IP Library Granted Patent US 10,458,533
Granted Patent B2
US 10,458,533 · App. 15/273,169 · Granted Oct 29, 2019

Cooling system for power transmission unit

Inventors: Tomohito Ono (Susono, JP); Hiroto Hashimoto (Susono, JP); Hiroaki Kimura (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 10,458,533
App. No.
15/273,169
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooling system for a power transmission unit that can cool a cooling site effectively is provided. The cooling system comprises: an oil pump; an oil cooler that cools the oil delivered from the oil pump; a first oil pipe for delivering the oil from the oil pump to the oil cooler; a second oil pipe for delivering the oil cooled by the oil cooler to a heat generating element. A housing chamber includes a high-temperature section where the heat generating element is arranged, and a low-temperature section. The second oil pipe is arranged in the housing chamber while passing through the low-temperature section, and an opening is formed on the second oil pipe in such a manner as to open toward the heat generating element.

Claims (13)

1. A cooling system for a power transmission unit, comprising:

an oil pump that pumps up oil in an oil pan and that discharges the oil therefrom;

an oil cooler that cools the oil delivered from the oil pump;

a first oil pipe for delivering the oil from the oil pump to the oil cooler;

a second oil pipe for delivering the oil cooled by the oil cooler to a heat generating element; and

a housing chamber including a high-temperature section where the heat generating element is arranged, and a low-temperature section where a temperature is lower than that in the high-temperature section;

wherein the second oil pipe is arranged in the housing chamber while passing through the low-temperature section,

wherein an opening is formed on the second oil pipe in such a manner as to open toward the heat generating element, and

wherein the first oil pipe is arranged in the housing chamber while passing through the high-temperature section.

2. The cooling system for a power transmission unit as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a reservoir that is arranged in at least any one of the high-temperature section and the low-temperature section to hold the oil splashed in the housing chamber; and

a fixing member that fix the first oil pipe to an inner face of the housing chamber above the reservoir in the high-temperature section, or that fix the second oil pipe to the inner face of the housing chamber above the reservoir in the low-temperature section.

3. The cooling system for a power transmission unit as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the fixing member comprises a guide portion that protrudes downwardly toward the reservoir.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2016
From: ONO, TOMOHITO; HASHIMOTO, HIROTO; KIMURA, HIROAKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 039835/0544 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-196682 · Oct 2, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170097086A1 · Apr 6, 2017
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