Combined power system
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsManabu Yazaki, Tatsuya Choji, Naoki Ito
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Abstract
In a rotary electric machine housing, a first bearing and a second bearing are provided for supporting a rotating shaft. A lubricating oil is supplied to the first bearing and the second bearing. Further, a gas is supplied to the first bearing and the second bearing. The lubricating oil and the gas are recovered by a single recovery device.
Claims6
A combined power system that includes a rotary electric machine system and an internal combustion engine, the rotary electric machine system including a rotary electric machine and a rotary electric machine housing configured to rotatably support a rotating shaft of the rotary electric machine, the internal combustion engine including an output shaft configured to rotate integrally with the rotating shaft, the combined power system comprising:
- a first bearing and a second bearing that are interposed between the rotary electric machine housing and the rotating shaft;
- an oil supply device configured to supply a lubricating oil to the first bearing and the second bearing;
- a gas supply device configured to supply a gas to the first bearing and the second bearing;
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- a recovery device configured to recover the lubricating oil and the gas supplied to the first bearing and the second bearing,
- wherein in the rotary electric machine housing, a first supply passage through which the gas supplied from the gas supply device is supplied to the first bearing and the second bearing, a first discharge passage through which the gas is discharged from the first bearing and the second bearing to the recovery device, a second supply passage through which the lubricating oil supplied from the oil supply device is supplied to the first bearing and the second bearing, and a second discharge passage through which the lubricating oil is discharged from the first bearing and the second bearing to the recovery device, are formed, and
- wherein the recovery device is configured to recover the gas that has flowed through the first discharge passage and the lubricating oil that has flowed through the second discharge passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.