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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2008
Tetsuya Shimizu, Anjo, JP;
Akira Noguchi, Anjo, JP;
Kazuyuki Noda, Anjo, JP;
Masaki Yoshida, Okazaki, JP;
Tooru Matsubara, Toyota, JP;
Kenta Kumazaki, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Yuji Iwase, Mishima, JP;
Hiroyuki Shibata, Susono, JP;
Tetsuya Shimizu, Anjo, JP;
Akira Noguchi, Anjo, JP;
Kazuyuki Noda, Anjo, JP;
Masaki Yoshida, Okazaki, JP;
Tooru Matsubara, Toyota, JP;
Kenta Kumazaki, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Yuji Iwase, Mishima, JP;
Hiroyuki Shibata, Susono, JP;
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An oil return structure for a vehicle drive apparatus includes a hydraulic control apparatus disposed below an oil supply target device to which oil for lubricating and cooling is supplied; and an oil pan that retains the oil that is supplied to the oil supply target device is provided below the hydraulic control apparatus, wherein a bypass oil path is formed in a body of the hydraulic control apparatus, the bypass oil path being structured in order to guide the oil from the oil supply target device from an upper surface of the body, inside the body and then discharge the oil from a side surface of the body.