Abstract: To arrange a power unit, an electric power conversion unit, and engine-related components compactly, a drive motor, a reduction drive, a generator, and an engine body are integrally arranged in this order in a vehicle width direction of a power unit compartment such that respective heights thereof are substantially the same. An electric power conversion unit, in which a motor inverter, an electric power generation inverter, and a DC/DC converter are integrated, is arranged above the drive motor, the reduction drive, and the generator. Engine-related components such as a low-voltage battery, an air cleaner, and an oil filter are arranged above the engine body.

Abstract: A vehicle driving apparatus is provided that includes a drive motor, an internal combustion engine, and an electrical generator and can inhibit a weight balance and motion performance of a vehicle from being deteriorated and lowered. A vehicle driving apparatus driving a vehicle by motive power of a motor, the vehicle driving apparatus including a drive motor that is driven by electric power, an internal combustion engine that produces motive power by fuel, and an electrical generator that is driven by the internal combustion engine, the vehicle driving apparatus being characterized in that the drive motor, the internal combustion engine, and the electrical generator are arranged in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle in order of the drive motor, the internal combustion engine, and the electrical generator.

Abstract: A vehicle drive system includes a motor that has a cylindrical stator and a cylindrical rotor provided in the stator to be coaxially rotatable with a center axis of the stator and drives a front wheel of a vehicle by rotation of the rotor. The rotor has a cage section and a permanent magnet section provided on an inner circumferential side of the cage section and formed of a rare earth magnet. The vehicle drive system further includes a controller that executes a synchronous operation mode when a temperature of the permanent magnet section is lower than a predetermined temperature, and executes an asynchronous operation mode when the temperature of the permanent magnet section is equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature. In the synchronous operation mode, the rotor is rotated by using a magnetic force of the permanent magnet section.

Abstract: The vehicle drive system includes a motor that has a stator and a rotor provided in the stator and that drives a drive wheel of a vehicle by rotation of the rotor. The rotor has: plural secondary conductors that are aligned in a circumferential direction in a radially outer portion; and plural permanent magnets that are aligned in the circumferential direction in a portion on a radially inner side of these plural secondary conductors. An ECU and a motor ECU capable of switching a drive mode of the motor between a synchronous operation mode and an asynchronous operation mode are further provided. Based on required output for the motor, the ECU and the motor ECU are configured to switch the drive mode of the motor from the synchronous operation mode to the asynchronous operation mode.

Abstract: The vehicle drive system includes a motor that has a stator and a rotor and drives a drive wheel. The stator has primary conductors that are aligned in a circumferential direction. The rotor has: secondary conductors that are aligned in the circumferential direction in a radially outer portion; and permanent magnets that are aligned in the circumferential direction in a radially inner portion. An ECU is provided to generate a rotating magnetic field in the stator through a current supply to the primary conductor and to set a drive mode of the motor to an asynchronous operation mode in which the rotor is rotated by using an induced current generated in the secondary conductor. In the asynchronous operation mode, the ECU is configured to cause the motor to generate pulsation by making a number of poles of the stator different from a number of poles of the permanent magnet.

Abstract: A motor includes a stator having a cylindrical shape and a rotor having a cylindrical shape provided in the stator and is rotatable about a central axis of the stator and is used to drive a driving wheel of a vehicle by rotation of the rotor. The rotor has a cage and a plurality of permanent magnets provided on an inner side of the cage and disposed side by side in a circumferential direction. The cage includes a plurality of first secondary conductors extend in a radial direction. The plurality of first secondary conductors are configured such that the permanent magnet is interposed between inner parts of first secondary conductors on opposite sides in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: The vehicle drive system includes: a motor having a stator and a rotor; and a battery. The stator has primary conductors, the rotor has secondary conductors, and the battery has battery modules. A motor ECU and a battery ECU are provided. The motor ECU can change the number of poles of the motor by increasing/reducing the number of primary conductor groups, in each of which a current flows in the same direction and the primary conductors are continuously aligned in a circumferential direction. The battery ECU can change a connection mode of battery module pairs, which are electrically connected to each other, between in series and in parallel. The ECU, the motor ECU, and the battery ECU are configured to initiate changing the number of the poles and changing the connection mode of the battery module pairs at different timings from each other.

Abstract: The vehicle drive system includes: a motor having a cylindrical stator and a cylindrical rotor provided in the stator and driving a drive wheel of a vehicle by rotation of the rotor; and a motor ECU controlling the motor. The stator has plural primary conductors, and the rotor has plural secondary conductors in a radially outer portion. The motor is configured to change a number of poles of the stator when the motor ECU increases/reduces a number of primary conductor groups through which the current flows in the same direction and are continuously aligned in a circumferential direction. An ECU and the motor ECU are configured to change the number of the poles of the stator on the basis of at least one of a driving operation by a driver and a travel state of an own vehicle.

Abstract: A motor includes a stator having a cylindrical shape and a rotor having a cylindrical shape rotatable about a central axis of the stator and is used to drive a front wheel of a vehicle by rotation of the rotor. The motor has a cage provided for the rotor and a permanent magnet provided for the rotor on an inner side of the cage. The permanent magnet unit is formed by a ferrite magnet.

