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US 12,454,177 B2Granted
Transaxle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihiko Kabe
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Abstract
The transaxle houses at least the rotating electrical machine and the gear in the case. The case of the transaxle includes a first boss portion protruding toward the vehicle member side and provided upward side, and a second boss portion protruding toward the vehicle member side and provided downward side, on a surface on which the vehicle member bent under the collision load abuts, and the vehicle member abuts against the upper portion of the first boss portion or the second boss portion before the lower portion of the second boss portion.
Claims2
A transaxle, comprising
- a case that houses at least a rotating electrical machine and a gear, the case including a first boss portion and a second boss portion on a face that a vehicle member bent under a collision load abuts, wherein
- the first boss portion protrudes toward a side of the vehicle member and is provided on an upward side with respect to the second boss portion,
- the second boss portion protrudes toward the side of the vehicle member and is provided on a downward side with respect to the first boss portion such that the vehicle member abuts the first boss portion or an upper portion of the second boss portion before a lower portion of the second boss portion, and
- at least a part of the upper portion of the second boss portion protrudes further than the lower portion of the second boss portion.
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A transaxle, comprising
- a case that houses at least a rotating electrical machine and a gear, the case including a first boss portion and a second boss portion on a face that a vehicle member bent under a collision load abuts, wherein
- the first boss portion protrudes toward a side of the vehicle member and is provided on an upward side with respect to the second boss portion,
- the second boss portion protrudes toward the side of the vehicle member and is provided on a downward side with respect to the first boss portion such that the vehicle member abuts the first boss portion or an upper portion of the second boss portion before a lower portion of the second boss portion, and
- the second boss portion is tapered such that, the closer to the upward side, the farther the second boss portion protrudes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.