Patent ID: 9677646
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60L,B60Y,F16H,Y02T,Y10S

Claim:
1. A drive device that has a rotary electric machine drivably coupled to wheels and a clutch that is capable of switching a state of coupling between an internal combustion engine and the rotary electric machine between an engaged state and a disengaged state, the drive device comprising: an oil pump; a first gear that is always drivably coupled to the oil pump; a pinion meshed with the first gear; a second gear meshed with the pinion and receives rotation of one of the internal combustion engine and the rotary electric machine, a rotational speed of the one of the internal combustion engine and the rotary electric: machine being higher than a rotational speed of an other of the internal combustion engine and the rotary electric machine, via a first one-way clutch or a second one-way clutch; and a carrier drivably coupled to the wheels, driven by the rotary electric machine and rotatably supports the pinion.