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Patent No.:

US 12772423 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2022

Vehicle drive device

Applicants:

Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Meidensha Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;

Kiminobu Terao, Tokyo, JP;

Yosuke Morimoto, Okazaki, JP;

Takuya Ogasawara, Okazaki, JP;

Hiromichi Akiyama, Tokyo, JP;

Dai Oono, Tokyo, JP;

Assignees:

MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

MEIDENSHA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Edwin A Young

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20927 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60L 15/007 (2013.01); F16H 57/02 (2013.01); H02K 7/116 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02026 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02034 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02052 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle drive device () includes: a motor unit () that includes a motor for driving mounted on a vehicle and a gear mechanism that transmits torque of the motor to each of left and right wheels of the vehicle; and an inverter () that is arranged over the motor unit () and that includes a capacitor () smoothing electricity and a semiconductor module () including a plurality of switching elements, wherein the inverter () includes a tray unit () that accommodates the capacitor () and the semiconductor module (), and a cover () that is in a flat-plate shape, is attached to the tray unit (), and covers the capacitor () and the semiconductor module () from above the capacitor () and the semiconductor module (), the cover () is integrated with a cooling unit () through which a coolant for cooling the inverter () flows, and the capacitor () and the semiconductor module () are attached to a lower surface () of the cover ().

Find Patent Forward Citations

Takahashi, Tsuyoshi. (2026). Vehicle drive device (U.S. Patent No. 12772423). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12772423

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