US 12,191,743 B2
Vehicle drive device, motor casing for vehicle drive device, and manufacturing method of the same
Hiroyuki Tateno, Nagoya (JP); Hidetomo Shiota, Seto (JP); Naoya Yamamoto, Toyota (JP); and Masahiro Tanae, Okazaki (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/655,659.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-057087 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0320947 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H02K 5/20 (2006.01); B22C 9/22 (2006.01); B22C 11/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); H02K 9/19 (2006.01); H02K 15/14 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 5/203 (2021.01) [B22C 9/22 (2013.01); B22C 11/00 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); H02K 9/19 (2013.01); H02K 15/14 (2013.01); B60K 2001/006 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor casing of cast metal which is used for a vehicle drive device mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
an equipment mounting seat provided on the top of the motor casing,
an oil cooler connection seat, and
a cast hole opened in the oil cooler connection seat, wherein:
the equipment mounting seat has an inclined seat surface so to get higher from one side toward the other, and
the cast hole is inclined from the one side toward the other in parallel to the seat surface of the equipment mounting seat.