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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Go Nagaya, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Go Nagaya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Bridgestone, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A non-rotary case to which the motor stator of an inwheel motor is fixed is connected to a knuckle which is a part around the wheel of a vehicle by a first elastic member, a rotary case to which the rotor of the motor is fixed and rotatably connected to the non-rotary case through a bearing is connected to the wheel by a second elastic member so as to float-mount the inwheel motor to parts around the wheel.