UNSPRUNG POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR IN-WHEEL MOTOR VEHICLE

• Main Authors: MATAYOSHI, Yutaka, SUZUKI, Sakiko
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.05.2017
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

The purpose of the present invention is to decrease a space where a power supply cable for an in-wheel motor swings while keeping a simple structure. A steering knuckle (5) is provided for turning and steering a tire (1), and has an in-wheel motor (4) and a third link (10). A virtual kingpin axis (6) is an axis passing through a knuckle side coupling point (10a) at which the third link (10) couples with the steering knuckle (5). In this in-wheel motor vehicle, a part of a power supply cable (12) that connects the in-wheel motor (4) and a power supply unit (14) on a vehicle body side is fixed to the third link (10) for wiring.