CPC B60K 1/00 (2013.01) [B60L 15/00 (2013.01); H02K 5/20 (2013.01); H02K 7/006 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
1. A vehicle drive device comprising:
a rotary electric machine that has a cylindrical shape;
an inverter that drivingly controls the rotary electric machine; and
a case for housing the rotary electric machine and the inverter, wherein
the case includes a main body portion and a cover portion,
the main body portion houses the rotary electric machine and at least a part of the inverter,
the cover portion is joined to the main body portion so as to cover an opening portion of the main body portion,
a virtual plane parallel to a tangent plane set on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary electric machine is set as a first reference plane, and a virtual plane parallel to another tangent plane intersecting with the first reference plane is set as a second reference plane,
the inverter includes a cooler, a first unit that is fixed to the cooler via a first mounting surface that is parallel to the first reference plane, and a second unit that is fixed to the cooler via a second mounting surface that is parallel to the second reference plane,
the cooler is fixed to the main body portion, and
a joining plane at which the main body portion and the cover portion are joined is inclined with respect to both the first reference plane and the second reference plane.
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