Patent ID: 6688416
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60Y,B62D,B66F

Abstract:
A working vehicle with a laterally traveling system, comprising:a pair of transmission devices, each transmission device having a case body and a driving portion; a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels all mounted to a vehicle body to be turnable at substantially right angles, the pair of front wheels each being attached to one of said transmission devices mounted to the vehicle body, each front wheel being rotatable around a vertical axis; rotating means provided between the vehicle body and the transmission devices; and an electric motor located in the path of the vertical axis of each front wheel, each motor attached to one of the transmission devices, wherein: each electric motor has a motor case body comprising an outer case part and a non-loaded side bracket, the outer case part having a loaded side end portion connected to the case body of the transmission device; one end of a drive shaft mounted with a rotor is rotatably supported by the non-loaded side bracket and the other end of the drive shaft is rotatably supported by the case body of the transmission device; and the other end of the drive shaft is provided with the driving portion of the transmission device, the driving portion being operatively connected to an axle.