Oil cooler
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoki MARUKAWA, Hiroto KUSAKA
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Abstract
An oil cooler for cooling an oil with a cooling water, the oil being for lubricating a transaxle in a state of being attached to the case for accommodating the transaxle, includes: an oil inlet opening on a mounting surface attached to the case; an oil outlet opening on the mounting surface; a first opening, which is an opening on the mounting surface, for cooling water; and a second opening, which is an opening on a portion other than the mounting surface, for cooling water. Further, a heat exchange is performed between the oil flowing through an oil passage connecting the oil inlet and the oil outlet and the cooling water flowing through a water passage connecting the first opening and the second opening.
Claims3
An oil cooler for cooling an oil with a cooling water, the oil being for lubricating a transaxle in a state of being attached to a case for accommodating the transaxle, the oil cooler comprising:
- an oil inlet opening on a mounting surface attached to the case;
- an oil outlet opening on the mounting surface;
- a first opening, which is an opening on the mounting surface, for cooling water;
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- a second opening, which is an opening on a portion other than the mounting surface, for cooling water, wherein
- a heat exchange is performed between the oil flowing through an oil passage connecting the oil inlet opening and the oil outlet opening and the cooling water flowing through a water passage connecting the first opening and the second opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.