Patent ID: 9493064
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B60K,B60Y,F16H

Claim Text:
1. A wheel unit, comprising: a motor; a pinion gear which is fixed to a rotating portion of the motor; a wheel which includes an annular ground surface and rotates about a final gear support shaft; a final gear made of a resin, which is fixed to the wheel directly or via another member and is disposed on one side in an axial direction with respect to the wheel; a speed reduction mechanism which decelerates rotation of the pinion gear and transmits the rotation to the final gear; and a gear case which accommodates the pinion gear, the speed reduction mechanism, and the final gear, wherein a rotation support portion which rotates along with the final gear and the wheel while being supported by the gear case directly or via another member is provided between the final gear and the wheel; and at least a portion of the final gear is positioned on an inside of a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical area surrounded by the ground surface; and when viewed from one side in the axial direction, the final gear support shaft and a motor shaft are disposed in different positions and the speed reduction mechanism has at least three composite gears each of which has a large diameter gear portion and a small diameter gear portion, and a first support shaft which supports a first composite gear, a second support shaft which supports a second composite gear engaging with the first composite gear, and a third support shaft which supports a third composite gear engaging with the second composite gear are arranged such that, the first support shaft and the second support shaft define an angle θ