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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2000
Takeshi Hara, Anjo, JP;
Yutaka Hotta, Anjo, JP;
Masayuki Takenaka, Anjo, JP;
Hiromichi Agata, Anjo, JP;
Kozo Yamaguchi, Anjo, JP;
Takahiro Kido, Anjo, JP;
Naruhiko Kutsuna, Anjo, JP;
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A drive unit which uses an electric motor as a power source and has an integrated inverter, with a cooling circuit for the electric motor and the inverter. The drive unit includes a drive unit case, the electric motor housed within the case, and the inverter fixed to the case. A coolant flow passage is provided between the drive unit case and the inverter. The inverter is fixed to the drive unit case through a panel wall, and a partition divides the coolant flow passage into chambers which are coextensive in parallel. As a result, the coolant which flows through the coolant flow passage acts as a two-stage heat shield, barring the heat generated by the electric motor from being transmitted to the inverter.