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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2005
Yasuhiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Tashiro, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Kurokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinari Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kimio Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Tashiro, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Kurokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinari Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kimio Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Bridgestone, Tokyo, JP;
Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle having in-wheel motors, wherein when the in-wheel motors are mounted on the vehicle driven by the torque of an internal combustion engine, the in-wheel motors are mounted on wheels on one side of the vehicle opposite to the other side on which the internal combustion engine is mounted. The non-rotating side of the motor and the knuckle are supported by a buffer mechanism having plates connected to each other by a direct-acting guide with springs composed of a direct-acting guide having a linear bearing and a rod and spring members moving in the vertical direction of the vehicle and mated with the direct-acting guide and a damper for interconnecting the plates, moving in the vertical direction of the vehicle to support the motor to either one or both of the unsprung mass of the vehicle and the car body by the buffer mechanism. Thus, the running ability and riding comfort of the vehicle having in-wheel motors can be improved.