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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
A driving apparatus including electric motors and a differential device that are disposed in a relation of mutually parallel axes, a gear train that operatively couples these components through parallel shafts, and a hydraulic pressure generating device. The gear train including counter drive gears disposed on electric motor axes, a counter driven gear disposed on a countershaft that runs parallel with the electric motor axes and engaged with the counter drive gears, and a differential drive pinion gear disposed on the countershaft and engaged with a differential ring gear disposed on an axis of the differential device, wherein the hydraulic pressure generating device is disposed in a clearance space created between gears of the gear train when the gear train is viewed in an axial direction.