ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,057, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Drive apparatus" was invented by Masayuki Ishibashi (Numazu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive apparatus includes: a casing; a motor; a gear unit; an electric unit; a first route; a second route; and a heat exchanger. The casing includes: a motor chamber; a gear chamber; and an electric unit chamber. The electric unit chamber has at least a part positioned to be closer to one axial-direction side than the gear chamber. The motor shaft has one end on the one axial-direction side positioned in the gear chamber. The heat exchanger has at least a p...