Drive power transmission apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYu KATO
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Abstract
A drive power transmission apparatus for a vehicle, includes an oil pump, an oil strainer connected to the oil pump, a differential gear mechanism, and a housing case including a first chamber in which the oil strainer is disposed and a second chamber in which the differential gear mechanism is disposed, the second chamber communicating with the first chamber via a communication port, and the oil strainer has a suction port that is not surrounded by a rib, and has a first rib disposed between the suction port and the communication port.
Claims4
A drive power transmission apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- an oil pump;
- an oil strainer connected to the oil pump;
- a differential gear mechanism;
- and
- a housing case that includes a first chamber in which the oil strainer is disposed and a second chamber in which the differential gear mechanism is disposed, the second chamber communicating with the first chamber via a communication port,
- wherein a suction port of the oil strainer is not surrounded by a rib, and the oil strainer has a first rib disposed between the suction port and the communication port.
A drive power transmission apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- an oil pump;
- an oil strainer connected to the oil pump;
- a differential gear mechanism;
- and
- a housing case that includes a first chamber in which the oil strainer is disposed and a second chamber in which the differential gear mechanism is disposed, the second chamber communicating with the first chamber via a communication port,
- wherein the oil strainer includes ribs that surround a suction port of the oil strainer, the ribs including a first rib disposed between the suction port and the communication port, and a second rib other than the first rib, and
- wherein a height of the first rib is higher than a height of the second rib.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.