Electric drive apparatus for vehicle

An electric drive apparatus for a vehicle, the electric drive apparatus comprising:

• (a) a left-side drive unit configured to drive a left wheel of the vehicle, and including (a-1) a left-side electric motor and (a-2) a left-side transmission mechanism including left-side rotary shafts and disposed in a left-side power transmission path between the left-side electric motor and the left wheel;
• (b) a right-side drive unit configured to drive a right wheel of the vehicle, and including (b-1) a right-side electric motor and (b-2) a right-side transmission mechanism including right-side rotary shafts and disposed in a right-side power transmission path between the right-side electric motor and the right wheel;
• and
• (c) a single hydraulic pump configured to output a hydraulic pressure,
• wherein one of the left-side rotary shafts and one of the right-side rotary shafts constitute a pair of pump-drive rotary shafts that are to be rotated at respective speeds equal to each other during straight running of the vehicle, and
• wherein the single hydraulic pump is connected to the pair of pump-drive rotary shafts through respective one-way clutches, and is to be driven by one of the pump-drive rotary shafts that is rotated at a speed higher than the other of the pump-drive rotary shafts, so as to output the hydraulic pressure.