Patent ID: 7766110

Claim:
A vehicle having in-wheel motors, comprising an internal combustion engine for driving the vehicle, mounted on either the front side or the rear side of the car body and electric motors mounted to wheels, the in-wheel motors are mounted to wheels on a side opposite to a side where the internal combustion engine is mounted and supported to either one or both of the unsprung mass of the vehicle and the car body by a buffer mechanism, wherein the buffer mechanism comprises: (1) a direct-acting guide with springs composed of a direct-acting member comprising a linear bearing and a rod and spring member and spring members and a damper for interconnecting the adjacent plates; (2) two plates which are interconnected by the direct-acting guide with springs and whose moving directions are limited to the vertical direction of the vehicle; and (3) a damper for interconnecting the two plates and moving in the vertical direction of the vehicle.