Abstract: An in-wheel motor includes a motor generating motive power, a planetary gear arranged toward a wheel disc relative to the motor to reduce an output of the motor, and a shaft arranged toward the wheel disc relative to the planetary gear and connected to a planetary carrier. Shaft is connected to a constant velocity joint transmitting the motive power to wheel disc.

Abstract: A trans axle includes motor generators with central rotation axes of respective rotors arranged coaxially, a power split device arranged coaxially with the central rotation axis of a crank shaft and between motor generators, and a power control unit controlling the motor generators. The power control unit is arranged such that a reactor is positioned at least on one side and a smoothing capacitor is positioned on the other side of the central rotation axis of motor generator. The motor generators, the power split device and the power control unit are housed and integrated in a metal case, and fixed on a body of a vehicle (1000) by means of an engine mount.

Abstract: A power magnetic core has a start section and a termination section. In the powder magnetic core, lines of magnetic force are formed from the start section to the termination section. The powder magnetic core comprises a first portion disposed on the shortest magnetic path of the lines of magnetic force that connects the start section and the termination section and having a permeability ?a and a second portion disposed apart from the shortest magnetic path of the lines of magnetic force and having a permeability ?b greater than ?a. With this constitution, a desired magnetic characteristic is achieved, and the iron loss is sufficiently reduced.

Abstract: A battery is arranged outside a compartment. A service plug is arranged in the compartment. The service plug is a shutoff device that can shut off an output path of the battery by a manual operation. When a vehicle is hard hit at the front and a circuit of PCU is damaged, an excessive current may flow to the PCU, possibly generating heat or smoke from the PCU. When the vehicle goes wrong, a person on board the vehicle may pull out the service plug, whereby the power supply path from battery to PCU can be shut off.

Abstract: An in-wheel motor includes a rotating electric machine (110) provided at a wheel and applying driving force to the wheel, a housing (134) housing the rotating electric machine and rotatably supporting the wheel, and a vibration damping member (124, 126) provided between the housing (134) and a ball joint (106, 108) as a mounting portion for mounting the housing on a vehicle body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a highly heat-resistant core which has a dust core as a base body. A dust core obtained by press-molding magnetic powder particles particles each of which are covered with an insulating film is used as the base body. An inorganic heat-resistant insulating film is formed on at least a part of a surface of the dust core which faces a winding wire.

Abstract: A stator core installed around the rotating shaft of a motor, comprising a plurality of split cores split in the circumferential direction. The split core is formed of a compressed powder magnetic core. To connect the split core to the adjacent split core, hole parts of rectangular parallelepiped shape are formed in the upper end surfaces thereof. A connection between the split cores is performed by press-fitting a clamp into the hole parts. As a result, the split stators can be compactly integrated with each other.

Abstract: Motor-generators are incorporated in front wheels and drive the front wheels, respectively. An ECU determines whether or not a steering apparatus including a steering actuator, a tie rod and a steering angle sensor has failed, based on an operation angle of a steering wheel from a steering wheel angle sensor and a steering angle of the front wheels from the steering angle sensor. When the ECU determines that the steering apparatus has failed, the ECU provides torque difference for a torque instruction for the motor-generators in accordance with the operation angle of the steering wheel.

Abstract: Front left and right wheel units (FL, FR) are driven by an engine (ENG) and a motor generator (MG2). Rear left and right wheel units (RL, RR) are independently driven by in-wheel motor type motor generators (MGR, MGL). The motor generator (MG2) and the motor generator (MGR, MGL) are configured to have different rated outputs, respectively, and be subjected to different speed reduction ratios, respectively, between the motor generators and their respectively associated drive wheel units, and thus have characteristics, respectively, in efficiency with respect to torque and vehicular speed, that exhibit high efficiency in mutually different output ranges, respectively. When a mileage oriented mode is selected as a traveling mode, an ECU (30) determines how a drive torque should be allocated between the motor generators (MG2, MGR, MGL), as based on the motors' required drive torque and vehicular speed and on each motor generator's characteristic in efficiency, to maximize the motor generators' total efficiency.

Abstract: An electrode stack includes a cathode active material layer and an anode active material layer stacked together, and an electrolyte layer arranged between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer. A through hole extending in the stacking direction of the cathode active material layer and anode active material layer is formed in the cathode active material layer, anode active material layer and the electrolyte layer. The electrode stack further includes a bolt inserted to the hole for integrally holding the cathode active material layer, anode active material layer and the electrolyte layer. By such a structure, an electrode stack and a bipolar secondary battery that can effectively prevent displacement of interface between each of the cathode, anode and the electrolyte can be provided.

