Patent 12103372 was granted and assigned to Nidec on October, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In a drive device, a housing includes a motor accommodation portion for accommodating a motor and an inverter accommodation portion for accommodating an inverter unit, the motor accommodation portion includes a tubular portion of a tubular shape extending in a first direction, the inverter accommodation portion includes a peripheral wall portion surrounding the inverter accommodation portion when viewed from a second direction and a plate portion extending from the tubular portion along one side in a direction perpendicular to the first direction and intersecting the second direction and continuous with the peripheral wall portion, and at least one of the pump and the oil cooler is fixed to the plate portion.