US 11,913,531 B1
Drive unit
Yoshihiro Matsuoka, Neyagawa (JP)
Assigned to EXEDY Corporation, Neyagawa (JP)
Filed by EXEDY Corporation, Neyagawa (JP)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/349,306.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-126915 (JP), filed on Aug. 9, 2022.
Int. Cl. F16H 47/06 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 47/06 (2013.01) [B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01); B60L 2240/486 (2013.01); B60L 2260/20 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0021 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0034 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0082 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive unit, comprising:
an electric motor;
a torque converter configured to amplify torque in a first rotation direction output from the electric motor;
a power transmission unit including a first forward drive gear train and a second forward drive gear train;
a first shaft configured to transmit torque from the electric motor to the torque converter;
a second shaft configured to be capable of transmitting torque from the torque converter to the second forward drive gear train; and
a first switching mechanism configured to switch between a first forward drive state, a first neutral state, and a locking state,
wherein the first switching mechanism is configured to transmit torque from the first shaft to the first forward drive gear train in the first forward drive state,
the first switching mechanism is configured not to transmit torque from the first shaft to the first forward drive gear train in the first neutral state, and
the first switching mechanism is configured not to allow the first forward drive gear train to rotate in the locking state.