Patent ID: 8323139

Claim:
A vehicle drive device including a hydraulically operated speed change mechanism, and connected to an engine for use, comprising: a case including a case main body portion accommodating the speed change mechanism, and a connection case portion connecting the engine and the case main body portion and having a diameter increased toward the engine and accommodating at least one of a torque converter, a damper and a rotating electrical machine; a hydraulic pressure control device that is provided under the speed change mechanism, and controls a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the speed change mechanism; and an electric pump that generates the hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the speed change mechanism through the hydraulic pressure control device, wherein the case main body portion includes a peripheral wall portion that protrudes downward from the case main body portion so as to surround a periphery of the hydraulic pressure control device, and a wall on the engine side of the peripheral wall portion serves as a pump mounting wall on which the electric pump is mounted, and a case-side intake oil passage that is connected to a pump-side intake oil passage of the electric pump, and a case-side discharge oil passage that is connected to a pump-side discharge oil passage of the electric pump are provided in the pump mounting wall.