Patent ID: 9303698
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B60K,F16D,F16H,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicular electric drive system comprising: an electric motor operatively connected to drive wheels so that the drive wheels are driven by said electric motor; a hydraulically operated clutch configured to place a power transmitting path between said electric motor and said drive wheels in a selected one of a power transmitting state and a power cutoff state; a gear mechanism disposed between said hydraulically operated clutch and said drive wheels, to reduce a speed of a rotary motion of said electric motor; a first chamber accommodating said electric motor and said hydraulically operated clutch; a second chamber accommodating said gear mechanism; a partition wall disposed so as to isolate said first chamber and said second chamber from each other; a connecting hole formed on said partition wall through which said hydraulically operated clutch and said gear mechanism are operatively connected to each other; an oil seal fitted in said connecting hole, to restrict flows of an oil through said connecting hole; an oil pump provided to deliver the oil required within said first chamber; and a splash type lubricating mechanism provided to supply the oil to said second chamber, wherein the hydraulically operated clutch overlaps with the electric motor when viewed from an axial direction of the electric motor and at least one part of the hydraulically operated clutch is disposed radially inwardly of coil ends of the electric motor.