VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE

• Main Authors: JINNAI NAOYA, TORII TAKESHI, TAKAHASHI MUNEHIRO, TAKAHASHI NOZOMI, MARUYAMA TAKEAKI, HASE MASAHIRO, MITSUHARU HIROAKI, SUGIYAMA TOMOYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 13.09.2021
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; GENERATION; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

To provide a vehicle drive device with a structure that appropriately electrically connects a rotary electric machine and an inverter device by suppressing the increase in the number of members and the increase in the size of the case.SOLUTION: In a terminal block 5, in the first direction X view which is a direction along the insertion direction of a fixing member 48 for fixing a first terminal portion 58 of the terminal block 5 and a bus bar 8 on the rotary electric machine side, the first terminal portion 58 is visible through a first opening 21, and in the second direction Y view which is the direction along the insertion direction of the fixing member 47 for fixing a second terminal portion 57 of the terminal block 5 and a bus bar 7 on the inverter side, the second terminal portion 57 is arranged in a communication portion that communicates a rotary electric machine accommodating chamber 20 and an inverter accommodating chamber 30 such that the second terminal portion 57 can be visually recognized through a second opening 31.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】部材の増加やケースの大型化を抑制して、適切に回転電機とインバータ装置とを電気的に接続する構造を備えた車両用駆動装置を実現する。【解決手段】端子台５は、端子台５の第１端子部５８と回転電機側バスバー８とを固定するための固定部材４８の挿入方向に沿った方向である第１方向Ｘ視で、第１端子部５８が第１開口部２１を通して視認可能であり、端子台５の第２端子部５７とインバータ側バスバー７とを固定するための固定部材４７の挿入方向に沿った方向である第２方向Ｙ視で、第２端子部５７が第２開口部３１を通して視認可能であるように、回転電機収容室２０とインバータ収容室３０とを連通する連通部に配置されている。【選択図】図１