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Granted Patent B2
US 12,331,829 · App. 18/042,062 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Power transmission device

Inventor: Toshikazu Oshidari (Yokosuka, JP)
Assignee: JATCO LTD
F16H57/0476F16H57/02F16H57/0404F16H57/0436F16H57/045F16H57/0486H02K7/116H02K9/193H02K9/26F16H2057/02034F16H2057/02052
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Patent No.
US 12,331,829
App. No.
18/042,062
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power transmission device includes a motor, a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor; and a pump that sucks oil through a pump inlet. A shortest distance between an open end of the pump inlet and a surface of a stator of the motor is shorter than a shortest distance between the open end of the pump inlet and a surface of the gear mechanism.

Claims (68)

1. A power transmission device, comprising:

a motor;

a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor;

a strainer including a main body portion and a strainer inlet connected to the main body portion; and

a pump that sucks oil through the strainer inlet, wherein

the main body portion is offset with respect to the motor when viewed from a radial direction, the main body portion is disposed on a gear mechanism side and a shortest distance between an open end of the strainer inlet and a surface of a stator of the motor is shorter than a shortest distance between the open end of the strainer inlet and a surface of the gear mechanism.

2. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an accommodation chamber that accommodates at least a part of the stator, wherein

oil discharged through an outlet of the accommodation chamber is introduced into the strainer inlet.

3. The power transmission device according to claim 2 , wherein

the strainer inlet opens toward an outlet side.

4. The power transmission device according to claim 2 , wherein

the accommodation chamber is separated from a rotor of the motor.

5. The power transmission device according to claim 2 , wherein

the accommodation chamber has a shape that encloses a coil end of the stator of the motor.

6. The power transmission device according to claim 5 , wherein

the accommodation chamber has a shape including an arcuate portion that encloses the coil end of the stator of the motor.

7. The power transmission device according to claim 2 , wherein

the outlet opens downward.

8. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein

the strainer inlet is constituted as a suction port of the strainer.

9. 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.

10. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein

the gear mechanism includes a planetary reduction gear.

11. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein

the main body portion overlaps the gear mechanism when viewed from the radial direction.

12. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein

the main body portion is offset with respect to the gear mechanism when viewed from the radial direction.

13. A power transmission device, comprising:

a box having a motor chamber accommodating a motor;

a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor;

a strainer including a main body portion and a pump inlet connected to the main body portion; and

a pump that sucks oil through the pump inlet; and

an accommodation chamber that is provided inside the motor chamber and accommodates at least a part of a stator, wherein

the main body portion is offset with respect to the motor when viewed from a radial direction, the main body portion is disposed on a gear mechanism side and oil discharged through an outlet of the accommodation chamber is introduced into the pump inlet.

14. The power transmission device according to claim 13 , wherein

the pump inlet opens toward an outlet side.

15. The power transmission device according to claim 13 , wherein

the accommodation chamber is separated from a rotor of the motor.

16. The power transmission device according to claim 13 , wherein

the accommodation chamber has a shape that encloses a coil end of the stator of the motor.

17. The power transmission device according to claim 16 , wherein

the accommodation chamber has a shape including an arcuate portion that encloses the coil end of the stator of the motor.

18. The power transmission device according to claim 13 , wherein

the outlet opens downward.

19. The power transmission device according to claim 13 , wherein

the pump inlet is constituted as a suction port of the strainer.

20. The power transmission device according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a drive shaft connected downstream of the gear mechanism and disposed passing through an inner periphery of the motor.

21. The power transmission device according to claim 13 , wherein

the gear mechanism includes a planetary reduction gear.

22. The power transmission device according to claim 13 , wherein

the main body portion overlaps the gear mechanism when viewed from the radial direction.

23. The power transmission device according to claim 13 , wherein

the main body portion is offset with respect to the gear mechanism when viewed from the radial direction.

24. A power transmission device, comprising:

a motor;

a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor;

a strainer including a main body portion and a pump inlet connected to the main body portion, wherein the pump inlet opens toward an outlet side;

a pump that sucks oil through the pump inlet, wherein the main body portion is offset with respect to the motor when viewed from a radial direction, the main body portion is disposed on a gear mechanism side and a shortest distance between an open end of the pump inlet and a surface of a stator of the motor is shorter than a shortest distance between the open end of the pump inlet and a surface of the gear mechanism; and

an accommodation chamber that accommodates at least a part of the stator, wherein oil discharged through an outlet of the accommodation chamber is introduced into the pump inlet.

25. A power transmission device, comprising:

a motor;

a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor;

a strainer including a main body portion and a pump inlet connected to the main body portion;

a pump that sucks oil through the pump inlet, wherein the main body portion is offset with respect to the motor when viewed from a radial direction, the main body portion is disposed on a gear mechanism side and a shortest distance between an open end of the pump inlet and a surface of a stator of the motor is shorter than a shortest distance between the open end of the pump inlet and a surface of the gear mechanism; and

an accommodation chamber that accommodates at least a part of the stator, wherein oil discharged through an outlet of the accommodation chamber is introduced into the pump inlet, wherein the outlet opens downward.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2023
From: OSHIDARI, TOSHIKAZU
To: JATCO LTD
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-169853 · Oct 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230313877A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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