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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Yutaka Taga, Aichi-ken, JP;
Terufumi Miyazaki, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/445 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A drive apparatus for a vehicle includes a differential action limiting device for selectively switching a differential device in a differential state and a locked state, with the differential device and the differential action limiting device being disposed between a first electric motor and a second electric motor.