Abstract: An in-wheel motor including: a motor disposed inside a wheel; and a case that accommodates the motor, characterized in that: a lower arm mounting portion to which the case and a lower arm are connected, is included; the lower arm mounting portion is disposed at a position facing a surface of the wheel; and the case includes a drain plug disposed at a position between the surface of the wheel and the lower arm mounting portion.

Abstract: An in-wheel motor having a case including a motor case, a motor cover, and a reduction gear case, wherein the oil pump includes a pump chamber formed in the motor cover, a pump cover attached to the motor cover and closing the pump chamber, It has a pump shaft that penetrates the pump cover, a drive gear that is attached to the pump shaft and arranged inside the pump chamber, and a driven gear that meshes with the drive gear and is arranged inside the pump chamber, the pump shaft is attached to the input shaft of the reduction gear, the pump cover is bolted to the motor cover from the inside of the case, and the pump cover is integrally formed with a positioning structure for determining the position of the pump shaft.

Abstract: A motor unit includes a first rotating shaft driven by a motor and including a first gear, a pair of first bearings, each of which is located on each side of the first gear, and that supports the first rotating shaft to the casing such that the first rotating shaft is rotatable, a second rotating shaft being parallel to the first rotating shaft and including a second gear meshing with the first gear, and a pair of second bearings, each of which is located on each side of the second gear, and that supports the second rotating shaft to the casing such that the second rotating shaft is rotatable. The second bearings are located between the first bearings in an axial direction parallel to the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft, and each of the second bearings includes an outer ring, an inner ring, and a rolling element.

Abstract: A gear case of an in-wheel motor drive device houses first and second helical gears, has a first opening in its inner wall through which a motor main shaft passes, and has a second opening in its outer wall through which an axle passes. The in-wheel motor drive device further includes a first thrust bearing attached to the outer wall and supporting the first helical gear, and a second thrust bearing attached to the inner wall and supporting the second helical gear. The directions of helical teeth of the first and second helical gears are set so that when a motor vehicle travels forward, a thrust load directed outward in the vehicle width direction is applied to the first helical gear, and a thrust load directed toward the middle in the vehicle width direction is applied to the second helical gear.

Abstract: A rotor core is provided. The rotor core includes a first electromagnetic steel plate, and a second electromagnetic steel plate laminated in an axial direction of the rotor core alongside the first electromagnetic steel plate, where the second electromagnetic steel plate has a plurality of protrusion portions each extending toward a magnet to be fixed, and each of the protrusion portions has a tip portion extending toward an opposite side of the magnet.

Abstract: The present teachings provide a rotor. The rotor 10 may comprise: a shaft 12; a rotor core 20; a first end plate 50; and a second end plate 52. Rotor core 20 may comprise a first flow path 22a which allows the coolant to flow from the one side to the other side of the axial direction and a second flow path 22d which allows the coolant to flow from the other side to the one. First end plate 50 may comprise a first communication flow path 54a which allows the coolant to flow from shaft 12 to first flow path 22a. Second end plate 52 may comprise a second communication flow path 54d which allows the coolant to flow from shaft 12 to second flow path 22d.

Abstract: An in-wheel motor drive device includes: a motor case housing a motor provided in a wheel of a drive wheel; a reduction gear case housing a reduction gear; and a plurality of fastening bolts for fastening the motor case and the reduction gear case. Further, among the plurality of fastening bolts, a pair of fastening bolts facing each other across a stator coil end portion of the motor is arranged on a same straight line in a radial direction orthogonal to an axis direction of the motor.

Abstract: An electric motor disclosed herein includes a stator core, a coil wound around the stator core, a terminal block, and a bus bar. The terminal block is disposed so as to face a side face of the stator core. The bus bar is connected to a lead wire of the coil, and is also fixed to the terminal block. The bus bar extends along the side face of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator core, and one end portion thereof is fixed to the terminal block by a bolt.

Abstract: A motor may include: a stator with a coil; and a rotor radially inside the stator, wherein the rotor includes a rotor shaft, a core supported rotatably with the shaft, and a first end plate attached to a first end of the core, the core including a magnet held in the core, a magnet slot that holds a magnet, and a coolant path extending along an axial direction of the core, the coolant path disposed between a radially-inner end surface of the magnet and the magnet slot, and the first end plate including a flange radially outside the radially-inner end surface of the magnet, the flange protruding toward the core along the axial direction of the core, and the flange being configured to form a cavity between the first end plate and the first end, wherein the cavity delivers the coolant supplied from the rotor shaft to the coolant path.

Abstract: A rotor may include: a rotor shaft; a rotor core attached to the rotor shaft and comprising a plurality of magnet slots and magnets, wherein at least one magnet of the magnets has an elongated cross-sectional shape and is fixed by being pressed against a part of an inner surface defining a corresponding one of the magnet slots of the rotor core. The rotor is configured so that coolant flowing through the rotor shaft reaches a surface of a long side of the at least one magnet that is exposed inward in a radial direction of the rotor core in the corresponding magnet slot and moves along an axial direction of the rotor core.

Abstract: The in-wheel motor unit includes a motor case, a gear case disposed adjacent to the motor case, and a knuckle integrally formed with the gear case.

Abstract: A device includes a storage unit that stores generated challenges which are challenges previously generated, a determination unit that determines whether a newly generated challenge matches any of the generated challenges or not, an output unit that outputs the newly generated challenge as an unused challenge when the determination unit determines that the newly generated challenge does not match any of the generated challenges, and a registration unit that stores the newly generated challenge as a new generated challenge in the storage unit when the determination unit determines that the newly generated challenge does not match any of the generated challenges.

Abstract: A device includes a storage unit that stores generated challenges which are challenges previously generated, a determination unit that determines whether a newly generated challenge matches any of the generated challenges or not, an output unit that outputs the newly generated challenge as an unused challenge when the determination unit determines that the newly generated challenge does not match any of the generated challenges, and a registration unit that stores the newly generated challenge as a new generated challenge in the storage unit when the determination unit determines that the newly generated challenge does not match any of the generated challenges.