Drive apparatus for four-wheel drive vehicle

A drive apparatus for an electric-motor four-wheel drive vehicle, the electric-motor four-wheel drive vehicle including a first wheel pair and a second wheel pair positioned on opposite side to the first wheel pair in a front-rear direction, the first wheel pair including a first left wheel and a first right wheel, the second wheel pair including a second left wheel and a second right wheel, the drive apparatus comprising:

• a first motor configured to output first output torque;
• a second motor configured to output second output torque;
• a first differential mechanism coupled to the first motor;
• a second differential mechanism coupled to the second motor;
• a propeller shaft configured to transmit the first output torque, the second output torque, or both to both of the second left wheel and the second right wheel,
• wherein the first differential mechanism is configured to distribute the first output torque to a first torque-transmitting member being coupled to the first left wheel and a third torque-transmitting member other than the first torque-transmitting member and being coupled to the propeller shaft, and
• wherein the second differential mechanism is configured to distribute the second output torque to a second torque-transmitting member being coupled to the first right wheel and the third torque-transmitting member other than the second torque-transmitting member.