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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masayuki Ishibashi, Numazu, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A drive device for a vehicle includes a casing, a motor, a gear unit, an electric unit, and a heat medium pathway. The motor shaft is provided with a flow passage at a shaft center of a motor shaft. The casing includes a motor chamber, a gear chamber, and an electric unit chamber. The heat medium pathway is configured to supply a heat medium to the flow passage. One end of the motor shaft on one side in an axial direction is positioned in the gear chamber. At least a part of the electric unit chamber is positioned on the one side in the axial direction relative to the one end of the motor shaft. The heat medium pathway is connected with the flow passage at the one end of the motor shaft.