Invention Grant
- Patent Title: In-wheel motor drive device
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Application No.: US16342253Application Date: 2016-11-24
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Publication No.: US10933737B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Shiro Tamura , Minoru Suzuki , Shinya Taikou
- Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPJP2016-213119 20161031
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/084734 WO 20161124
- International Announcement: WO2018/078890 WO 20180503
- Main IPC: B60K7/00
- IPC: B60K7/00 ; H02K7/116 ; F16H1/08 ; F16H1/06 ; H02K7/00 ; B60K1/02 ; H02K7/08

Abstract:
An in-wheel motor drive device includes an electric motor section, a speed reducer section, a wheel bearing section, and a casing. The speed reducer section includes a speed-reduction structure using a parallel shaft gear. The parallel shaft gear includes an input shaft, which is coupled to the electric motor section, an input gear, at least one intermediate shaft including input-side and output-side intermediate gears, an output shaft, which is coupled to the wheel bearing section, and a final output gear. The input, intermediate, and output shafts are supported by rolling bearings to be rotatable. At least two rolling bearings configured to support the intermediate and output shafts on an out-board side and two rolling bearings configured to support the intermediate and output shafts on an in-board side are arranged at positions at which respective bearing widths are prevented from being superimposed with each other in an axial direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190248224A1 IN-WHEEL MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-08-15
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