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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
425149 ; 7460 / ;
Abstract
A drive assembly including an electric motor, and a differential gear device which is integrally incorporated within a rotor of the electric motor and which has a gear case rotated with the rotor and a pair of output shafts that are disposed coaxially with the rotor and rotated by rotation of the gear case with the rotor, wherein the gear case of the differential gear device is supported by a housing of the electric motor through bearings interposed therebetween.