Tank and rotating electric machine system
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuki Wada, Daijiro Eto, Motoshi Togasaki, Kenta Yamazaki, Keita Chinzaka, Rintaro Tanaka
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Abstract
A tank includes a storage unit that is capable of storing a liquid, a first inlet, which is an inlet for a first fluid containing the liquid, and which communicates with the storage unit, a second inlet, which is an inlet for a second fluid containing a gas and a liquid, which communicates with the storage unit, and which is disposed at a position higher than the storage unit, a liquid discharge port that discharges the liquid from the storage unit, and a gas discharge port that discharges the gas that was separated from the second fluid.
Claims11
A tank including a tank main body configured to carry out gas-liquid separation, the tank comprising:
- a storage unit disposed in the tank main body, and configured to store a liquid;
- a first inlet, which is an inlet for a first fluid containing the liquid, configured to communicate with the storage unit;
- a second inlet, which is an inlet for a second fluid containing a gas and the liquid, configured to communicate with the storage unit, and disposed at a position higher than the storage unit;
- a liquid discharge port configured to discharge the liquid from the storage unit;
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- a gas discharge port configured to discharge the gas that was separated from the second fluid.
A rotating electric machine system, comprising:
- a rotating electric machine housing configured to rotatably support a rotating shaft via a bearing;
- an oil circulation supply device configured to supply a lubricating oil to the rotating electric machine housing in order to lubricate the bearing, and to recover the lubricating oil from the rotating electric machine housing;
- wherein the oil circulation supply device is equipped with a tank including a tank main body configured to carry out gas-liquid separation;
- the tank comprising:
- a storage unit disposed in the tank main body, and configured to store the lubricating oil;
- a first inlet, which is an inlet for a first fluid containing the lubricating oil, configured to communicate with the storage unit;
- a second inlet, which is an inlet for a second fluid containing a gas and the lubricating oil, configured to communicate with the storage unit, and which is disposed at a position higher than the storage unit;
- a liquid discharge port configured to discharge the liquid from the storage unit;
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- a gas discharge port configured to discharge the gas that was separated from the second fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.