IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,313,450
Granted Patent B2
US 11,313,450 · App. 16/581,767 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Gearbox and motor driver

Inventor: Yoshihisa Okuhata (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
F16H57/023F16H63/3416F16H2057/02043
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Patent No.
US 11,313,450
App. No.
16/581,767
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure reduces inconvenience for a driver at the time of operating parking locking, thereby curbing cost reduction and space saving becoming difficult due to additional installation of a drive source for parking locking. The disclosure provides a motor driver mounted on a vehicle, including a rotation prevention arm which can move between a position where it is interposed between teeth of a parking gear portion to prevent rotation of a second gear thereby preventing rotation of each gear in a transaxle and a position where it is not interposed between the teeth, and a transmission mechanism which transmits a driving force of a motor shaft of an electric pump for transferring oil in a housing of the transaxle to the rotation prevention arm.

Claims (35)

1. A gearbox mounted on a vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of gears which engage with each other to transmit a driving force from a driving side to a driven side;

a parking gear portion which is configured of a single member together with any one of the plurality of gears and rotates about the same axis as that of the any one of the plurality of gears; and

a rotation prevention member which can move between a position where the rotation prevention member is interposed between teeth of the parking gear portion to prevent rotation of the parking gear portion thereby preventing rotation of the plurality of gears and a position where the rotation prevention member is not interposed between the teeth,

wherein the gearbox includes an electric pump which transfers a refrigerant and a transmission mechanism which transmits a driving force of a motor shaft of the electric pump to the rotation prevention member,

wherein the electric pump is fixed to an actuator of the transmission mechanism, and the transmission mechanism and the actuator are driven by same motor unit;

wherein the transmission mechanism and the electric pump are integrated by the same actuator;

wherein the actuator has a clutch which connects the motor shaft of the electric pump and the transmission mechanism to switch ON / OFF of a parking locking operation;

an output shaft of the transmission mechanism protrudes out of a case of the actuator and the motor shaft and the output shaft arc parallel to each other.

2. The gearbox according to claim 1 , further comprising a solenoid which drives the clutch.

3. The gearbox according to claim 1 ,

wherein the gearbox includes the case, and

the electric pump and the transmission mechanism are disposed in the case.

4. The gearbox according to claim 3 ,

wherein the case

includes a through hole,

wherein the gearbox further comprises:

the output shaft of the transmission mechanism passes through the through hole from an inside of the case and protrudes out of the case, and

a clearance is provided between the output shaft and an inner wall of the through hole.

5. The gearbox according to claim 1 , wherein the electric pump is an oil pump which circulates the oil as the refrigerant between the gearbox and an oil cooler.

6. A motor driver comprising:

a gearbox; and

a motor as a drive source of the gearbox,

wherein the gearbox is the gearbox according to claim 1 .

7. A motor driver comprising:

a gearbox; and

a motor as a drive source of the gearbox,

wherein the gearbox is the gearbox according to claim 1 , and

the electric pump is an oil pump which circulates the oil as the refrigerant between the motor and an oil cooler.

8. A motor driver comprising:

a gearbox; and

a motor as a drive source of the gearbox,

wherein the motor driver includes an inverter which controls driving of the motor,

the gearbox is the gearbox according to claim 1 , and

the electric pump is a pump which circulates the refrigerant between the inverter and a vehicle radiator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2019
From: OKUHATA, YOSHIHISA
To: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050479/0934 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-184025 · Sep 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200103015A1 · Apr 2, 2020