US 12,257,909 B2
Electromechanical integration unit
Keisuke Yuki, Toyota (JP); and Yuya Okuda, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/121,822.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-085331 (JP), filed on May 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382243 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 6/22 (2007.10); B60K 6/405 (2007.10); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); H02K 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 50/51 (2019.02) [B60K 6/405 (2013.01); B60L 1/00 (2013.01); B62D 5/0406 (2013.01); B60L 2210/14 (2013.01); B60L 2210/44 (2013.01); H02K 5/04 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electromechanical integration unit mounted on a vehicle, the electromechanical integration unit comprising:
a housing provided with a first chamber and a second chamber;
at least one motor housed in the first chamber of the housing and connected to a wheel of the vehicle;
a first electrical unit housed in the second chamber of the housing and provided with at least one first electrical component; and
a second electrical unit housed in the second chamber of the housing and provided with at least one second electrical component, wherein:
the housing is provided with a plurality of motor terminals disposed in the second chamber and electrically connected to the at least one motor;
the first electrical unit is provided with a plurality of first terminals electrically connected to the at least one first electrical component and disposed together with the motor terminals;
the second electrical unit is provided with a plurality of second terminals electrically connected to the at least one second electrical component and connected to the motor terminals and the first terminals;
the at least one first electrical component of the first electrical unit constitutes a power control circuit that controls power supplied to the at least one motor together with the second electrical component of the second electrical unit;
a service hole is provided in the second chamber of the housing; and
the motor terminals and the first terminals are connected to the second terminals in a range that is externally exposed through an opening of the service hole.