Patent ID: 11938801
Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle drive device comprising:
an in-wheel motor provided in an auxiliary wheel of the vehicle and drives the auxiliary wheel;
a body side motor that is provided in a body of the vehicle and drives main wheels of the vehicle;
a battery; and
a capacitor, wherein
a voltage of the battery is applied to the body side motor and a voltage of the battery and the capacitor that are connected in series is applied to the in-wheel motor,
the body side motor is a permanent magnet motor,
the in-wheel motor is an induction motor, and
only on condition that a vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined speed, the in-wheel motor drives the auxiliary wheel.