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Granted Patent B2
US 10,622,869 · App. 16/116,096 · Granted Apr 14, 2020

Cooling system for vehicle rotary electric machine

Inventors: Hiroaki Kiyokami (Toyota, JP); Kazuki Iwakura (Toyota, JP); Hakuba Okuno (Nagakute, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H02K9/19B60K6/26B60K6/40B60K6/445F16H57/043F16H57/0441F16H57/0476H02K7/006H02K7/116B60Y2200/92B60Y2306/05
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Patent No.
US 10,622,869
App. No.
16/116,096
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooling system for a rotary electric machine which is provided in a vehicle for driving the vehicle. The cooling system includes: a first pump which is to be mechanically driven accompanying with running of the vehicle, to supply lubricant to the rotary electric machine; and a second pump which is to be driven by a second drive source that is other than a first drive source of the first pump, to supply the lubricant to the rotary electric machine. The first pump is configured to supply the lubricant, through a first passage, to an inside of a rotary shaft of a rotor core of the rotary electric machine. The second pump is configured to supply the lubricant, through a second passage, to a coil of a stator of the rotary electric machine.

Claims (17)

1. A cooling system for a rotary electric machine which is provided in a vehicle for driving the vehicle,

said cooling system comprising:

a first pump which is to be mechanically driven accompanying with running of the vehicle, to supply lubricant to the rotary electric machine; and

a second pump which is to be driven by a second drive source that is other than a first drive source of said first pump, to supply the lubricant to the rotary electric machine, wherein

said first pump is configured to supply the lubricant, through a first passage, to an inside of a rotary shaft of a rotor core of the rotary electric machine, and

said second pump is configured to supply the lubricant, through a second passage, to a coil of a stator of the rotary electric machine.

2. The cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle includes a power transmission device configured to transmit a drive force for driving drive wheels of the vehicle,

the power transmission device includes an output portion through which the drive force is outputted from the power transmission device, and

said first pump is an oil pump that is to be mechanically driven by the first drive source that is constituted by the output portion configured to rotate drive shafts of respective drive wheels of the vehicle.

3. The cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein said second pump is an oil pump that is to be mechanically driven by an engine of the vehicle as the second drive source.

4. The cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein said second passage, through which the lubricant is to be supplied from said second pump to the coil of the stator of the rotary electric machine, is provided with a heat exchanger, while said first passage is provided without a heat exchanger.

5. The cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein said first passage includes a lubricant hole that communicates between the inside of the rotary shaft and an internal portion of the rotor core, such that the lubricant supplied to the inside of the rotary shaft is caused to flow from the inside of the rotary shaft to the internal portion of the rotor core via said lubricant hole.

6. The cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein

said first pump is configured to supply the lubricant through said first passage to a gear train portion connected to an output portion that is configured to rotate drive shafts of respective drive wheels of the vehicle.

7. The cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein

said second pump is an oil pump that is to be mechanically driven by an electric motor as the second drive source.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2018
From: KIYOKAMI, HIROAKI; IWAKURA, KAZUKI; OKUNO, HAKUBA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 046740/0417 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-173569 · Sep 8, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190081537A1 · Mar 14, 2019
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