US 12,413,118 B2
Drive unit
Hiroto Kusaka, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/351,495.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-138456 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0072615 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H02K 11/00 (2016.01); B60K 17/12 (2006.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01)
CPC H02K 11/0094 (2013.01) [B60K 17/12 (2013.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive unit comprising:
a transaxle case that houses a motor, a speed reducer, and a differential mechanism;
a power control unit that controls the motor; and
a noise filter electrically connected to the motor via the power control unit,
the power control unit being integrated with the transaxle case, the motor, the speed reducer, and the differential mechanism being disposed on a same axis inside the transaxle case,
wherein the power control unit is separate from the noise filter, and
the noise filter is integrated with the transaxle case in a state in which at least a part of the noise filter is disposed in space between the power control unit and the motor.