SENSOR FITTING STRUCTURE FOR IN-WHEEL MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE

• Main Authors: YOKOYAMA TAKESHI, TAMURA SHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 24.09.2021
• Subjects: 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; 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 sensor fitting structure for an in-wheel motor drive device which has better assemblability than before.SOLUTION: An in-wheel motor drive device includes: an oil storage part 39t; an oil pump 41; a pipe part 43p extending to the oil pump from the oil storage part; and a sensor part 43s for detecting a state of the oil storage part, and circulates oil discharged from the oil pump therethrough, where the sensor part 43s is installed to the pipe part 43p.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】従来よりも組立性の良いインホイールモータ駆動装置のためのセンサ取付構造を提供する。【解決手段】オイル貯留部３９ｔと、オイルポンプ４１と、オイル貯留部からオイルポンプまで延びるパイプ部４３ｐと、オイル貯留部の状態を検出するセンサ部４３ｓとを備え、オイルポンプから吐出されるオイルが内部を循環するインホイールモータ駆動装置において、センサ部４３ｓはパイプ部４３ｐに設けられる。【選択図】図２