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US 2013/0075183 A1Published application
Vehicle With Electric Transaxle
AssigneeKanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshitaka KOCHIDOMARI, Takashi NISHIZAWA
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Abstract
A vehicle comprises a transaxle, a battery and a load carrying bed. The transaxle includes a casing incorporating a drive train and supporting an axle and includes an electric motor mounted on the casing to drive the axle via the drive train. The battery is provided for supplying electric power to the electric motor. The transaxle and the battery are disposed below the load carrying bed so as to overlap the load carrying bed when viewed in plan.
Claims15
A vehicle comprising:
- a transaxle which includes a casing incorporating a drive train and supporting an axle and includes an electric motor mounted on the casing to drive the axle via the drive train;
- a battery for supplying electric power to the electric motor;
- a seat;
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- a load carrying bed,
- wherein the transaxle is disposed below the load carrying bed so as to overlap the load carrying bed when viewed in plan, and
- wherein the battery is disposed below the load carrying bed or the seat so as to overlap the load carrying bed or the seat when viewed in plan.
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A vehicle comprising:
- right and left electric transaxles each of which includes a casing incorporating a drive train and supporting an axle and includes an electric motor mounted on the casing to drive the axle via the dive train;
- right and left first drive wheels provided on the axles of the respective right and left electric transaxles;
- an engine;
- right and left second drive wheels;
- a transmission for transmitting power from the engine to the right and left second drive wheels;
- a generator which generates electric power by driving the engine;
- a battery for reserving the electric power generated by the generator so as to supply the electric power to the electric motors of the right and left electric transaxles;
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- a mode selection means for selecting either a first drive mode where only the right and left first drive wheels are driven by the electric motors of the respective right and left electric transaxles or a second drive mode where only the right and left second drive wheels are driven by the engine via the transmission.
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A transmission assembly comprising:
- a belt transmission driven by an engine;
- a second transmission including a plurality of shafts including at least an input shaft and an output shaft, the input shaft being driven by the belt transmission, and the output shaft being driven by the input shaft;
- a housing incorporating the second transmission, wherein the belt transmission is attached to one side of the housing;
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- a motor generator including a rotor and a stator, wherein the motor generator is mounted on another side of the housing opposite to the belt transmission so as to function as either an electric motor for driving the output shaft or a generator driven by the engine via the belt transmission so that the motor generator serves as a regeneration brake for braking the output shaft when the motor generator functions as the generator, and wherein one of the plurality of shafts of the second transmission is extended to serve as a rotor shaft provided thereon with the rotor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.