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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Chinami Itou, Iwata, JP;
Yoshinori Itakura, Iwata, JP;
Minoru Suzuki, Iwata, JP;
Hiromichi Bando, Iwata, JP;
Chinami Itou, Iwata, JP;
Yoshinori Itakura, Iwata, JP;
Minoru Suzuki, Iwata, JP;
Hiromichi Bando, Iwata, JP;
NTN Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electric vehicle which includes in-wheel motor driving devices and an independent-steering apparatus and is capable of making pivot turns within a minimum-required parking space, having a structure without a chassis and a part of the body protruding out of a minimum-required circular space necessary for the wheels to make pivot turning. In a case where the electric vehicle has four wheels including left and right front wheels and left and right rear wheels, an in-wheel motor driving device is incorporated only in the left and right front wheels, only in the left and right rear wheels, or in all of the wheels. An independent-steering apparatus serves for all of the wheels. A kingpin axis in each of the wheels makes an intersection with a road surface on a circle inboard of a vehicle chassis.