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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 7/11 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 7/1163 (2013.01); F16H 57/0436 (2013.01); F16H 57/0472 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive device mounted on a vehicle, the drive device comprising: an electric motor housed in the electric motor chamber; a first shaft arranged parallel to or coaxial with a rotor shaft of the electric motor; a counter gear for transmitting rotation of the rotor shaft to the first shaft; a second shaft for rotating wheels of the vehicle; a hypoid gear for transmitting rotation of the first shaft to the second shaft; an oil seal for sealing a gap between the first shaft and the case; a first lubricating oil housed in the electric motor chamber and the counter gear chamber; and a second lubricating oil housed in the hypoid gear chamber.