US 7,320,376 B2 | ||
Tire wheel structure | ||
Fumito Kurata, Toyota (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (Japan); and Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
Filed on Oct. 31, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/589,794. | ||
Application 11/589794 is a division of application No. 10/932115, filed on Sep. 02, 2004. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2003-320624 (JP), filed on Sep. 12, 2003. | ||
Prior Publication US 2007/0039771 A1, Feb. 22, 2007 | ||
Int. Cl. B60K 7/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 180—65.5 | 5 Claims |
1. A tire wheel structure comprising:
a tire wheel supported by a vehicle body; and
a driving motor which is disposed near the tire wheel and which is supported on the tire wheel via a spring element and a
damper element so as to be relatively displaceable with respect to the tire wheel, the driving motor driving the tire wheel
by transferring driving force thereto, wherein the driving motor is supported so as to be relatively displaceable with respect
to the tire wheel along an axis that is inclined with respect to a vertical axis in a vehicular front-rear direction.
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