IP Library Granted Patent US 11,502,581
Granted Patent B2
US 11,502,581 · App. 16/813,925 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Motor unit

Inventors: Manabu Yazaki (Wako, JP); Keiichiro Kashiwabara (Wako, JP); Tomoyuki Suzuki (Wako, JP); Heisuke Kobayashi (Wako, JP); Takeshi Hoshinoya (Wako, JP); Sachio Kawada (Hitachinaka, JP); Akira Fujiwara (Hitachinaka, JP); Yasuyuki Saito (Hitachinaka, JP); Hiroshi Hamano (Hitachinaka, JP); Tsuyoshi Harada (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.; Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
H02K11/0094H02K5/04H02K5/203H02K9/00H02K11/33H02K16/00
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Patent No.
US 11,502,581
App. No.
16/813,925
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a motor unit that includes: a rotary electrical machine that has a cylindrical stator, a rotor disposed coaxially with the stator, a shaft disposed coaxially with the rotor, and a cylindrical case that houses the stator and the rotor; and a drive unit that has a swell swelling toward the case and is fixed to a circumferential surface that is located in a radial direction of the rotor and is the case. The case has a recess that corresponds to the swell.

Claims (15)

1. A motor unit comprising:

a first rotary electrical machine that has a first stator formed in a cylindrical shape, a first rotor disposed coaxially with the first stator, a first shaft disposed coaxially with the first rotor, and a first case that is formed in a cylindrical shape and that houses the first stator and the first rotor;

a second rotary electrical machine that has a second stator formed in a cylindrical shape, a second rotor disposed coaxially with the second stator, a second shaft disposed coaxially with the second rotor, and a second case that is formed in a cylindrical shape and that houses the second stator and the second rotor; and

a single drive unit configured to have a swell swelling toward at least one of the first and second cases and to be integrally fixed across a side of the first case and a side of the second case,

wherein the at least one of the first and second cases has a recess that corresponds to the swell.

2. The motor unit according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first case further includes a first refrigerant passage that cools the first stator from an inner circumferential surface of the first case;

the second case further includes a second refrigerant passage that cools the second stator from an inner circumferential surface of the second case; and

the first and second refrigerant passages are disposed away from the recess.

3. The motor unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the first rotary electrical machine and the second rotary electrical machine are disposed coaxially with each other, and

the swell is provided between the first rotary electrical machine and the second rotary electrical machine in an axial direction.

4. The motor unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the drive unit includes a capacitor, and at least a part of the capacitor is disposed in the swell.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 18, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057210/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2020
From: YAZAKI, MANABU; KASHIWABARA, KEIICHIRO; SUZUKI, TOMOYUKI; KOBAYASHI, HEISUKE; HOSHINOYA, TAKESHI; KAWADA, SACHIO; FUJIWARA, AKIRA; SAITO, YASUYUKI; HAMANO, HIROSHI; HARADA, TSUYOSHI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.; HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052426/0291 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-045187 · Mar 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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