An electric vehicle includes a rotating electrical machine; a motor case that accommodates the rotating electrical machine; a cooling mechanism that supplies oil to the rotating electrical machine and cools the rotating electrical machine; an inverter that drives the rotating electrical machine; and a connecting member that electrically connects the inverter and the rotating electrical machine, wherein the electric vehicle is of a structure in which the inverter is integrated with the motor case, the cooling mechanism includes a supply port provided inside the motor case at a position upward from the rotating electrical machine to discharge the oil to the connecting member, and the connecting member includes a portion provided inwardly in a radial direction from an outer periphery of the rotating electrical machine inside the motor case, at a position upward from a rotation center of the rotating electrical machine and downward from the supply port.
Electric vehicle with rotating electrical machine, motor case, inverter and cooling mechanism
2024-11-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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