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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2020
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Jaehak Lee, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Katsushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Asakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Harunobu Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohei Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Norihisa Tsujimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuaki Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshimitsu Kakizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Maguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentarou Kurata, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A drive device protection structure has a rotary electric machine, a gearbox connected the rotary electric machine, an undercover disposed underneath the drive device and a protecting plate provided to the undercover. The rotary electric machine has a rotary electric machine housing that has a rotary electric machine flange. The gearbox has a gearbox housing that has a gearbox flange. The rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange are connected together. The rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange are formed such that a lower surface of the gearbox flange is positioned lower than a lower surface of the rotary electric machine flange. The protecting plate is formed of a material more rigid than a material of the undercover. The protecting plate is provided beneath connecting part between the rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange so as to face the connecting part.