US 11,787,283 B2
Vehicle drive apparatus and vehicle drive apparatus manufacturing method
Sou Okita, Kariya (JP); and Yosuke Suzuki, Hadano (JP)
Assigned to AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Appl. No. 17/908,433
Filed by AISIN CORPORATION, Aichi (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 31, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/014005
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/201160, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-065220 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0088004 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 6/547 (2007.10); F16H 3/72 (2006.01); F16H 57/023 (2012.01); F16H 57/037 (2012.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10)
CPC B60K 6/547 (2013.01) [F16H 3/72 (2013.01); F16H 57/023 (2013.01); F16H 57/037 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4816 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4825 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle drive apparatus comprising:
a case including a first case member and a second case member;
a first rotation shaft disposed on a first axis;
a first gear secured to the first rotation shaft, the first gear being a herringbone gear;
a second rotation shaft disposed on a second axis different from the first axis;
a second gear secured to the second rotation shaft and in mesh with the first gear, the second gear being a herringbone gear;
a third rotation shaft disposed on a third axis different from the first axis and the second axis;
a third gear secured to the third rotation shaft and in mesh with the second gear, the third gear being a herringbone gear;
a support member including a plate portion having a plate shape, a first support portion supporting the second rotation shaft such that the second rotation shaft is rotatable relative to the plate portion, and a second support portion supporting the third rotation shaft such that the third rotation shaft is rotatable relative to the plate portion; and
a positioning member for positioning of the support member with respect to the case, wherein
assembling the first rotation shaft to the first case member provides a first assembly,
assembling the second rotation shaft and the third rotation shaft to the support member provides a second assembly, and
with the first assembly and the second assembly assembled to each other, the first case member and the second case member are secured to each other.