Axle structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazunori OGAWA, Akira HIRANO
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Abstract
An axle structure is provided with an axle housing for internally passing an axle shaft having wheels connected to both left and right ends thereof, and a drive motor unit. The axle housing includes a large diameter housing center portion having a recessed portion which is recessed from an opening portion on a front surface side toward a rear surface side, and small diameter hollow shaft portions connected as a left and right pair to both sides of the housing center portion. The drive motor unit is fitted into the recessed portion and is bolted to the axle housing by means of tightening bolts.
Claims3
An axle structure, comprising:
- an axle housing that comprises a large diameter housing center portion including a recessed portion which is recessed from an opening portion on a front surface side toward a rear surface side, and a pair of right and left small diameter hollow shaft portions which are connected to right and left ends of the housing center portion, respectively, wherein an axle shaft whose right and left ends are connected to wheels is inserted through the axle housing;
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- a drive motor unit fitted in the recessed portion and fastened by a bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.