Cooling structure of driving device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10742091-B2
Application number	US-201816223606-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2018
Priority date	Feb 21, 2018
Publication date	Aug 11, 2020
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020

Abstract

In order to improve cooling performance for lubricating oil without increasing the size of an oil pump or an oil cooler and achieve the improvement of the cooling performance with a highly durable configuration, a wheel driving device includes an electric motor provided in an electric motor case such that the lubricating oil retained in the electric motor case is made to circulate to lubricate and cool the electric motor and the electric motor is cooled by cooling water flowing in a cold water jacket provided in the electric motor case. The wheel driving device includes an oil passage in which the lubricating oil circulates. The oil passage is provided on an outer portion of the electric motor case along the cold water jacket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooling structure of a driving device including an electric motor in an electric motor case,
wherein lubricating oil retained in the electric motor case is made to circulate to lubricate and cool the electric motor,
the electric motor being cooled by cooling water flowing in a cold water jacket provided in the electric motor case in a thickness of the electric motor case,
the cooling structure comprising an oil passage in which the lubricating oil circulates,
the oil passage being provided within the thickness of the electric motor case and on an outer side of the cold water jacket and extending along the cold water jacket,
the electric motor case comprising a mounting section to which an oil pump circulating the lubricating oil is mounted at an outer periphery of the electric motor case,
the oil passage comprises a connector that opens in the mounting section of the electric motor case,
the connector is connected to a port of the oil pump so the lubricating oil passes between the oil passage and the oil pump.

2. The cooling structure of the driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the oil passage is provided between the oil pump and the cold water jacket.

3. The cooling structure of the driving device according to claim 2 , wherein the oil passage is connected to a discharge side of the oil pump.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Honjo Satoshi

Classifications

• H02K5/203

  specially adapted for liquids, e.g. cooling jackets · CPC title

• B60K1/00 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) · CPC title

• B60Y2400/61

  Arrangements of controllers for electric machines, e.g. inverters · CPC title

• B60Y2400/60

  Electric Machines, e.g. motors or generators · CPC title

• B60K2001/001

  one motor mounted on a propulsion axle for rotating right and left wheels of this axle · CPC title