| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090023529 | Hybrid vehicle drive device - A hybrid vehicle drive device includes an input shaft to which power from an engine is input; an electric generator; an electric motor; a counter gear that transmits power to a drive shaft; a differential gear device that includes a first gear component connected to a rotation shaft of the electric generator, a second gear component connected to the input shaft, and a third gear component connected to the counter gear; and an oil pump that generates hydraulic pressure. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090267352 | Drive device - A drive device includes an input shaft connected to an engine; a first rotating electrical machine and a second rotating electrical machine; a differential gear unit including a first rotating element, a second rotating element, and a third rotating element; and a control device. The first rotating electrical machine and the differential gear unit are positioned coaxially with the input shaft. The first rotating electrical machine and the second rotating electrical machine are positioned on different axes from each other so as to axially overlap each other. A first component of the control device is positioned lower than the first rotating electrical machine and positioned so that at least a part of the first component overlaps the first rotating electrical machine when viewed in a vertical top plan view. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090295242 | Drive device - A drive device includes a rotating electrical machine; a planetary gear unit positioned radially inside the rotating electrical machine so as to axially overlap the rotating electrical machine; a through shaft extending radially inside and through a sun gear of the planetary gear unit; and a case that accommodates the rotating electrical machine and the planetary gear unit. The through shaft is supported by the case on both axial sides of the planetary gear unit, and a rotor of the rotating electrical machine is connected integrally with the sun gear and is rotatably supported at two axial positions, the rotor is supported at a first axial position of the two axial positions by the case, and the rotor is supported at a second axial position of the two axial positions at a position radially inside the sun gear by the through shaft. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100105253 | Electrical connection structure - An electrical connection structure that includes a first connection portion of the connection member that is fixedly fastened to the first terminal by a fastening bolt, and a second connection portion of the connection member that is connected to the second terminal through an insertable/removable plug, the first connection portion is fixedly fastened to the first terminal by inserting the fastening bolt through an insertion hole provided in one of the connection member and the first terminal, and fastening the fastening bolt in a fastening hole provided in the other of the connection member and the first terminal, the insertion hole is formed larger than a diameter of a shaft-like portion of the fastening bolt, and an inserting/removing direction of the plug and an axial direction of the fastening bolt are substantially parallel to each other. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100120569 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A driving apparatus for a hybrid vehicle that includes an input shaft linked to an engine; a generator; a motor; a differential gear device including a first gear element linked to a rotary shaft of the generator, a second gear element linked to the input shaft, and a third gear element that transmits power to a drive shaft; and a counter gear that is linked to the third gear element of the differential gear device and drive-linked to the motor. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110039649 | DRIVE DEVICE - A drive device includes: an input shaft connected to an engine; a first motor-generator; a second motor-generator; a planetary gear unit including three rotating elements; an output gear connected to the planetary gear unit; an output shaft that transmits rotation of the output gear to a driving wheel; and a control device that controls at least one of the first and second motor-generator. The output gear, the planetary gear unit, and the first motor-generator are coaxial with the input shaft. The planetary gear unit is provided radially inside the first motor-generator and is provided at the same position as the first motor-generator in the axial direction. The second motor-generator is provided on an axis different from the input shaft and the output shaft axes. The control device is provided on the side of the output gear, the planetary gear unit, and the first motor-generator that is opposite the input shaft. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110076165 | DRIVE DEVICE - A drive device in which a driving force transfer mechanism is accommodated in a case that includes a main body portion having an opening portion and a cover portion attached to the opening portion, and the cover portion is provided with an oil pump. The drive device is configured with a pump cover attached to a case inner surface of the cover portion, which forms an inner surface of the case, such that the pump cover is accommodated in a case internal space surrounded by the main body portion and the cover portion. A pump chamber of the oil pump is formed by a recess that is formed in at least one of a mating surface of the cover portion and a mating surface of the pump cover in a bonding portion between the cover portion and the pump cover. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110230292 | VEHICLE DRIVE APPARATUS - A vehicle drive apparatus comprising a planetary gear mechanism having a ring gear drive-coupled to one of an output member drive-coupled to wheels and a rotary electrical machine, a sun gear drive-coupled to the other of the output member and the rotary electrical machine, and a carrier drive-coupled to an engine and rotatably supporting a plurality of pinion gears, the apparatus. The vehicle drive apparatus having an outward receiver comprising a receiving portion opening outward in an apparatus radial direction and being provided on the carrier, the apparatus radial direction being a radial direction of the ring gear; a fluid supply part supplying lubricating fluid to an opening of the receiving portion of the outward receiver; and a bearing lubricating passage which is a route of lubricating fluid connecting the receiving portion of the outward receiver with a pinion bearing of each of the pinion gears. | 09-22-2011 |