Patent ID: 7703565

Claim:
A disposition structure of a drive device for a vehicle, comprising: a rear wheel having a disc portion and a rim portion; a drive motor operative to drive the rear wheel, the drive motor being disposed in the rear wheel so as to be positioned within a space enclosed by the disc portion and the rim portion of the rear wheel; a plurality of suspension links, one end of each of which is coupled to the rear wheel via a wheel-side connection portion and the other end of each of which is coupled to a vehicle body via a vehicle-body-side connection portion, the suspension links being disposed so as to extend substantially in a vehicle width direction, the suspension links comprising at least an upper link which is positioned above a center of the rear wheel and a lower link which is positioned below the center of the rear wheel; a damper, one end of which is coupled to a side of the rear wheel and the other end of which is coupled to a side of the vehicle body; a drive-force transmitting mechanism operative to couple the drive motor to the rear wheel so as to transmit a drive force; and a motor housing enclosing said drive motor and said drive-force transmitting mechanism, wherein said drive motor is disposed so as to be offset from the center of the rear wheel in a specified vehicle-longitudinal direction, said wheel-side connection portion of the upper link is disposed at a specified portion of said motor housing which is offset from a center of the drive motor in an opposite direction to said specified vehicle-longitudinal direction.