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Granted Patent B2
US 12,473,968 · App. 18/561,761 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Motor unit

Inventor: Toshikazu Oshidari (Yokosuka, JP)
Assignee: JATCO Ltd
F16H57/0417F16H57/02F16H57/0482F16H2057/02034
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Patent No.
US 12,473,968
App. No.
18/561,761
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a unit including: a housing configured to accommodate a planetary gear mechanism, in which the housing includes a flow path through which a coolant flows, the planetary gear mechanism includes a ring gear fixed to the housing, and the flow path has a portion that overlaps the ring gear when viewed in a radial direction.

Claims (55)

1 . A unit comprising: a housing configured to accommodate an oil and a planetary gear mechanism, the housing being provided below a vehicle room in a vertical line direction, wherein

the housing includes a flow path through which a coolant made of a material different from the oil flows,

the planetary gear mechanism includes a ring gear fixed to the housing,

a protrusion portion is provided on an outer peripheral side of a portion that supports the ring gear,

the protrusion portion protrudes outward in a radial direction from the outer peripheral side toward an inside of the flow path,

the protrusion portion is provided in a spiral shape whose position in an axial direction varies,

the flow path has a flow path portion sandwiched between the vehicle room and the ring gear when viewed in the radial direction, and

the protrusion portion has a portion that overlaps the ring gear when viewed in the radial direction.

2 . The unit according to claim 1 , wherein

a spiral portion of the protrusion portion overlaps the ring gear when viewed in the radial direction.

3 . The unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the flow path overlaps a large pinion gear of a stepped pinion gear of the planetary gear mechanism when viewed in the axial direction.

4 . The unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing includes a flow path-equipped case including the flow path and a facing case that faces the flow path-equipped case, and

the flow path extends in a direction away from a mating surface of the flow path-equipped case and the facing case when viewed in the radial direction.

5 . The unit according to claim 3 , wherein

the housing includes a flow path-equipped case including the flow path and a facing case that faces the flow path-equipped case, and

the flow path extends in a direction away from a mating surface of the flow path-equipped case and the facing case when viewed in the radial direction.

6 . The unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the flow path includes a portion through which the coolant flows downward from above.

7 . A unit comprising: a housing configured to accommodate an oil and a planetary gear mechanism, wherein

the housing includes a flow path through which a coolant made of a material different from the oil flows,

the planetary gear mechanism includes a ring gear fixed to the housing,

the planetary gear mechanism includes a stepped pinion gear including a large pinion gear and a small pinion gear that has a smaller diameter than the large pinion gear,

the ring gear meshes with the small pinion gear,

the flow path has a portion that overlaps the ring gear when viewed in a radial direction, and

the flow path overlaps the large pinion gear when viewed in an axial direction.

8 . The unit according to claim 7 , wherein

the housing includes a protrusion portion that overlaps the ring gear when viewed in the radial direction, and

the protrusion portion protrudes toward the flow path.

9 . The unit according to claim 8 , wherein

a spiral portion of the protrusion portion overlaps the ring gear when viewed in the radial direction.

10 . The unit according to claim 7 , wherein

the housing includes a flow path-equipped case including the flow path and a facing case that faces the flow path-equipped case, and

the flow path extends in a direction away from a mating surface of the flow path-equipped case and the facing case when viewed in the radial direction.

11 . The unit according to claim 7 , wherein

the flow path includes a portion through which the coolant flows downward from above.

12 . The unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing includes a flow path-equipped case including the flow path and a facing case that faces the flow path-equipped case, and

the coolant flows in a direction away from a mating surface of the flow path-equipped case and the facing case when viewed in the radial direction.

13 . A unit comprising: a housing configured to accommodate an oil and a planetary gear mechanism, wherein

the housing includes a flow path through which a coolant made of a material different from the oil flows,

the planetary gear mechanism includes a ring gear fixed to the housing,

the flow path has a portion that overlaps the ring gear when viewed in a radial direction,

the housing includes a protrusion portion that overlaps the ring gear when viewed in the radial direction,

the protrusion portion is provided on an outer peripheral side of a connection wall portion that supports the ring gear,

the protrusion portion extends outward in the radial direction from the outer peripheral side,

the housing includes a flow path-equipped case including the flow path and a facing case that faces the flow path-equipped case, and

the flow path extends in a direction away from a mating surface of the flow path-equipped case and the facing case when viewed in the radial direction.

14 . The unit according to claim 13 , wherein

a spiral portion of the protrusion portion overlaps the ring gear when viewed in the radial direction.

15 . The unit according to claim 13 , wherein

the flow path overlaps a large pinion gear of a stepped pinion gear of the planetary gear mechanism when viewed in an axial direction.

16 . The unit according to claim 13 , wherein

the flow path includes a portion through which the coolant flows downward from above.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: OSHIDARI, TOSHIKAZU
To: JATCO LTD
Reel/Frame 065593/0277 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-105242 · Jun 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240229920A1 · Jul 11, 2024
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