Patent ID: 8622182
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: B60K,F16H,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A drive device for a vehicle, comprising: an input member drivingly connected to an internal combustion engine; an output member drivingly connected to a wheel; a rotary electric machine; a fluid coupling drivingly connected to the rotary electric machine; an engagement device selectively drivingly connecting the input member with the rotary electric machine and the fluid coupling by hydraulic pressure; and a case housing at least the rotary electric machine, the engagement device, and the fluid coupling, wherein the case includes a support wall extending at least radially on a side in an axial first direction that is axially on an internal combustion engine side relative to the engagement device, and a cylindrical projecting portion projecting from the support wall toward a side in an axial second direction that is in a direction opposite to the axial first direction, the engagement device includes an operating oil pressure chamber supplied with the hydraulic pressure, a rotor member of the rotary electric machine is radially supported by the cylindrical projecting portion in a rotatable state via a support bearing, and the cylindrical projecting portion is formed with an operating oil supply passage supplying oil to the operating oil pressure chamber.