Vehicle drive system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11529861-B2
Application number	US-202017294898-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2020
Priority date	Jan 17, 2019
Publication date	Dec 20, 2022
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022

Abstract

A transfer is located on an axial first side that is one side in axial direction relative to a transmission, and a rotating electric machine is located coaxially with a transmission output member, between the transmission and the transfer in the axial direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle drive system provided with:
an input member drivingly coupled to an internal combustion engine;
a transmission that changes a speed of rotation transmitted from the input member and that then transmits the rotation to a transmission output member;
a rotating electric machine drivingly coupled to the transmission output member;
a first output member drivingly coupled to a rear wheel;
a second output member drivingly coupled to a front wheel;
a transfer that distributes the rotation transmitted from the transmission output member between the first output member and the second output member; and
a case that houses the transmission, the rotating electric machine, and the transfer, wherein
the transfer is located on an axial first side relative to the transmission, the axial first side being one side in an axial direction,
the rotating electric machine is located coaxially with the transmission output member, between the transmission and the transfer in the axial direction,
the case is provided with a transmission accommodation chamber that houses the transmission, a rotating-electric-machine accommodation chamber that houses the rotating electric machine, and a transfer accommodation chamber that houses the transfer,
the transmission accommodation chamber and the rotating-electric-machine accommodation chamber are located adjacent to each other in the axial direction,
the case is provided with a side wall portion that is located on the axial first side relative to the rotating electrical machine, and
the side wall portion separates the rotating-electric-machine accommodation chamber and the transfer accommodation chamber from each other in the axial direction.

2. The vehicle drive system according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotating-electric-machine accommodation chamber and the transmission accommodation chamber communicate with each other in a manner that allows oil to circulate between the rotating-electric-machine accommodation chamber and the transmission accommodation chamber, and
the rotating-electric-machine accommodation chamber and the transfer accommodation chamber are separated from each other in an oil-tight manner.

3. The vehicle drive system according to claim 2 , wherein oil in the transfer accommodation chamber is different from the oil in the rotating-electric-machine accommodation chamber and the transmission accommodation chamber.

4. The vehicle drive system according to claim 1 , wherein
driving power of the rotating electric machine is transmitted to an intermediate member that is provided in a power transmission path between the transmission output member and the transfer,
an axial oil passage extending in the axial direction is formed in at least one of the transmission output member and the intermediate member, and
a supply portion that supplies oil to the axial oil passage is provided on an axial second side relative to the rotating electric machine, the axial second side being opposite to the axial first side in the axial direction.

5. The vehicle drive system according to claim 1 , wherein
the case is provided with an attachment portion that is configured to be attached to a mount fixed to a vehicle body, and
the attachment portion is provided at a location that overlaps the rotating electric machine in a radial view along a radial direction.

6. The vehicle drive system according to claim 1 , wherein the transfer is structured to be capable of stepwise changing a ratio between a speed of the rotation that is transmitted from the transmission output member and a speed of the rotation that is distributed between the first output member and the second output member.

7. The vehicle drive system according to claim 1 , wherein
driving power of the rotating electric machine is transmitted to an intermediate member that is provided in a power transmission path between the transmission output member and the transfer,
the intermediate member is located coaxially with the transmission output member, on the axial first side relative to the transmission,
the case is provided with a first case portion that supports the rotating electric machine and the intermediate member, and a second case portion that supports the transmission and the transmission output member, and
the intermediate member is coupled to the transmission output member while the first case portion is joined to the axial first side of the second case portion.

8. The vehicle drive system according to claim 1 , further provided with:
a speed reducer that decelerates rotation transmitted from the rotating electric machine and that transmits the decelerated rotation toward the transmission output member, wherein
the speed reducer is located coaxially with the transmission output member, between the transmission and the rotating electric machine in the axial direction.

Assignees

• Aisin Corp

Inventors

• Inda Keita
• Ono Kohei
• Kobayashi Tetsuro

Classifications

• H02K9/197

  in which the rotor or stator space is fluid-tight, e.g. to provide for different cooling media for rotor and stator · CPC title

• F16H57/0476

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

• B60K2006/4833

  Step up or reduction gearing driving generator, e.g. to operate generator in most efficient speed range · CPC title

• H02K7/006

  Structural association of a motor or generator with the drive train of a motor vehicle · CPC title

• F16H57/043

  within rotary parts, e.g. axial channels or radial openings in shafts · CPC title