Patent ID: 7942775
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,F16H,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A drive apparatus for vehicle including a first electric motor, a first gear device, a second electric motor and a second gear device comprising: one power transmitting portion including a single case, and the second electric motor and the second gear device accommodated in the single case; at least one end of the second gear device being supported with a first support wall detachably fixed on the single case; the second electric motor being accommodated in a compartment formed in the single case in opposition to the second gear device with respect to the first support wall for accommodating therein the second electric motor; and the second electric motor includes a rotary shaft being supported with a second support wall fixed to the single case on a side opposite to the first support wall with respect to the second electric motor, wherein the first electric motor and the first gear device form an other power transmitting portion, the other power transmitting portion includes a second case that accommodates the first electric motor and the first gear device therein, the rotary shaft of the second electric motor is further rotatably supported with the first support wall, an input shaft of the second gear device is rotatably supported by the first support wall, and the second gear device includes a plurality of planetary gear units.