Hydraulic oil supply structure and vehicle drive apparatus provided with the same

A hydraulic oil supply structure, comprising:

• an oil pump;
• a case for a drive apparatus;
• and
• a hydraulic control apparatus to which hydraulic oil that has been discharged from the oil pump is supplied and which is disposed in an area below the drive apparatus, wherein:
• the hydraulic control apparatus includes a separating plate that is interposed between an upper valve body and a lower valve body,
• the separating plate and the lower valve body provide a projecting portion that projects toward a discharge opening side of the oil pump with respect to the upper valve body;
• a first oil feed path is provided at the projecting portion, is formed between the separating plate and the lower valve body, is used as an axial oil path along an axial direction of the drive apparatus from the discharge opening side of the oil pump toward an upper valve body side, and receives the hydraulic oil from the oil pump and guides the hydraulic oil to the upper valve body side;
• a descending wall is provided that descends from the case at a position opposed to an upper end of an end portion ascending wall of the lower valve body, with the separating plate interposed between the descending wall and the end portion ascending wall;
• an axial oil path forming wall is provided on the lower valve body separately from the end portion ascending wall;
• the end portion ascending wall is provided along the axial direction of the drive apparatus on an end portion of the lower valve body in a width direction of the drive apparatus, the width direction being perpendicular to the axial direction of the drive apparatus;
• the axial oil path forming wall is provided inside, in the width direction, of the drive apparatus from the end portion ascending wall;
• the first oil feed path is provided inside, in the width direction, of the drive apparatus from the axial oil path forming wall;
• and
• a space is formed between the end portion ascending wall and the axial oil path forming wall that communicates with the first oil feed path.