Patent ID: 8344564

Claim:
A drive device, comprising: first and second rotating electric machines; an inverter capable of supplying electric power to said first and second rotating electric machines; a first housing case having a first rotating electric machine housing portion capable of housing said first rotating electric machine and an inverter housing portion capable of housing said inverter; a second housing case capable of housing said second rotating electric machine and capable of being attached to said first housing case; a first terminal portion provided at said first housing case and connected to said inverter; an insertion portion formed in said first housing case, said insertion portion extending from an opening provided on a first side surface of said first housing case which faces said second housing case and toward an opposite second side surface of said first housing case, wherein said first terminal portion is disposed at an end of the insertion portion so as to be adjacent to the second side surface of said first housing case; a second terminal portion provided at said second housing case and connected to said second rotating electric machine, wherein said second terminal portion projects from a first side surface of the second housing case which faces the first side surface of the first housing case, wherein when said first housing case attaches to said second housing case, said second terminal portion simultaneously inserts into said insertion portion so that said first terminal portion and said second terminal portion are connected to each other; and a detachable portion is detachably provided on the second side surface of said first housing case so as to enable access to the first terminal portion connected to the second terminal portion in the insertion portion.