Abstract: A cooling structure for an in-wheel motor includes an in-wheel motor mounted within a wheel of a vehicle to drive the wheel or to be driven by the wheel, and an oil channel and a fin serving as “heat radiating portions” to facilitate cooling of the in-wheel motor. The in-wheel motor has a case serving as a “housing”. The “heat radiating portion” is located apart from the case.

Abstract: An electrically driven wheel includes a wheel disc and a wheel hub; an in-wheel motor mounted within the wheel disc to drive the wheel disc and the wheel hub or to be driven by the wheel disc and the wheel hub; a brake rotor and a brake caliper suppressing rotation of the wheel disc and the wheel hub while a vehicle is moving; and a parking lock mechanism provided in the in-wheel motor separately from a brake mechanism formed of the brake rotor and the brake caliper. The parking lock mechanism is a band-type brake frictionally engaging a planetary carrier serving as an “output portion” of a “reduction mechanism”.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine capable of effectively utilizing both end faces of a rotor in the rotating axis direction by suppressing magnetic saturation comprises a stator having axial parts (31) and (32) and a radial part. The axial part (31) comprises cores (311) to (314) and coils (321) to (324), and the axial part (32) comprises cores (312) to (315) and coils (322) to (325). The radial part comprises cores (332) to (337) and coils (352) to (357). The width of each of the cores (311) to (315) in the circumferential direction is twice the width of each of the cores (332) to (337) in the circumferential direction. The number of windings of each of the coils (321) to (325) is equal to the number of windings of each of the coils (352) to (357).

Abstract: A drive device of a hybrid vehicle includes a motor generator and a motor generator arranged at the back of the motor generator, each rotor having a rotational center axis arranged on the same axis, a power split mechanism arranged on the same axis as a rotational center axis of a crankshaft and between the crankshaft and the motor generator, and a power control unit performing control of the motor generator. The power control unit includes a reactor arranged in a gap portion formed on one side with respect to the rotational center axis of the motor generator and between a lower side surface of the power element substrate, an outer circumferential side surface of the motor generator and an inner side surface of a case, and a capacitor arranged on the other side with respect to the rotational center axis of the motor generator.

Abstract: A breather device provided on the outer peripheral section of a case of an in-wheel motor is located at a position above the rotation shaft of the in-wheel motor, between the in-wheel motor and a wheel. The position is inside the wheel in the width direction of a vehicle.

Abstract: An electric rotating machine includes a case, a stator, a rotor and an oil. The stator is comprised of a stator core and a coil. The oil has a volume resistivity ranging from 102 to 109 ?cm and is reserved in a bottom part of the case. The coil is partially immersed in the oil.

Abstract: A die includes a cavity in which a powder magnetic core material is introduced and a recessed curved surface curved inward of the die formed at the bottom surface of the cavity. The powder magnetic core material in the cavity is pressed by a pressing surface of a punch to the side and bottom surfaces of the cavity to form a split tooth body. As a result, a projected curved surface having a shape following the recessed curved surface is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the split tooth body. Then, two split tooth bodies are butted and joined together at the surfaces to which a pressing force by the punch is applied, and thereby a tooth is assembled.

Abstract: A method for producing a dust core compact includes the steps of forming a compact component by pressure-forming a soft magnetic powder having an average particle diameter Da under a pressure Pa, and forming a compact by pressure-forming a soft magnetic powder having an average particle diameter Db and the compact component under a pressure Pb. Average particle diameters Da and Db of the soft magnetic powders satisfy relationship Da/Db?2, and pressures Pa and Pb applied during the pressure-forming satisfy relationship Pa/Pb?1/2. With this structure, a method for producing a dust core compact exhibiting a high strength and capable of being fabricated even when it has a complex shape, and the dust core compact can be provided.

Abstract: A breather device (400) provided on the outer peripheral section of a case (60) of an in-wheel motor (70) is located at a position above the rotation shaft of the in-wheel motor (70), between the in-wheel motor (70) and a wheel (10). The position is inside the wheel (10) in the width direction of a vehicle.

Abstract: An in-wheel motor includes a wheel disc, a wheel hub, a case, a motor, a planetary gear and a shaft. The wheel disc is connected to the wheel hub. The planetary gear is connected to the motor's rotor. The case includes subcases and a diaphragm. One subcase is arranged to have a side portion closer to the vehicle's body and accommodates the motor and the planetary gear. The motor and the planetary gear are adjacently arranged and fixed to one subcase. The other subcase is arranged closer to the wheel disc and fixed at a plane perpendicular to the shaft by a screw to one subcase.