokyo, JP;
Tomokazu Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichiro Kobashi, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
NIDEC DRIVE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A wheel assembly includes a wheel portion and a pair of drive assemblies opposing each other with the wheel portion interposed therebetween. One of the pair of drive assemblies includes a first motor and a first deceleration assembly. The other of the pair of drive assemblies includes a second motor and a second deceleration assembly. The first deceleration assembly includes a first input shaft connected to the first output shaft. The first rotation axis and the second rotation axis are parallel to the rotation axis of the wheel portion and disposed outside the wheel portion in the radial direction of the wheel portion. The first output shaft, the first input shaft, the second output shaft, and the second input shaft extend in a direction away from the wheel portion in a direction along the rotation axis.