Power transmission device
A power transmission device, includes a motor; a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor; a pump that sucks oil through a pump inlet; and a box that accommodates the motor and the gear mechanism. The pump inlet is provided on an inner wall of the box.
1. A power transmission device, comprising:
a motor;
a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor;
a pump that sucks oil through a pump inlet; and
a plate including a facing surface facing the gear mechanism in an axial direction, wherein the pump inlet opens on a back surface side of the facing surface;
a box that accommodates the motor and the gear mechanism,
wherein:
the box includes a motor chamber accommodating the motor and a gear chamber accommodating the gear mechanism,
the pump inlet is configured as an opening portion through which oil flows in a direction away from the gear mechanism,
the opening portion is provided on an inner wall of the box and immersed in a reserved oil in the motor chamber or the gear chamber,
oil flows into the opening portion without passing through a filter, and
oil flows into the filter through the opening portion and oil which passes through the filter flows into the pump.
2. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a drive shaft connected downstream of the gear mechanism and disposed passing through an inner periphery of the motor.
3. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the pump inlet opens upward in a gravitational direction.
4. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the pump inlet and a stator of the motor is shorter than a distance between the pump inlet and the gear mechanism.
5. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an accommodation chamber that accommodates at least a part of a stator of the motor,
wherein oil discharged through an outlet of the accommodation chamber is introduced into the pump inlet.
6. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein
the pump inlet serves as a suction port of a strainer chamber, and
at least a part of the strainer chamber is disposed in a space separate from an accommodation chamber of the gear mechanism.
7. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the gear mechanism includes a planetary reduction gear.
8. A power transmission device, comprising:
a motor;
a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor;
a pump that sucks oil through a pump inlet; and
a box that accommodates the motor and the gear mechanism,
wherein:
the box includes a motor chamber accommodating the motor and a gear chamber accommodating the gear mechanism,
the pump inlet is configured as an opening portion through which oil flows in a direction away from the gear mechanism,
the opening portion is provided on an inner wall of the box and immersed in a reserved oil in the motor chamber or the gear chamber,
oil flows into the opening portion without passing through a filter,
oil flows into the filter through the opening portion and oil which passes through the filter flows into the pump, and
a distance between the pump inlet and a stator of the motor is shorter than a distance between the pump inlet and the gear mechanism.
9. The power transmission device according to claim 8 , further comprising a drive shaft connected downstream of the gear mechanism and disposed passing through an inner periphery of the motor.
10. The power transmission device according to claim 8 , wherein the pump inlet opens upward in a gravitational direction.
11. The power transmission device according to claim 8 , further comprising:
an accommodation chamber that accommodates at least a part of the stator of the motor,
wherein oil discharged through an outlet of the accommodation chamber is introduced into the pump inlet.
12. The power transmission device according to claim 8 , wherein:
the pump inlet serves as a suction port of a strainer chamber, and
at least a part of the strainer chamber is disposed in a space separate from an accommodation chamber of the gear mechanism.
13. The power transmission device according to claim 8 , wherein the gear mechanism includes a planetary reduction gear.
14. A power transmission device, comprising:
a motor;
a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor;
a pump that sucks oil through a pump inlet; and
a box that accommodates the motor and the gear mechanism,
wherein:
the box includes a motor chamber accommodating the motor, a gear chamber accommodating the gear mechanism, and a strainer chamber connected to the pump,
the pump inlet is configured as an opening portion through which oil flows in a direction away from the gear mechanism,
the opening portion is provided on an inner wall of the box and immersed in a reserved oil in the motor chamber,
the strainer chamber is a chamber separated from the motor chamber by the inner wall,
the strainer chamber and the motor chamber are connected by the opening portion,
the strainer chamber is provided on a side of the motor chamber, the side is an opposite side of the motor chamber from the gear chamber, and
oil flows into a filter through the opening portion and oil which passes through the filter flows into the pump.
15. The power transmission device according to claim 14 , further comprising a drive shaft connected downstream of the gear mechanism and disposed passing through an inner periphery of the motor.
16. The power transmission device according to claim 14 , further comprising:
an accommodation chamber that accommodates at least a part of a stator of the motor,
wherein oil discharged through an outlet of the accommodation chamber is introduced into the pump inlet.
17. The power transmission device according to claim 14 , wherein:
the pump inlet serves as a suction port of the strainer chamber, and
at least a part of the strainer chamber is disposed in a space separate from an accommodation chamber of the gear mechanism.
18. The power transmission device according to claim 14 , wherein the gear mechanism includes a planetary reduction gear.
19. The power transmission device according to claim 14 , wherein a shortest distance among distances between an uppermost position of an open end of the pump inlet in a gravitational direction and a bottom portion of the box is shorter than a shortest distance among distances between the uppermost position of the open end of the pump inlet in the gravitational direction and an oil surface.