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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2022
Aisin Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Yanagihara, Kariya, JP;
Naoki Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kiminobu Terao, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Ogasawara, Okazaki, JP;
Yosuke Morimoto, Okazaki, JP;
AISIN CORPORATION, Aichi, JP;
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle drive device includes a rotating electric machine disposed on a first axis, an output gear mechanism and an output member disposed on a second axis, and a case that houses these elements. The second axis is disposed below the first axis, a suction port of an oil pump is disposed below the first axis and the second axis and between the first axis and the second axis in a width direction, an outermost gear is disposed so that a direction of rotation at a lower end portion of the outermost gear during forward movement of a vehicle points toward the suction port, and a part of a peripheral wall section of the case that faces a lower surface of the rotating electric machine is inclined downward toward the suction port.