Power system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10871091-B2
Application number	US-201715835998-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2017
Priority date	Dec 20, 2016
Publication date	Dec 22, 2020
Grant date	Dec 22, 2020

Abstract

A power system includes: a rotating body; a housing that accommodates the rotating body; and a storage portion that is provided in a bottom of the housing to store a liquid medium. The rotating body is partially located in the storage portion, and an inner surface of the housing includes a protrusion that extends above the rotating body to intersect with a rotation direction of the rotating body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power system comprising:
a rotating body;
a housing that accommodates the rotating body; and
a storage portion that is provided in a bottom of the housing to store a liquid medium, wherein
the rotating body is partially located in the storage portion,
an inner surface of the housing comprises a protrusion that extends above the rotating body to intersect with a rotation direction of the rotating body, and
the protrusion has a first guide surface that is gradually inclined or curved toward a downstream side in the rotation direction of the rotating body from an axial center portion, which serves as a vertex, of the rotating body toward both axial sides.

2. The power system according to claim 1 , wherein
the protrusion has a second guide surface that is located on a side opposite to the first guide surface in the rotation direction of the rotating body and that is gradually inclined or curved toward an upstream side in the rotation direction of the rotating body from the axial center portion, which serves as a vertex, of the rotating body toward both the axial sides.

3. The power system according to claim 1 , wherein
the inner surface of the housing comprises a first rough surface portion having a surface roughness larger than that of a wall surface of the storage portion in a region upstream of the protrusion in the rotation direction of the rotating body.

4. The power system according to claim 3 , wherein
the inner surface of the housing comprises a second rough surface portion having a surface roughness larger than that of the wall surface of the storage portion in a region downstream of the protrusion in the rotation direction of the rotating body.

5. The power system according to claim 1 , wherein
an outer peripheral surface of the rotating body has a surface roughness larger than that of the wall surface of the storage portion.

6. The power system according to claim 1 , wherein
the power system is a vehicle power system, and
the rotation direction is a rotation direction of the rotating body when the vehicle moves forward.

7. The power system according to claim 1 , wherein
the power system comprises:
an electric motor that drives a left wheel and a right wheel of the vehicle;
a transmission that is disposed on power transmission paths between the electric motor and the left wheel and between the electric motor and the right wheel; and
a differential gear system that distributes output power shifted by the transmission to the left wheel and the right wheel,

the housing accommodates the electric motor, the transmission, and the differential gear system, and
the transmission comprises:
a first gear that is mechanically connected to the electric motor;
a second gear that has a rotation axis in common with the first gear and is mechanically connected to a differential gear casing of the differential gear system; and
a pinion gear that meshes with the first gear and the second gear, and

the rotating body is the second gear.

8. A power system comprising:
a rotating body;
a housing that accommodates the rotating body; and
a storage portion that is provided in a bottom of the housing to store a liquid medium, wherein
the rotating body is partially located in the storage portion,
an inner surface of the housing comprises a first rough surface portion having a surface roughness larger than that of a wall surface of the storage portion between an uppermost part of the rotating body and the storage portion and in a region upstream of the uppermost part of the rotating body in a rotation direction of the rotating body,
the power system comprises:
an electric motor that drives a left wheel and a right wheel of a vehicle;
a transmission that is disposed on power transmission paths between the electric motor and the left wheel and between the electric motor and the right wheel; and
a differential gear system that distributes output power shifted by the transmission to the left wheel and the right wheel,

the housing accommodates the electric motor, the transmission, and the differential gear system,
the transmission comprises:
a first gear that is mechanically connected to the electric motor;
a second gear that has a rotation axis in common with the first gear and is mechanically connected to a differential pear casing of the differential gear system; and
a pinion gear that meshes with the first gear and the second gear, and

the rotating body is the second gear.

9. The power system according to claim 8 , wherein
the inner surface of the housing comprises a second rough surface portion having a surface roughness larger than that of the wall surface of the storage portion between the uppermost part of the rotating body and the storage portion and in a region downstream of the uppermost part of the rotating body in the rotation direction of the rotating body.

10. The power system according to claim 8 , wherein
the power system is a vehicle power system, and
the rotation direction is a rotation direction of the rotating body when the vehicle moves forward.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Maruyama Megumi

Classifications

• F16H57/0457 Primary

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• F16N7/28

  Dip lubrication · CPC title

• F16N7/26

  Splash lubrication (mist lubrication F16N7/32) · CPC title

• F16H57/0476

  Electric machines and gearing, i.e. joint lubrication or cooling or heating thereof · CPC title

• F16H2057/0216

  Intermediate shaft supports, e.g. by using a partition wall · CPC title