Vehicle drive device

A vehicle drive device including an input member drivably coupled to a rotary electric machine, an output member drivably coupled to wheels, a first engagement device that selectively drivably couples the input member to an internal combustion engine, and a fluid coupling provided on a power transfer path that connects between the input member and the output member, wherein:

• the first engagement device includes a first friction member, a first piston that presses the first friction member, and a first oil chamber that houses the first friction member and that is formed to be supplied with a hydraulic pressure and to apply a hydraulic pressure to a side of the first piston opposite to a side on which a hydraulic pressure for operation is applied;
• the fluid coupling includes a second oil chamber that is provided in a body portion housing chamber that houses a body portion of the fluid coupling and that controls an engagement state of a second engagement device in accordance with a hydraulic pressure, the second engagement device being configured to directly couple a coupling input-side member drivably coupled to an input member side of the vehicle drive device and a coupling output-side member drivably coupled to an output member side of the vehicle drive device;
• the vehicle drive device comprises a first hydraulic pressure control valve that controls a first oil chamber hydraulic pressure which is a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the first oil chamber, and a second hydraulic pressure control valve that controls a second oil chamber hydraulic pressure which is a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the second oil chamber independently of the first oil chamber hydraulic pressure;
• the first oil chamber is provided with a circulation passage where oil supplied to a supply port from the first hydraulic pressure control valve flows along the first friction member and is discharged from a discharge port that is different from the supply port;
• the first engagement device includes an urging mechanism that urges the first piston with a predetermined initial engagement load such that the first piston presses the first friction member in such a direction that the first friction member is engaged;
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• the first hydraulic pressure control valve controls the first oil chamber hydraulic pressure so as to cause the first oil chamber to generate a hydraulic pressure that presses the first piston in such a direction that the first friction member is disengaged with a load higher than the initial engagement load irrespective of whether the first engagement device is engaged or disengaged,
• the vehicle drive device further comprises:
• a first line pressure control valve that controls an output pressure of a hydraulic pump as a first line pressure;
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• a second line pressure control valve that controls the first line pressure as a second line pressure by further reducing the first line pressure, wherein:
• the first hydraulic pressure control valve is supplied with oil at the first line pressure controlled by the first line pressure control valve, and supplies oil at the first oil chamber hydraulic pressure to the first oil chamber;
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• the second hydraulic pressure control valve is supplied with oil at the second line pressure controlled by the second line pressure control valve, and supplies oil at the second oil chamber hydraulic pressure to the second oil chamber.

A vehicle drive device including an input member drivably coupled to a rotary electric machine, an output member drivably coupled to wheels, a first engagement device that selectively drivably couples the input member to an internal combustion engine, and a fluid coupling provided on a power transfer path that connects between the input member and the output member, wherein:

• the first engagement device includes a first friction member, a first piston that presses the first friction member, and a first oil chamber that houses the first friction member and that is formed to be supplied with a hydraulic pressure and to apply a hydraulic pressure to a side of the first piston opposite to a side on which a hydraulic pressure for operation is applied;
• the fluid coupling includes a second oil chamber that is provided in a body portion housing chamber that houses a body portion of the fluid coupling and that controls an engagement state of a second engagement device in accordance with a hydraulic pressure, the second engagement device being configured to directly couple a coupling input-side member drivably coupled to an input member side of the vehicle drive device and a coupling output-side member drivably coupled to an output member side of the vehicle drive device;
• the vehicle drive device comprises a first hydraulic pressure control valve that controls a first oil chamber hydraulic pressure which is a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the first oil chamber, and a second hydraulic pressure control valve that controls a second oil chamber hydraulic pressure which is a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the second oil chamber independently of the first oil chamber hydraulic pressure;
• the first oil chamber is provided with a circulation passage where oil supplied to a supply port from the first hydraulic pressure control valve flows along the first friction member and is discharged from a discharge port that is different from the supply port;
• the first engagement device includes an urging mechanism that urges the first piston with a predetermined initial engagement load such that the first piston presses the first friction member in such a direction that the first friction member is engaged;
• the first hydraulic pressure control valve controls the first oil chamber hydraulic pressure so as to cause the first oil chamber to generate a hydraulic pressure that presses the first piston in such a direction that the first friction member is disengaged with a load higher than the initial engagement load irrespective of whether the first engagement device is engaged or disengaged;
• the second engagement device includes a second friction member and a second piston that presses the second friction member;
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• the second oil chamber houses therein the second friction member and the coupling input-side member and the coupling output-side member of the fluid coupling, and is formed to be supplied with a hydraulic pressure and to apply a hydraulic pressure to a side of the second piston opposite to a side on which a hydraulic pressure for operation is applied.

A vehicle drive device including an input member drivably coupled to a rotary electric machine, an output member drivably coupled to wheels, a first engagement device that selectively drivably couples the input member to an internal combustion engine, and a fluid coupling provided on a power transfer path that connects between the input member and the output member, wherein:

• the first engagement device includes a first friction member, a first piston that presses the first friction member, and a first oil chamber that houses the first friction member and that is formed to be supplied with a hydraulic pressure and to apply a hydraulic pressure to a side of the first piston opposite to a side on which a hydraulic pressure for operation is applied;
• the fluid coupling includes a second oil chamber that is provided in a body portion housing chamber that houses a body portion of the fluid coupling and that controls an engagement state of a second engagement device in accordance with a hydraulic pressure, the second engagement device being configured to directly couple a coupling input-side member drivably coupled to an input member side of the vehicle drive device and a coupling output-side member drivably coupled to an output member side of the vehicle drive device;
• the vehicle drive device comprises a first hydraulic pressure control valve that controls a first oil chamber hydraulic pressure which is a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the first oil chamber, and a second hydraulic pressure control valve that controls a second oil chamber hydraulic pressure which is a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the second oil chamber independently of the first oil chamber hydraulic pressure;
• the first oil chamber is provided with a circulation passage where oil supplied to a supply port from the first hydraulic pressure control valve flows along the first friction member and is discharged from a discharge port that is different from the supply port,
• the vehicle drive device further comprising:
• a first line pressure control valve that controls an output pressure of a hydraulic pump as a first line pressure;
• and
• a second line pressure control valve that controls the first line pressure as a second line pressure by further reducing the first line pressure, wherein:
• the first hydraulic pressure control valve is supplied with oil at the first line pressure controlled by the first line pressure control valve, and supplies oil at the first oil chamber hydraulic pressure to the first oil chamber;
• and
• the second hydraulic pressure control valve is supplied with oil at the second line pressure controlled by the second line pressure control valve, and supplies oil at the second oil chamber hydraulic pressure to the second oil chamber.