Abstract: A motor includes a cylindrical stator and a cylindrical rotor rotatably provided in the stator coaxially with the center axis of the stator and is used to drive wheels of a vehicle with rotation of the rotor. The rotor includes a cage including a single short-circuit ring formed in a ring shape and a plurality of secondary conductors. First end portions and second end portions of the secondary conductors are respectively connected to positions separated in the circumferential direction in the single short-circuit ring.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle drive device capable of effectively driving a vehicle by using in-wheel motors without falling into the vicious cycle between enhancement of driving via the motors and an increase in vehicle weight. The present invention is a vehicle drive device that uses in-wheel motors to drive a vehicle and includes in-wheel motors (20) that are provided in wheels (2b) of a vehicle (1) and drive the wheels, a body side motor (16) that is provided in a body of the vehicle and drives the wheels of the vehicle, and a battery (18) and a capacitor (22) that supply electric power for driving the in-wheel motors and/or the body side motor, in which a voltage of the battery is applied to the body side motor and a voltage of the battery and the capacitor connected in series is applied to the in-wheel motors.

Abstract: A vehicle drive device uses in-wheel motors to drive a vehicle and includes in-wheel motors that are provided in wheels of a vehicle and drive the wheels, a body side motor that is provided in a body of the vehicle and drives the wheels, and a controller that controls the in-wheel motors and the body side motor based on requested output power of a driver, in which the controller causes the body side motor to generate a driving force and the in-wheel motors not to generate driving forces when the requested output power of the driver is less than predetermined output power and the controller causes the body side motor and the in-wheel motors to generate driving forces when the requested output power of the driver is equal to or more than the predetermined output power.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle drive device capable of efficiently driving a vehicle by using a motor without falling into the vicious cycle between enhancement of driving via the motor and an increase in vehicle weight. The present invention is a vehicle drive device (10) having a motor for driving the wheels of a vehicle and includes a front wheel motor (20) for driving front wheels (2b) of a vehicle (1) and a battery (18) and a capacitor (22) that supply electric power for driving the front wheel motor (20), in which the voltage of the battery (18) and the capacitor (22) connected in series is applied to the front wheel motor (20) and the capacitor (22) is disposed between the left and right front wheels (2b) of the vehicle (1).

Abstract: To arrange a power unit, an electric power conversion unit, and engine-related components compactly, a drive motor, a reduction drive, a generator, and an engine body are integrally arranged in this order in a vehicle width direction of a power unit compartment such that respective heights thereof are substantially the same. An electric power conversion unit, in which a motor inverter, an electric power generation inverter, and a DC/DC converter are integrated, is arranged above the drive motor, the reduction drive, and the generator. Engine-related components such as a low-voltage battery, an air cleaner, and an oil filter are arranged above the engine body.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle capable of suppressing vibration of a drive unit having an engine and a motor to be small and having high vehicle motion performance. The drive unit for travel of the vehicle includes an engine and a motor. The engine is a rotary engine and has an engine output shaft and an engine housing. The motor has a motor output shaft, a rotor, and a stator that are accommodated in a motor housing. The engine housing of the engine and the motor housing of the motor are directly joined to each other. The engine output shaft and the motor output shaft are directly joined to each other. The rotor of the motor has: a main body section that generates a rotational magnetic field with the stator; and a weight section that functions as a balance weight of the engine.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle, vehicle motion performance of which can be made high by downsizing a drive unit having an engine and a motor. A drive unit for vehicle travel has the engine and the motor. The motor is arranged adjacent to a rear side of the engine. In a housing of the motor, parts of oil control valves and motor cooling oil paths, through each of which motor cooling oil flows, are provided. The motor cooling oil flowing through first motor cooling oil paths exchanges heat with engine oil in a first heat exchanger. The motor cooling oil flowing through second motor cooling oil paths exchanges heat with an engine cooling coolant in a second heat exchanger.

Abstract: In a cooling path of a motor, an oil control valve is provided between a motor cooling oil path and a first motor cooling path, a first heat exchanger is provided in the first motor cooling path, and a second heat exchanger is provided in a second motor cooling path. In a motor-drive mode, a valve control unit switches the oil control valve to the first motor cooling path side when an engine temperature is lower than a first threshold, and switches the oil control valve to the second motor cooling path side when the engine temperature is equal to or higher than the first threshold. In the first heat exchanger, motor cooling oil and engine oil exchange heat. In the second heat exchanger, the motor cooling oil and a coolant for the engine exchange heat.

Abstract: A drive unit has engines and a motor that are adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction. The engines are provided with an engine oil path and a coolant path for cooling. The motor is provided with a motor cooling oil path for cooling. A first heat exchanger, in which engine oil and motor cooling oil exchange heat, and a second heat exchanger, in which a coolant and the motor cooling oil exchange heat, are provided. A second size in vertical and lateral directions of the motor is smaller than a first size in the vertical and lateral directions of each of the engines. The second heat exchanger is attached to an upper portion of a side circumferential portion of the motor, and the first heat exchanger is attached to a lower portion of the side circumferential portion of the motor.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle drive device capable of efficiently driving a vehicle by using in-wheel motors without falling into the vicious cycle between enhancement of driving via the motors and an increase in vehicle weight. The present invention is a vehicle drive device that uses in-wheel motors to drive a vehicle and includes in-wheel motors (20) that are provided in wheels (2b) of a vehicle (1) and drive wheels, in which the in-wheel motors generate the maximum output power in a high revolutions range equal to or more than a predetermined number of revolutions that is more than zero.

Abstract: A drive unit has engines and a motor that are adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction. The engines are provided with an engine oil path and a coolant path for cooling. The motor is provided with a motor cooling oil path for cooling. A first heat exchanger, in which engine oil and motor cooling oil exchange heat, and a second heat exchanger, in which a coolant and the motor cooling oil exchange heat, are provided. A second size in vertical and lateral directions of the motor is smaller than a first size in the vertical and lateral directions of each of the engines. The second heat exchanger is attached to an upper portion of a side circumferential portion of the motor, and the first heat exchanger is attached to a lower portion of the side circumferential portion of the motor.