JP2018065470A - Oil Leakage Monitoring Structure of In-Wheel Motor - Google Patents

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JP2018065470A
JP2018065470A JP2016205413A JP2016205413A JP2018065470A JP 2018065470 A JP2018065470 A JP 2018065470A JP 2016205413 A JP2016205413 A JP 2016205413A JP 2016205413 A JP2016205413 A JP 2016205413A JP 2018065470 A JP2018065470 A JP 2018065470A
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure for monitoring such an oil leakage in an in-wheel motor that the oil for lubrication of a gear mechanism loaded in a motor housing for containing a motor and the gear mechanism may leak out to the outside through a hub bearing.SOLUTION: A leakage possible passage of the oil in a motor housing in communication with a gap between an inner race and an outer race of a hub bearing from the motor housing is closed with a flexible oil-seal. Also, an oil sump being blocked by a transparent plate is provided in an end of an axle. Further, an oil leakage passage is provided which penetrates through the inner race of the hub bearing and brings the upstream side along the oil leakage direction from the oil seal of the leakage possible passage into communication with the oil sump.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

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本発明は、インホイールモータにオイル漏れが生じたときには外部からそれを容易に知ることができるようにするインホイールモータのオイル漏れ監視構造に係る。   The present invention relates to an oil leak monitoring structure for an in-wheel motor that makes it possible to easily know when an oil leak has occurred in an in-wheel motor from the outside.

車輪のハブ内に電動機を組み込むことにより車輪駆動系のコンパクト化を図ったインホイールモータと称される車両用駆動構造が知られている。インホイールモータでは、ハブは、ハブ軸受を介してホイールを回転式に支持する構造に加えて、電動機とその出力回転を減速しつつ伝動する歯車機構とを内装している。この場合、電動機と歯車機構は、例えば下記の特許文献１に記載されている如く、内部に歯車機構のための潤滑用オイルを保持することができるモータハウジングにより内包されているが、歯車機構の出力軸は車軸となってハブ軸受を介してハブ外へ延在しているので、電動機と歯車機構とを内包するモータハウジングは、完全に閉じたハウジングとはならず、ハブ軸受の部分にて外部に開かれている。   2. Description of the Related Art A vehicle drive structure called an in-wheel motor is known in which a wheel drive system is made compact by incorporating an electric motor in a wheel hub. In the in-wheel motor, the hub incorporates a motor and a gear mechanism that transmits the output while reducing its output rotation, in addition to a structure that rotatably supports the wheel via a hub bearing. In this case, the electric motor and the gear mechanism are included in a motor housing that can hold lubricating oil for the gear mechanism inside, as described in Patent Document 1 below, for example. Since the output shaft serves as the axle and extends out of the hub via the hub bearing, the motor housing containing the electric motor and the gear mechanism is not a completely closed housing. Open to the outside.

特開２０１０-１８４５５６号公報JP 2010-184556 A

インホイールモータでは、上記の如く電動機と歯車機構とを内包するモータハウジングは、完全に閉じたハウジングとはならず、ハブ軸受の部分にて外部に開かれているので、かかるモータハウジング内に装填された歯車機構のための潤滑用オイルがハブ軸受を経て外部へ漏洩する虞れがあり、それに気付かずにいると歯車機構の潤滑が不足し、インホイールモータに損傷を来たす虞れがある。   In an in-wheel motor, the motor housing that includes the electric motor and the gear mechanism as described above is not a completely closed housing, but is opened to the outside at the hub bearing portion. The lubricating oil for the gear mechanism may leak to the outside through the hub bearing, and if it is not noticed, the gear mechanism may be insufficiently lubricated and the in-wheel motor may be damaged.

本発明は、インホイールモータにおける上記のオイル漏洩の問題に着目し、そのようなオイル漏洩が生じたときにはそれを外部から容易に知ることができるインホイールモータのオイル漏れ監視構造を提供することを課題としている。   The present invention pays attention to the above-mentioned problem of oil leakage in an in-wheel motor, and provides an oil leakage monitoring structure for an in-wheel motor that can be easily known from the outside when such oil leakage occurs. It is an issue.

