US 12,123,488 B2
Driving force transmitting device and vehicle
Naoki Itazu, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,709.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-133943 (JP), filed on Aug. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057225 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 57/02 (2012.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); F16H 57/027 (2012.01); F16H 57/037 (2012.01)
CPC F16H 57/027 (2013.01) [B60K 17/04 (2013.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02034 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02052 (2013.01); F16H 57/037 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving force transmitting device, comprising:
an axle housing that includes a supporting body and two shafts extending in opposite directions from the supporting body, the supporting body having an internal space; and
a transaxle main body supported by the supporting body, wherein
the axle housing includes a first breather plug fixed to the supporting body, the first breather plug being configured to discharge a gas in the internal space to an outside,
the transaxle main body includes:
a gear mechanism that is configured to transmit a driving force;
a case that accommodates the gear mechanism; and
a second breather plug fixed to the case, the second breather plug being configured to discharge a gas in the case to the outside, and
the second breather plug is located in the internal space.