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US 2026/0257759 A1Published application
Drive unit and electric vehicle
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorMasafumi KAWAKAMI
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Abstract
A drive unit according to one example of an embodiment comprises: a motor; a housing; a crank shaft protruding from the housing and rotatably attached to the housing; an output body which outputs the torque of the motor; and a power transmission mechanism which transfers the torque of the motor to the output body. In addition, the crank shaft has therein a hollow section and at least a portion of the power transmission mechanism is accommodated in the hollow section.
Claims33
A drive unit used in an electric vehicle, comprising:
- a motor;
- a housing;
- a crankshaft that protrudes from the housing and is rotatably attached to the housing;
- an output element that outputs rotation force of the motor;
- and
- a motive power transmission mechanism that transmits the rotation force of the motor to the output element, wherein
- the crankshaft has a hollow part, and
- at least a part of the motive power transmission mechanism is housed in the hollow part.
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A drive unit used in an electric vehicle, comprising:
- a motor;
- a housing;
- a crankshaft that protrudes from the housing and is rotatably attached to the housing;
- an output element that outputs rotation force of the motor;
- and
- a motive power transmission mechanism that transmits the rotation force of the motor to the output element, wherein
- the motive power transmission mechanism includes a first one-way clutch and a second one-way clutch, and
- rotation axes of the first one-way clutch and the second one-way clutch are the same.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.