Oil pan and vehicle drive device including the same
AssigneeAisin Corporation
InventorsRyoya TAMURA, Takayuki DOI
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Abstract
An oil pan for use in a vehicle drive device includes a drive source and a case accommodating the drive source and oil, the oil pan including: an opposing inner surface constituting an oil reservoir formed inside the case; an outer surface facing an exterior of the case; a heat medium layer formed between the opposing inner surface and the outer surface, through which a liquid heat medium flows; an inlet through which the liquid heat medium flows into the heat medium layer; and an outlet through which the liquid heat medium flows out of the heat medium layer, in which the heat medium layer is disposed to cover the opposing inner surface from the outer surface side.
Claims6
An oil pan for use in a vehicle drive device including a drive source and a case accommodating the drive source and oil, the oil pan comprising:
- an opposing inner surface constituting an oil reservoir formed inside the case;
- an outer surface facing an exterior of the case;
- a heat medium layer formed between the opposing inner surface and the outer surface, through which a liquid heat medium flows;
- an inlet through which the liquid heat medium flows into the heat medium layer;
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- an outlet through which the liquid heat medium flows out of the heat medium layer, wherein
- the heat medium layer is disposed to cover the opposing inner surface from the outer surface side.
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