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US 12,623,530 B2Granted
In-wheel motor
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKeita Imai, Kiichi Yokoyama, Hiroki Monji, Yusuke Ueta, Tatsuya Sakai
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Abstract
An in-wheel motor including: a motor disposed inside a wheel; and a case that accommodates the motor, characterized in that: a lower arm mounting portion to which the case and a lower arm are connected, is included; the lower arm mounting portion is disposed at a position facing a surface of the wheel; and the case includes a drain plug disposed at a position between the surface of the wheel and the lower arm mounting portion.
Claims7
An in-wheel motor comprising:
- a motor disposed inside a wheel of a vehicle;
- a case that accommodates the motor;
- and
- a lower arm mounting portion integrated with the case and connected to a lower arm, wherein
- the lower arm mounting portion is disposed at a position facing a surface of the wheel, and
- the case includes
- a drain hole provided in a bottom wall of the case and opening in an up-down direction of the vehicle, and
- a drain plug that closes the drain hole and that is disposed at a position between the surface of the wheel and the lower arm mounting portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.