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Granted Patent B2
US 11,433,755 · App. 17/397,466 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Drive device

Inventors: Kenji Kitada (Neyagawa, JP); Yuki Kawahara (Neyagawa, JP); Tomohiro Wada (Neyagawa, JP); Takuma Shimada (Neyagawa, JP); Yukiyoshi Takada (Neyagawa, JP)
Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,433,755
App. No.
17/397,466
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive device includes a fluid coupling and a rotary electrical machine. The fluid coupling is configured such that a torque is inputted thereto from a first side in an axial direction and is outputted therefrom to a second side in the axial direction. The rotary electrical machine includes a first stator and a rotor. The first stator is disposed in a non-rotatable manner. The rotor is disposed to be rotated about a rotational axis of the fluid coupling. The rotary electrical machine is disposed on the second side with respect to the fluid coupling in the axial direction. The rotary electrical machine overlaps the fluid coupling in an axial view.

Claims (16)

1. A drive device comprising:

a fluid coupling configured such that a torque is inputted thereto from a first side in an axial direction and is outputted therefrom to a second side in the axial direction; and

a rotary electrical machine including a first stator and a rotor, the first stator disposed in a non-rotatable manner, the rotor disposed to be rotated about a rotational axis of the fluid coupling,

the rotary electrical machine disposed on the second side with respect to the fluid coupling in the axial direction, the rotary electrical machine overlapping the fluid coupling in an axial view.

2. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotary electrical machine includes a field coil.

3. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotary electrical machine is disposed adjacent to a torus of the fluid coupling in the axial direction.

4. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor is attached to an outer shell of the fluid coupling.

5. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor is attached to an outer shell of the fluid coupling in a position located radially inside a center of a torus of the fluid coupling.

6. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor is attached to an outer shell of the fluid coupling in a position located radially outside a center of a torus of the fluid coupling.

7. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein

the fluid coupling includes a second stator and a one-way clutch, the one-way clutch attached to an inner peripheral end of the second stator, and

the one-way clutch is disposed on the second side with respect to a center of a torus of the fluid coupling in the axial direction.

8. The drive device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an inhibiting member having an annular shape, wherein

an outer shell of the fluid coupling includes an attachment surface facing radially outward, and

the inhibiting member is attached at an inner peripheral surface thereof to the attachment surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2021
From: KITADA, KENJI; KAWAHARA, YUKI; WADA, TOMOHIRO; SHIMADA, TAKUMA; TAKADA, YUKIYOSHI
To: EXEDY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-150311 · Sep 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220072945A1 · Mar 10, 2022
Cited By (1)
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