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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/19 (2006.01); B60K 11/02 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); H02K 11/00 (2016.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); H02K 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/354 (2006.01); H02K 7/14 (2006.01); B60K 17/356 (2006.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60L 58/27 (2019.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/19 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60K 11/02 (2013.01); B60K 17/354 (2013.01); B60K 17/356 (2013.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B60L 58/27 (2019.02); H02K 7/006 (2013.01); H02K 7/14 (2013.01); H02K 11/0094 (2013.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); B60K 2001/003 (2013.01); B60K 2001/005 (2013.01); B60K 2001/006 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0038 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0092 (2013.01); B60L 2220/46 (2013.01); B60L 2240/425 (2013.01); B60L 2240/525 (2013.01); Y02T 10/64 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
There are provided in-wheel motors lubricated with an oil; a cooling medium circuit in which a cooling medium flows; a cooling device cooling the cooling medium; heat exchangers carrying out heat exchange between the cooling medium and the oil after lubricating the in-wheel motors; and at least one of a controller including an inverter and a battery that can be cooled by the cooling medium flowing through the cooling medium circuit, and the cooling medium circuit has such a configuration that circulates the cooling medium through the cooling device, at least one of the controller and the battery, and the heat exchangers in turn.