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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Koichi Okuda, Toyota, JP;
Yohei Habata, Susono, JP;
Yuuki Makino, Aichi-gun, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle driving apparatus includes: (a) a power distribution device for distributing a power between a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels; (b) a differential device for distributing the power between right and left wheels that constitute one of the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear wheels; and (c) a propeller shaft for transmitting the power to the other of the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear wheels. The power distribution device includes a first rotary element connected to a rotating machine, a second rotary element connected to the differential device and a third rotary element connected to the propeller shaft. The third rotary element and the propeller shaft are both connected to a power transmission member between the power distribution device and one of the right and left wheels in an axial direction of the power distribution device.