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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masahide Mimura, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 61/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electric motor and a differential mechanism are placed near a vehicle body left-right center line distributed between the left and right sides of the vehicle body. In addition, at least parts respectively of the electric motor and the differential mechanism are placed on the vehicle body left-right center line. A deceleration mechanism is placed away from the vehicle left-right center line on one of the left and right sides of the vehicle.