上記の課題を解決すべく、本発明は、インホイールモータの電動機と歯車機構とを内包するモータハウジング内よりハブ軸受のインナーレースとアウターレースの間の空隙へ通じるモータハウジング内オイルの漏洩可能通路を可撓性のオイルシールにて塞ぐと共に、車軸の端部に透視可能な板により塞がれたオイル溜を設け、更に前記ハブ軸受のインナーレースを貫通して前記漏洩可能通路の前記オイルシールよりオイル漏洩方向に沿った上流側を前記オイル溜に連通させるオイル漏れ通路を設けたことを特徴とするインホイールモータのオイル漏れ監視構造を提案するものである。   In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides an oil leakage passage in the motor housing that leads from the motor housing containing the electric motor of the in-wheel motor and the gear mechanism to the gap between the inner race and the outer race of the hub bearing. Is closed with a flexible oil seal, and an oil reservoir closed with a transparent plate is provided at the end of the axle, and the oil seal of the leakable passage passes through the inner race of the hub bearing. The present invention proposes an oil leak monitoring structure for an in-wheel motor, characterized in that an oil leak passage is provided that communicates the upstream side along the oil leak direction with the oil reservoir.

上記の如く、インホイールモータにおいて、電動機と歯車機構とを内包するモータハウジング内よりハブ軸受のインナーレースとアウターレースの間の空隙へ通じるモータハウジング内オイルの漏洩可能通路を可撓性のオイルシールにて塞ぐと共に、車軸の端部に透視可能な板により塞がれたオイル溜を設け、更に前記ハブ軸受のインナーレースを貫通して前記漏洩可能通路の前記オイルシールよりオイル漏洩方向に沿った上流側を前記オイル溜に連通させるオイル漏れ通路を設けておけば、インホイールモータのハウジングと回転するハブおよび回転出力軸の間の相対的回転を前記可撓性のオイルシールにて許容しつつ電動機と歯車機構とを内包するモータハウジング内よりハブ軸受のインナーレースとアウターレースの間の空隙へ通じるモータハウジング内オイルの漏洩可能通路を堰き止め、もしモータハウジング内よりオイルが漏洩してきたときには、それを車軸の端部に透視可能な板により塞がれたオイル溜へ導き、かかるオイル溜にオイルが現れたことを透視可能な板を通して観察することによって、容易にモータハウジング内オイルの漏洩を知ることができる。   As described above, in the in-wheel motor, a flexible oil seal is provided in the oil leakage path in the motor housing that leads to the gap between the inner race and the outer race of the hub bearing from the motor housing containing the electric motor and the gear mechanism. And an oil reservoir closed by a see-through plate at the end of the axle, and further through the inner race of the hub bearing along the oil leakage direction from the oil seal of the leakable passage. If an oil leakage passage is provided that communicates the upstream side with the oil reservoir, the flexible oil seal allows relative rotation between the housing of the in-wheel motor and the rotating hub and the rotating output shaft. Leads to the gap between the inner race and the outer race of the hub bearing from within the motor housing containing the electric motor and the gear mechanism. The oil leak passage in the motor housing is blocked, and if oil leaks from the motor housing, it is guided to the oil reservoir closed by a transparent plate at the end of the axle. By observing the appearance through a transparent plate, it is possible to easily know the leakage of oil in the motor housing.

インホイールモータの一例を本発明に係るその要部の拡大示を伴って示す縦断面図である。It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows an example of an in-wheel motor with the enlarged view of the principal part which concerns on this invention.

図において、１は電動機であり、２はそのロータ、３はそのステータ、４はその出力軸である。電動機１の出力軸４は、その一端部に設けられた小歯車５により、それと噛み合う大歯車６を駆動するようになっている。電動機１と小歯車５および大歯車６よりなる伝動および減速のための歯車機構とはモータハウジング７に内包されており、このモータハウジング７内に歯車機構の潤滑のためのオイルが保持されるようになっている。モータハウジング７はインホイールモータのハウジング８に組み付けられている。   In the figure, 1 is an electric motor, 2 is its rotor, 3 is its stator, and 4 is its output shaft. The output shaft 4 of the electric motor 1 is driven by a small gear 5 provided at one end thereof to drive a large gear 6 engaged therewith. The gear mechanism for transmission and reduction composed of the electric motor 1 and the small gear 5 and the large gear 6 is contained in a motor housing 7 so that oil for lubricating the gear mechanism is held in the motor housing 7. It has become. The motor housing 7 is assembled to the housing 8 of the in-wheel motor.

