Patent ID: 7121367

Claim:
An installation structure for an electric rotating machine to a wheel of a motor vehicle, the electric rotating machine being for accomplishing at least one of an electrical driving for the wheel and an electric power generation by a power from the wheel, the installation structure comprising: a wheel hub fixed to and rotatable with the wheel; a bearing through which the wheel hub is rotatably supported; a suspension installed between a vehicle body of the motor vehicle and the wheel; a bearing support member connected to a wheel-side section of the suspension and supporting the bearing; and a bearing counterpart member flange disposed adjacent to the bearing support member; wherein the electric rotating machine includes a power output shaft, which fits the wheel hub, and a housing flange for location of the electric rotating machine in a direction of an axis of the power output shaft, the housing flange being located between a wheel-side section of the bearing support member and the bearing counterpart member flange, the wheel-side section of the bearing support member facing towards the wheel in the direction of the axis of the power output shaft.