Drive unit of hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10220698-B2
Application number	US-201715434261-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2017
Priority date	Feb 19, 2016
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

A drive unit of a hybrid vehicle includes an engine; an electric motor; first and second differential mechanisms; a selectable one-way clutch; and a case accommodating the electric motor. Further, the first differential mechanism includes a first rotational element coupled to the electric motor, a second rotational element coupled to the engine, and a third rotational element that outputs power toward drive wheels, the second differential mechanism includes a sun gear coupled to the electric motor, a carrier coupled to the engine, a ring gear whose rotation is regulated by the selectable one-way clutch, and a ring gear flange that rotates integrally with the ring gear, and the selectable one-way clutch switches a state thereof between a locked state and an unlocked state, and the ring gear flange is supported by a rotor shaft of the electric motor via a radial bearing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drive unit of a hybrid vehicle, comprising:
an engine;
an electric motor;
a first differential mechanism;
a second differential mechanism;
a selectable one-way clutch; and
a case accommodating the electric motor, wherein
the first differential mechanism includes a first rotational element coupled to the electric motor, a second rotational element coupled to the engine, and a third rotational element that outputs power toward drive wheels,
the second differential mechanism includes a sun gear coupled to the electric motor, a carrier coupled to the engine, a ring gear whose rotation is regulated by the selectable one-way clutch, and a ring gear flange that rotates integrally with the ring gear, and
the selectable one-way clutch is configured to switch a state thereof between a locked state in which a rotation direction of the ring gear is regulated in one direction and an unlocked state in which the ring gear is allowed to rotate in both directions, and
the ring gear flange is supported by a rotor shaft of the electric motor via a radial bearing.

2. The drive unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an oil pump that is arranged on an axis different from an axis of the engine and is driven by the engine; and
a center support that is fixed to the case to support the rotor shaft rotatably, wherein
the oil pump includes
a pump body that is integrally formed with the center support,
a pump rotor that is accommodated in the pump body and is located at a position different from a position of the second differential mechanism in an axial direction,
a pump driven gear that is located on an opposite side to the engine with respect to the second differential mechanism in an axial direction and rotates integrally with the pump rotor, and
a pump drive gear that is engaged with the pump driven gear and rotates integrally with the carrier.

3. The drive unit according to claim 2 , further comprising an oil path that passes through the center support to supply a lubricant oil into the selectable one-way clutch, wherein
the pump drive gear is located at a position different from a position of the selectable one-way clutch in the axial direction, and
the oil path is provided radially inside of the pump drive gear with respect to an outer periphery part of the pump drive gear.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shibata Hiroyuki
• Shioiri Hiroyuki
• KUROSAKI Yuki
• Kato Shotaro
• Yasui Hiroki
• Abe Tomohiro
• Hibino Akira

Classifications

• F16H57/0441

  Arrangements of pumps · CPC title

• F16H57/0484

  with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion · CPC title

• B60Y2200/92

  Hybrid vehicles · CPC title

• Y10S903/913

  One way · CPC title

• B60K6/365 Primary

  with the gears having orbital motion · CPC title