Title:
VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/181933
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a vehicle drive device capable of efficiently driving a vehicle using in-wheel motors without falling into the spiral of enhancing motor drive at the cost of increased vehicle weight. The present invention provides a vehicle drive device for driving a vehicle using in-wheel motors, characterized by comprising in-wheel motors (20) that are disposed in wheels (2b) of the vehicle (1) and drive the wheels; a vehicle-body-side motor (16) that is disposed in the body of the vehicle and drives the wheels; and a controller (24) that controls the in-wheel motors and the vehicle-body-side motor on the basis of the output required by a driver, wherein the controller allows the vehicle-body-side motor and not the in-wheel motors to generate drive power when the output required by the driver is less than a predetermined output, and furthermore, the controller allows the vehicle-body-side motor and the in-wheel motors to generate drive power when the output required by the driver is equal to or greater than the predetermined output.
Inventors:
TODA ISAO (JP)
HIRANO SEIYO (JP)
YONEMORI KEI (JP)
SANAI HIDEKI (JP)
HIRANO SEIYO (JP)
YONEMORI KEI (JP)
SANAI HIDEKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2019/011427
Publication Date:
September 26, 2019
Filing Date:
March 19, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MAZDA MOTOR (JP)
International Classes:
B60K6/52; B60K1/00; B60K1/04; B60K6/24; B60K6/28; B60K6/40; B60K6/442; B60K6/547; B60L9/18; B60L15/20; B60L50/16; B60L50/60; B60W10/26; B60W20/10
Foreign References:
| JP2005178479A | 2005-07-07 | |||
| US9789871B1 | 2017-10-17 | |||
| JP5280961B2 | 2013-09-04 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3753770A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TANAKA Shinichiro et al. (JP)
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