Vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016207401-A1
Application number	US-201414915795-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Jul 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device that includes a mechanical oil pump driven by a drive force source for wheels; an oil passage constitution member in which an oil passage connected to the mechanical oil pump is formed; and a hydraulic control device that controls a hydraulic pressure supplied from the mechanical oil pump via the oil passage constitution member and that supplies the hydraulic pressure to a vehicle drive transmission device.

First claim

1 - 11 . (canceled)

12 . A vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device comprising:
a mechanical oil pump driven by a drive force source for wheels; an oil passage constitution member in which an oil passage connected to the mechanical oil pump is formed; and a hydraulic control device that controls a hydraulic pressure supplied from the mechanical oil pump via the oil passage constitution member and that supplies the hydraulic pressure to a vehicle drive transmission device, wherein
a rotary shaft of the mechanical oil pump is disposed on a shaft that is different from an input shaft which is a shaft that serves as a portion of the vehicle drive transmission device to be coupled to the drive force source;
the oil passage constitution member includes
an accommodation chamber surface that constitutes a rotor accommodation chamber that accommodates a first pump rotor which is a pump rotor of the mechanical oil pump,
a first discharge oil passage through which oil discharged by the first pump rotor flows, and
a first member joint portion in which an opening of the first discharge oil passage is formed;

the hydraulic control device includes a valve body in which an oil passage configured to adjust a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to respective supply target portions of the vehicle drive transmission device and an accommodation chamber that accommodates a hydraulic control valve that controls the hydraulic pressure are formed;
the valve body includes a first body oil passage, and a first body joint portion in which an opening of the first body oil passage is formed; and
the first discharge oil passage and the first body oil passage are connected to each other with the first member joint portion and the first body joint portion joined to each other as located opposite to each other.

13 . The vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device according to claim 12 , wherein
the oil passage constitution member further includes a first surface contacted by an axial end surface of the first pump rotor, the first surface being provided with a first discharge port which is dented inwardly of the oil passage constitution member and through which oil is discharged from the mechanical oil pump; and the first discharge oil passage extends radially outward with reference to a rotational axis of the mechanical oil pump from the first discharge port to the opening in the first member joint portion.

14 . The vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device according to claim 12 , wherein
the first member joint portion and the first body joint portion are connected to each other as located opposite to each other directly or via a tubular member that is tubular and that extends linearly.

15 . The vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device according to claim 12 , further comprising:
an auxiliary hydraulic pressure source, wherein the oil passage constitution member further includes
a second discharge oil passage through which oil discharged from the auxiliary hydraulic pressure source flows, and
a second member joint portion in which an opening of the second discharge oil passage is formed;
the valve body further includes a second body oil passage, and a second body joint portion in which an opening of the second body oil passage is formed; and the second discharge oil passage and the second body oil passage are connected to each other with the second member joint portion and the second body joint portion joined to each other as located opposite to each other.

16 . The vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device according to claim 15 , wherein
the auxiliary hydraulic pressure source is an electric oil pump driven by an electric motor, an electromagnetic pump driven by an electromagnetic actuator, or an accumulator.

17 . The vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device according to claim 15 , wherein
the auxiliary hydraulic pressure source is an electric oil pump driven by an electric motor, and oil discharged by a second pump rotor which is a pump rotor of the electric oil pump flows through the second discharge oil passage; and the oil passage constitution member further includes
a first surface contacted by an axial end surface of the first pump rotor, and
a second surface which faces a direction opposite to the first surface and which is contacted by an axial end surface of the second pump rotor.

18 . The vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device according to claim 17 , wherein
the second surface is provided with a second discharge port which is dented inwardly of the oil passage constitution member and through which oil is discharged from the electric oil pump; and the second discharge oil passage extends radially outward with reference to a rotational axis of the electric oil pump from the second discharge port to an opening in the second member joint portion.

19 . The vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device according to claim 12 , wherein
the oil passage constitution member further includes
a suction oil passage through which oil suctioned by the first pump rotor flows,
a return hole configured to return oil discharged by the first pump rotor to the suction oil passage, and
a third member joint portion in which an opening of the return hole is formed;
the valve body includes a third body oil passage, and a third body joint portion in which an opening of the third body oil passage is formed; and the third body oil passage is connected to the return hole with the third member joint portion and the third body joint portion joined to each other as located opposite to each other.

20 . The vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device according to claim 15 , wherein
the oil passage constitution member further includes
a suction oil passage through which oil suctioned by the first pump rotor flows,
a return hole configured to return oil discharged by the first pump rotor to the suction oil passage, and
a third member joint portion in which an opening of the return hole is formed;
the valve body includes a third body oil passage, and a third body joint portion in which an opening of the third body oil passage is formed; and the third body oil passage is connected to the return hole with the third member joint portion and the third body joint portion joined to each other as located opposite to each other.

21 . The vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device according to claim 15 , wherein
the oil passage constitution member further includes
a suction oil passage through which oil suctioned by the first pump rotor flows,
a return hole configured to return oil discharged by the first pump rotor to the suction oil passage, and
a third member joint portion in which an opening of the return hole is formed;
the valve body includes a third body oil passage, and a third body joint portion in which an opening of the third body oil passage is formed; the third body oil passage is connected to the return hole with the third member joint portion and the third body joint portion joined to each other as located opposite to each other; the first member joint portion, the second member joint portion, and the third member joint portion are formed in the same surface or surfaces that are parallel to each other, and formed in a surface that is parallel to an extension direction of a rotational axis of the first pump rotor; and the second member joint portion, the first member joint portion, and the third member joint portion are disposed in this order from one side in a circumferential direction with reference to the rotational axis of the first pump rotor.

22 . The vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device according to claim 19 , wherein
the return hole includes a discha

Assignees

• Aisin Aw Co

Inventors

• Kasuya Satoru
• Ike Nobukazu
• Kito Masashi
• Seki Yuichi
• FUKUI Taisuke
• Murai Osamu

Classifications

• B60K41/047 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60K2025/026

  by a hydraulic transmission · CPC title

• B60K25/02

  directly from an engine shaft · CPC title

• F04C2/102 Primary

  the two members rotating simultaneously around their respective axes · CPC title

• F04C11/001

  of similar working principle · CPC title