# US 2026/0074584 A1 · Drive device

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- Number: US 2026/0074584 A1
- Document ID: US20260074584A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/319,118
- Filed: 2025-09-04
- Published: 2026-03-12
- Earliest claimed: 2024-09-10
- Assignees: Aisin Corporation
- Applicants: Aisin Corporation
- Inventors: Shinji KONDO; Takaaki INABA; Hiroshi FUJITA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260074584A1

## CPC

- H02K 5/1732: {radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor (H02K5/1737 takes precedence)}
- H02K 7/08: Structural association with bearings
- H02K 5/225: {Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132)}
- H02K 7/003: {Couplings; Details of shafts (means for mounting rotors on shafts H02K1/28)}
- H02K 11/40: Structural association with grounding devices
- H02K 7/116: with gears
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})

## Abstract

A drive device includes: a rotor; a stator including a coil; a target rotary shaft to which rotation of the rotor is transmitted; a case accommodating the rotor, the stator, and the target rotary shaft; a target bearing configured to rotatably support the target rotary shaft with respect to the case; and an electrical connection member configured to electrically connect the target rotary shaft and the case.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A drive device comprising:
a rotor;
a stator including a coil;
a target rotary shaft to which rotation of the rotor is transmitted;
a case accommodating the rotor, the stator, and the target rotary shaft;
a target bearing configured to rotatably support the target rotary shaft with respect to the case; and
an electrical connection member configured to electrically connect the target rotary shaft and the case, wherein
a direction along a rotation axis of the target rotary shaft is an axial direction, a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis is a radial direction, and one side in the axial direction is a first axial side,
the case includes
a bearing support portion configured to support the target bearing,
a facing wall portion disposed on the first axial side with respect to the bearing support portion and facing the target bearing from the first axial side, and
a surrounding wall portion surrounding a target space from an outer side in the radial direction, the target space being a space between the facing wall portion and the target bearing in the axial direction,
the electrical connection member includes a contact portion configured to electrically connect members that rotate relative to each other by sliding contact,
the contact portion is disposed in the target space, and
a recess formed to be partially recessed from an inner surface of the surrounding wall portion toward the outer side in the radial direction is provided in a lower portion of the surrounding wall portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The drive device according to claim 1, further comprising:
an introduction path configured to allow oil to be introduced into the target space therethrough, wherein the oil introduced through the introduction path into the target space flows out of the target space through the target bearing, and
the recess includes a recessed groove extending in the axial direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The drive device according to claim 2, wherein
the recess includes a recessed hole extending from a bottom portion of the recessed groove toward the outer side in the radial direction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The drive device according to claim 1, wherein
the bearing support portion includes a first support surface configured to support the target bearing from the outer side in the radial direction and a second support surface configured to support the target bearing from the first axial side,
the surrounding wall portion is formed by a portion of the case that is on the first axial side with respect to the second support surface and that forms the second support surface, and
the recess includes a recessed hole that opens in both the inner surface of the surrounding wall portion and the second support surface and that extends along a direction inclined with respect to the second support surface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The drive device according to claim 2, wherein
the bearing support portion includes a first support surface configured to support the target bearing from the outer side in the radial direction and a second support surface configured to support the target bearing from the first axial side,
the surrounding wall portion is formed by a portion of the case that is on the first axial side with respect to the second support surface and that forms the second support surface, and
the recess includes a recessed hole that opens in both the inner surface of the surrounding wall portion and the second support surface and that extends along a direction inclined with respect to the second support surface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The drive device according to claim 3, wherein
the bearing support portion includes a first support surface configured to support the target bearing from the outer side in the radial direction and a second support surface configured to support the target bearing from the first axial side,
the surrounding wall portion is formed by a portion of the case that is on the first axial side with respect to the second support surface and that forms the second support surface, and
the recess includes a recessed hole that opens in both the inner surface of the surrounding wall portion and the second support surface and that extends along a direction inclined with respect to the second support surface.