US 11,953,084 B2
Structure for protecting drive device
Jaehak Lee, Kanagawa (JP); Yuta Katsushima, Kanagawa (JP); Kenji Arai, Kanagawa (JP); Daisuke Asakura, Kanagawa (JP); Harunobu Abe, Kanagawa (JP); Kohei Yamada, Kanagawa (JP); Norihisa Tsujimura, Kanagawa (JP); Yasuaki Nakamura, Kanagawa (JP); Toshimitsu Kakizaki, Kanagawa (JP); Kazuhiro Maguchi, Kanagawa (JP); and Kentarou Kurata, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 17/630,752
Filed by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/022698
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/250779, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0260149 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60R 13/08 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 35/02 (2006.01); F16H 57/031 (2012.01)
CPC F16H 57/031 (2013.01) [B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B60R 13/0861 (2013.01); B62D 21/155 (2013.01); B62D 35/02 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive device protection structure comprising:
a drive device including a rotary electric machine and a gearbox;
an undercover disposed underneath the drive device; and
a protecting plate provided to the undercover,
the rotary electric machine and the gearbox being connected together by a rotary electric machine flange of a rotary electric machine housing and a gearbox flange of a gearbox housing,
the rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange being formed such that a lower surface of the gearbox flange is positioned lower than a lower surface of the rotary electric machine flange,
the protecting plate being formed of a material more rigid than a material of the undercover, and
the protecting plate being provided on an underside of a connecting part between the rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange so as to face the connecting part.