Patent ID: 11904672
Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  H | IPC B  F

Claim 15:
16. The vehicle drive apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the transmission mechanism includes a counter gear mechanism disposed on a third axis different from and parallel to the first axis and the second axis,
the counter gear mechanism includes
a first gear in mesh with a gear on the first axis, and
a second gear in mesh with a gear on the second axis,

the third axis is disposed above a virtual line in a vertical direction, the virtual line connecting the first axis with the second axis, and
the inverter device is located above the second gear and the rotary electric machine in the vertical direction and disposed to overlap with the second gear and the rotary electric machine in a vertical view, the second gear being disposed closer to the rotary electric machine than the first gear in the axial direction that is along the first axis.