Hybrid drive device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9644531-B2
Application number	US-201314361435-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2013
Priority date	Feb 10, 2012
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

A hybrid drive having a clutch and a rotary electric machine disposed radially outwardly of the clutch so as to at least partially overlap the clutch in an axial direction as seen from a radially outer side, the rotary electric machine having a stator fixed to a case and a rotor coupled to the input member of the automatic transmission device. A clutch lubricating oil hole formed in a center shaft that extends at a center portion of the clutch and the rotary electric machine. A rotary electric machine lubricating oil hole formed in the center shaft. Separation means for separating lubricating oil such that lubricating oil from the clutch lubricating oil hole is led to the clutch and lubricating oil from the rotary electric machine lubricating oil hole is led to the rotary electric machine.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid drive device comprising:
a clutch that engages and disengages an output member of an internal combustion engine and an input member of an automatic transmission device with and from each other; and
a rotary electric machine disposed radially outwardly of the clutch so as to at least partially overlap the clutch in an axial direction as seen from a radially outer side, the rotary electric machine having a stator fixed to a case and a rotor comprising a plurality of thin plates and coupled to the input member of the automatic transmission device;
a clutch lubricating oil hole formed in a center shaft that extends at a center portion of the clutch and the rotary electric machine;
a rotary electric machine lubricating oil hole formed in the center shaft; and
separation means for separating lubricating oil such that lubricating oil from the clutch lubricating oil hole is led to the clutch and lubricating oil from the rotary electric machine lubricating oil hole is led to the thin plates of the rotor or the stator of the rotary electric machine.

2. The hybrid drive device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a rotor support member that has a cylindrical portion that holds the rotor, a flange portion that extends radially inward from the cylindrical portion, and a hub portion supported on the case via a bearing at a radially inner end of the flange portion, wherein:
the clutch lubricating oil hole opens toward a space on one side of the flange portion in the axial direction;
the rotary electric machine lubricating oil hole opens toward a space on the other side of the flange portion in the axial direction;
the clutch is disposed on the one side of the flange portion in the axial direction; and
the separation means includes the rotor support member.

3. The hybrid drive device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a cover member that covers a coil end disposed on one side of the stator in the axial direction, wherein
the separation means includes the cover member.

4. The hybrid drive device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the clutch has a clutch drum coupled to the input member, a clutch hub coupled to the output member, outer friction plates splined to the clutch drum, inner friction plates splined to the clutch hub, and a hydraulic servo disposed in the clutch drum to engage and disengage the outer friction plates and the inner friction plates with and from each other;
an outer peripheral surface of the clutch drum is formed with splines and a through hole, and the cylindrical portion of the rotor support member is engaged with the clutch drum through the splines so as to rotate together with the clutch drum; and
lubricating oil from the clutch lubricating oil hole flows out of the clutch drum through a gap between a distal end of the clutch drum and the flange portion, the splines, and the through hole, and is discharged to the oil reservoir.

5. The hybrid drive device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the clutch has a clutch drum coupled to the input member, a clutch hub coupled to the output member, outer friction plates splined to the clutch drum, inner friction plates splined to the clutch hub, and a hydraulic servo disposed in the clutch drum to engage and disengage the outer friction plates and the inner friction plates with and from each other;
an outer peripheral surface of the clutch drum is formed with splines and a through hole, and the cylindrical portion of the rotor support member is engaged with the clutch drum through the splines so as to rotate together with the clutch drum; and
lubricating oil from the clutch lubricating oil hole flows out of the clutch drum through a gap between a distal end of the clutch drum and the flange portion, the splines, and the through hole, and is discharged to the oil reservoir.

6. The hybrid drive device according to claim 2 , wherein:
an oil passage is formed on a radially inner side of the rotor so as to extend in an axial direction of the rotor; and
lubricating oil from the rotary electric machine lubricating oil passage is supplied to a coil end disposed on the other side of the stator, and supplied to a coil end disposed on one side of the stator via the oil passage.

7. The hybrid drive device according to claim 3 wherein:
an oil passage is formed on a radially inner side of the rotor so as to extend in an axial direction of the rotor; and
lubricating oil from the rotary electric machine lubricating oil passage is supplied to a coil end disposed on the other side of the stator, and supplied to a coil end disposed on one side of the stator via the oil passage.

8. The hybrid drive device according to claim 4 , wherein:
an oil passage is formed on a radially inner side of the rotor so as to extend in an axial direction of the rotor; and
lubricating oil from the rotary electric machine lubricating oil passage is supplied to a coil end disposed on the other side of the stator, and supplied to a coil end disposed on one side of the stator via the oil passage.

9. The hybrid drive device according to claim 5 , wherein:
an oil passage is formed on a radially inner side of the rotor so as to extend in an axial direction of the rotor; and
lubricating oil from the rotary electric machine lubricating oil passage is supplied to a coil end disposed on the other side of the stator, and supplied to a coil end disposed on one side of the stator via the oil passage.

10. The hybrid drive device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a resolver disposed on the other side of the flange portion in the axial direction, the resolver having a stationary element integrally provided on the case and a rotary element provided so as to rotate together with the rotor; and
a bracket that fixes the rotary element to an end portion of the cylindrical portion on the other side in the axial direction, wherein
the bracket is formed with a void portion communicated with the oil passage and the coil end disposed on the other side.

11. The hybrid drive device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a resolver disposed on the other side of the flange portion in the axial direction, the resolver having a stationary element integrally provided on the case and a rotary element provided so as to rotate together with the rotor; and
a bracket that fixes the rotary element to an end portion of the cylindrical portion on the other side in the axial direction, wherein
the bracket is formed with a void portion communicated with the oil passage and the coil end disposed on the other side.

12. The hybrid drive device according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a resolver disposed on the other side of the flange portion in the axial direction, the resolver having a stationary element integrally provided on the case and a rotary element provided so as to rotate together with the rotor; and
a bracket that fixes the rotary element to an end portion of the cylindrical portion on the other side in the axial direction, wherein
the bracket is formed with a void portion communicated with the oil passage and the coil end disposed on the other side.

13. The hybrid drive device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a resolver disposed on the other side of the flange portion in the axial direction, the resolver having a stationary element integrally provided on the case and a rotary element provided so as to rotate together with the rotor; and
a bracket that fixes the rotary element to an end portion of the cylindrical portion on the other side in the axial direction, wherein
the bracket is formed with a void portion communicated with the oil passage and the coil

Assignees

• Aisin Aw Co

Inventors

• Kasuya Satoru
• Kito Masashi
• Seki Yuichi
• Shintani Hiroki

Classifications

• Y02T10/62

  Hybrid vehicles · CPC title

• F16D25/0638

  with more than two discs, e.g. multiple lamellae · CPC title

• F16D25/123

  in view of cooling and lubrication · CPC title

• B60K6/54

  Transmission for changing ratio · CPC title

• B60K6/26

  characterised by the motors or the generators · CPC title