大歯車６には車軸９が一体に連結されている。車軸９には、そのスプライン部１０と嵌り合うスプライン部１１を備えたハブ１２が装着されており、大歯車６と車軸９の一体物とそれに装着されたハブ１２とは、車軸９の根本部が軸受１３を介してモータハウジング７より支持され、またハブ１２がハブ軸受１４を介してインホイールモータのハウジング８により支持されることにより、インホイールモータのハウジング８に回転可能に組みつけられている。尚、ハブ軸受１４のインナーレース１５はハブ１２の一部となっており、ハブ軸受１４のアウターレース１６は図示の如き環状部材であり、インホイールモータのハウジング８に組み付けられている。   An axle 9 is integrally connected to the large gear 6. A hub 12 having a spline portion 11 that fits with the spline portion 10 is attached to the axle 9. The large gear 6, an integrated body of the axle 9, and the hub 12 attached thereto are the basic portion of the axle 9. Is supported by the motor housing 7 via the bearing 13 and the hub 12 is supported by the housing 8 of the in-wheel motor via the hub bearing 14 so as to be rotatably assembled to the housing 8 of the in-wheel motor. Yes. The inner race 15 of the hub bearing 14 is a part of the hub 12, and the outer race 16 of the hub bearing 14 is an annular member as shown in the figure, and is assembled to the housing 8 of the in-wheel motor.

モータハウジング７内の室空間は、軸受１３のインナーレースとアウターレースの間の隙間、車軸９とそれを貫通させるモータハウジング７の孔１７の周壁の間の隙間、ハブ軸受１４のインナーレースとアウターレースの間の隙間を経て外部に解放されているので、モータハウジング７内に保持された歯車機構のための潤滑オイルは、これらの隙間を通って外部へ漏出する虞れがあり、もしそのようなオイルの漏洩が気付かれずにいると、歯車機構の滑らかな噛合いに不調を来たす虞れがある。   The chamber space in the motor housing 7 includes a gap between the inner race and the outer race of the bearing 13, a gap between the axle 9 and the peripheral wall of the hole 17 of the motor housing 7 through which the axle 9 passes, and an inner race and an outer race of the hub bearing 14. Since it is released to the outside through the gaps between the races, the lubricating oil for the gear mechanism held in the motor housing 7 may leak to the outside through these gaps. If the oil leakage is not noticed, there is a risk that the smooth meshing of the gear mechanism may be disturbed.

そこで、本発明によれば、上記の隙間を連ねたモータハウジング７内よりハブ軸受１４のインナーレースとアウターレースの間の空隙へ通じるモータハウジング内オイルの漏洩可能通路を可撓性のオイルシール１８にて塞ぐと共に、車軸９の端部に透視可能な板１９により塞がれたオイル溜２０を設け、更に図示の実施例ではハブ１２と一体に形成されているハブ軸受１４のインナーレースを貫通して前記漏洩可能通路のオイルシール１８よりオイル漏洩方向に沿った上流側をオイル溜２０に連通させるオイル漏れ通路２１が設けられている。可撓性オイルシール１８は、図示の実施例では、モータハウジング７の車軸９を貫通させる孔１７に嵌挿され、車軸９の外周面の一部とハブ１２の内端部とに摺接する環状のリップ部材として構成されている。またオイル漏れ通路２１は、前記漏洩可能通路に開くその内端よりオイル溜２０に開くその外端へ向けて車軸９の中心線より遠ざかる傾斜を付されており、その内端にオイルが流れてきたときには、それに車軸９の回転に伴う遠心吸引作用を及ぼし、漏洩オイルを速やかにオイル溜２０へ到達させるようになっている。   Therefore, according to the present invention, a flexible oil seal 18 is provided for the oil leaking passage in the motor housing that leads to the gap between the inner race and the outer race of the hub bearing 14 from within the motor housing 7 that is connected to the gap. And an oil reservoir 20 closed by a see-through plate 19 is provided at the end of the axle 9, and further penetrates the inner race of the hub bearing 14 formed integrally with the hub 12 in the illustrated embodiment. Then, an oil leakage passage 21 is provided for communicating the upstream side of the leakable passage along the oil leakage direction from the oil seal 18 with the oil reservoir 20. In the illustrated embodiment, the flexible oil seal 18 is fitted into a hole 17 that passes through the axle 9 of the motor housing 7, and is in an annular shape that slidably contacts a part of the outer peripheral surface of the axle 9 and the inner end of the hub 12. It is comprised as a lip member. The oil leak passage 21 is inclined from the inner end that opens to the leakable passage toward the outer end that opens to the oil reservoir 20, and the oil flows to the inner end from the center line of the axle 9. When this occurs, a centrifugal suction action associated with the rotation of the axle 9 is applied to the oil reservoir 20 so that the leaked oil can quickly reach the oil reservoir 20.

