Vehicle driving apparatus
In a vehicle driving apparatus including a rotating electrical machine having a rotor and a case housing a power transmission device, a second projecting portion formed on a front cover member of the power transmission device is supported rotatably relative to a first projecting portion formed on a support wall of the case via a support bearing, a positioning fitting portion is provided to position a rotor support member for supporting the rotor relative to the front cover member in the radial direction, a torque transmitting coupling portion is provided on a radial direction outer side of the positioning fitting portion to couple the rotor support member and the front cover member so as to be capable of transmitting torque, and the positioning fitting portion and the torque transmitting coupling portion are respectively disposed to overlap a rotary support portion in an axial direction.
1. A vehicle driving apparatus comprising a rotating electrical machine having a rotor that rotates about an axial center, a power transmission device to which drive power is transmitted from the rotating electrical machine and an engine, and a case housing the rotating electrical machine and the power transmission device, wherein
the case comprises a support wall that extends at least to a radial direction inner side and a tubular first projecting portion that is formed integrally with the support wall so as to project from the support wall in an axial direction to the power transmission device side,
the power transmission device comprises a front cover member extending at least in a radial direction and a tubular second projecting portion that projects to the support wall side in the axial direction,
the second projecting portion is supported rotatably relative to the first projecting portion via a support bearing,
the rotor comprises a rotor support member that extends at least to the radial direction inner side to support the rotor,
a positioning fitting portion is provided on a radial direction outer side of the second projecting portion to fit the rotor support member to the front cover member so that the rotor support member is positioned in the radial direction,
a torque transmitting coupling portion is provided on the radial direction outer side of the positioning fitting portion at a remove from the positioning fitting portion to couple the rotor support member and the front cover member so as to be capable of transmitting torque,
the positioning fitting portion and the torque transmitting coupling portion are respectively disposed to overlap a rotary support portion, which is constituted by the first projecting portion, the second projecting portion, and the support bearing, in the axial direction,
the support bearing is attached between a radial direction outside surface of the first projecting portion and a radial direction inside surface of the second projecting portion,
the rotor support member comprises a tubular fourth projecting portion that projects to the support wall side in the axial direction on the radial direction inner side of the torque transmitting coupling portion,
the support wall includes a tubular fifth projecting portion that projects to the rotor support member side in the axial direction on the radial direction outer side of the rotary support portion and the radial direction inner side of the fourth projecting portion,
the fourth projecting portion and the fifth projecting portion are disposed to overlap each other in the axial direction, and
the rotation sensor is disposed between a radial direction inside surface of the fourth projecting portion and a radial direction outside surface of the fifth projecting portion.
2. The vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first projecting portion, the second projecting portion, the support bearing, the rotor support member, the positioning fitting portion, and the torque transmitting coupling portion are respectively disposed to overlap the rotor in the axial direction.
3. The vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor support member includes an offset portion formed on the radial direction inner side of the torque transmitting coupling portion at an offset to the front cover member side in the axial direction, and
a rotation sensor is disposed between the support wall and the rotor support member in a position that overlaps the offset portion of the rotor support member in the radial direction.
4. The vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the rotation sensor is disposed to overlap the rotary support portion in the axial direction.
5. The vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the rotation sensor is disposed to overlap the rotor in the axial direction.
6. The vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the front cover member comprises a third projecting portion that projects to the support wall side in the axial direction on the radial direction outer side of the second projecting portion, and
a radial direction outside surface of the third projecting portion constitutes a front cover member side fitting surface of the positioning fitting portion, the rotor support member being fitted to the radial direction outside surface of the third projecting portion.
7. The vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the third projecting portion is disposed to overlap the rotary support portion in the axial direction.
8. The vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the third projecting portion is disposed to overlap the rotor in the axial direction.
9. The vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth projecting portion and the fifth projecting portion are respectively disposed to overlap the rotary support portion in the axial direction.
10. The vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth projecting portion and the fifth projecting portion are respectively disposed to overlap the rotor in the axial direction.