Patent ID: 7537071

Claim:
A vehicle wheel driving apparatus arranging structure comprising: a road wheel; a road wheel supporting member; a suspension member that comprises a plurality of support joints, and connects the road wheel supporting member to a vehicle body to thereby rotatably support the road wheel; and a motor that is connected to the road wheel supporting member and rotates a road wheel side of the road wheel supporting member, wherein a center of gravity of the motor is located at a position higher than a center of the road wheel; and at least one of the plurality of support joints is disposed at a position higher than the center of the road wheel so as to be connected to a motor housing of the motor; and wherein at least one of the plurality of support joints is disposed at a position lower than the center of the road wheel, and thus disposed support joint is provided on at least one of: an end of an arm disposed so as to be inclined relative to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; an end of an arm that holds the road wheel relative to a displacement in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; and an end of a suspension constituent member that holds the road wheel relative to the displacement in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.