かくして、モータハウジング７内の装填された歯車機構のための潤滑用オイルにハブ軸受１４のインナーレースとアウターレース間の隙間を通る漏洩が生じようとすると、そのことがいち早くオイル溜２０にオイルが現れることによって透視可能な板１９を経て観察され、監視される。   Thus, when the lubricating oil for the gear mechanism loaded in the motor housing 7 leaks through the gap between the inner race and the outer race of the hub bearing 14, the oil quickly enters the oil reservoir 20. It is observed and monitored through the see-through plate 19 by appearing.

以上に於いては本発明を一つの実施例について詳細に説明したが、かかる実施例について本発明の範囲内にて種々の変更が可能であることは当業者にとって明らかであろう。   While the invention has been described in detail with reference to an embodiment thereof, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the embodiment without departing from the scope of the invention.

１…電動機、２…ロータ、３…ステータ、４…出力軸、５…小歯車、６…大歯車、７…モータハウジング、８…インホイールモータのハウジング、９…車軸、１０…車軸のスプライン部、１１…ハブのスプライン部、１２…ハブ、１３…軸受、１４…ハブ軸受、１５…ハブ軸受１４のインナーレース、１６…ハブ軸受１４のアウターレース、１７…モータハウジング７の孔、１８…可撓性のオイルシール、１９…透視可能な板、２０…オイル溜、２１…オイル漏れ通路   DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Electric motor, 2 ... Rotor, 3 ... Stator, 4 ... Output shaft, 5 ... Small gear, 6 ... Large gear, 7 ... Motor housing, 8 ... In-wheel motor housing, 9 ... Axle, 10 ... Spline part of axle , 11 ... spline part of hub, 12 ... hub, 13 ... bearing, 14 ... hub bearing, 15 ... inner race of hub bearing 14, 16 ... outer race of hub bearing 14, 17 ... hole of motor housing 7, 18 ... possible Flexible oil seal, 19 ... transparent plate, 20 ... oil reservoir, 21 ... oil leakage passage

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インホイールモータの電動機と歯車機構とを内包するモータハウジング内よりハブ軸受のインナーレースとアウターレースの間の空隙へ通じるモータハウジング内オイルの漏洩可能通路を可撓性のオイルシールにて塞ぐと共に、車軸の端部に透視可能な板により塞がれたオイル溜を設け、更に前記ハブ軸受のインナーレースを貫通して前記漏洩可能通路の前記オイルシールよりオイル漏洩方向に沿った上流側を前記オイル溜に連通させるオイル漏れ通路を設けたことを特徴とするインホイールモータのオイル漏れ監視構造。   A flexible oil seal seals the leakable passage of oil in the motor housing leading to the gap between the inner race and the outer race of the hub bearing from within the motor housing containing the electric motor and gear mechanism of the in-wheel motor, An oil reservoir closed by a see-through plate is provided at the end of the axle, and further, the oil is passed through the inner race of the hub bearing and upstream of the oil seal in the leakable passage along the oil leakage direction. An oil leakage monitoring structure for an in-wheel motor, characterized in that an oil leakage passage communicating with a reservoir is provided.
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