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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998

Filed:

Sep. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:

Masahiro Hasebe, Anjo, JP;

Yoshio Kinto, Okazaki, JP;

Masayuki Takenaka, Nishio, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 656 ; 180 60 ; 310 54 ; 310 63 ;
Abstract

A hydraulic circuit for an electric car drive train including a motor, a torque transmission device for transmitting the output torque of the motor to drive wheels, an oil pump for feeding the oil from an oil reservoir, a drive device for rotationally driving the oil pump and a discharge circuit for receiving oil discharged from the oil pump. A lubrication circuit connects to the discharge circuit, through a first throttle, to the torque transmission device. A cooling circuit connects to the discharge circuit through a second throttle and guides the flow of oil to the motor. A valve arranged between the discharge circuit, upstream of the first throttle, and the cooling circuit feeds the oil from the discharge circuit to the cooling circuit when the oil pressure of the discharge circuit exceeds a predetermined level. The oil flow fed to the lubrication circuit is kept constant even at a high speed rotation by the regulating action of the valve so that the oil flow feed to the cooling circuit increases with rise in rate of the motor speed.


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