A lubrication device for a vehicle drive-force transmitting apparatus that includes a casing, such that an interior of the casing is sectioned by a partition wall into a gear room and a motor room. A communication hole is provided through the partition wall to communicate between the gear room and the motor room. The communication hole has a gear-room-side opening and a motor-room-side opening, and opens at the gear-room-side opening in the gear room and at the motor-room-side opening in the motor room. The motor-room-side opening is located on an upper side of a bearing which supports a gear mechanism provided in the gear room and which is held in a bearing holding wall of the casing. The gear-room-side opening is provided in the bearing holding wall, and is in held in communication with a gap defined between an inner race and an outer race of the bearing.

An electric machine having a housing with the rotor and stator disposed within the housing. The housing defines at least one housing opening allowing the inflow of air into the housing. A baffle is mounted on the housing and controls the inflow of air into the housing opening. The baffle member defines an inlet in communication with the ambient air, an outlet in communication with the housing opening, and a passageway extending from the inlet to the outlet. The baffle defines at least one impact surface within the passageway for changing the direction of air flow between the inlet and the outlet and the baffle further defines a drain port wherein the passageway directs moisture collecting on the impact surface to the drain port where it is discharged from the baffle. The electric motor may be an axial flow air-cooled alternator having a fan for generating the air flow.

An electric machine having a housing with the rotor and stator disposed within the housing. The housing defines at least one housing opening allowing the inflow of air into the housing. A baffle is mounted on the housing and controls the inflow of air into the housing opening. The baffle member defines an inlet in communication with the ambient air, an outlet in communication with the housing opening, and a passageway extending from the inlet to the outlet. The baffle defines at least one impact surface within the passageway for changing the direction of air flow between the inlet and the outlet and the baffle further defines a drain port wherein the passageway directs moisture collecting on the impact surface to the drain port where it is discharged from the baffle. The electric motor may be an axial flow air-cooled alternator having a fan for generating the air flow.

A wind power generation unit, an electric motor, and an airflow delivery for an electric motor air gap are provided. The airflow delivery device for the electric motor air gap comprises an annular air distribution chamber, wherein the annular air distribution chamber is located at at least one end of the air gap, and the annular air distribution chamber has a delivery port facing the air gap so as to deliver a hot or cold airflow to the air gap. The annular air distribution chamber is arranged at an end part of the air gap, the required airflow is introduced into the annular air distribution chamber, and the annular air distribution chamber can output the accumulated airflow to the air gap, facilitating the airflow in flowing smoothly through the air gap, such that the flow of the air gap is relatively easy to control.

Device for handling a strip-shaped metal material in metal working, wherein the device comprises: at least one roller element, preferably a roller, a roll or a winch, which is provided for changing the cross-section, for transporting, storing, tension build-up and/or tension release in the strip-shaped metal material, and a drive, which has an electric motor, preferably a torque motor or a synchronous motor, with a stator and a rotor, wherein the device further has a frame, the rotor is connected to the roller element, by which the rotation of the rotor is transmitted to the roller element, and the stator is mounted directly on the frame and/or the rotor is connected directly to the roller element or a shaft of the roller element.

Methods and apparatus for a desiccant saturation monitoring system having a body with a first portion configured to hold a desiccant material and a second portion configured to position a sensor in relation to the desiccant material. A light source can irradiate the desiccant material and the sensor can detect irradiance from the desiccant material for at least one wavelength to determine saturation information for the desiccant material.

A drive module for a vehicle including an electric machine, an inverter, a gearing assembly, and a cooling system. A first housing member thermally coupled with the inverter has a first set of heat exchange surfaces and a second housing member thermally coupled with the electric machine has a second set of heat exchange surfaces. The first and second sets of heat exchange surfaces each project into an interior volume cooled by an externally supplied liquid coolant which thereby defines a heat exchanger. A lower oil sump for collecting oil used to cool the electric machine may also include heat exchange surfaces projecting into the same heat exchanger. The gearbox may include an elevated oil sump which is supplied by the same oil pump circulating oil on the electric machine wherein the elevated oil sump gravity feeds oil onto selected surfaces within the gearbox.

A drive module for a vehicle including an electric machine, an inverter, a gearing assembly, and a cooling system. A first housing member thermally coupled with the inverter has a first set of heat exchange surfaces and a second housing member thermally coupled with the electric machine has a second set of heat exchange surfaces. The first and second sets of heat exchange surfaces each project into an interior volume cooled by an externally supplied liquid coolant which thereby defines a heat exchanger. A lower oil sump for collecting oil used to cool the electric machine may also include heat exchange surfaces projecting into the same heat exchanger. The gearbox may include an elevated oil sump which is supplied by the same oil pump circulating oil on the electric machine wherein the elevated oil sump gravity feeds oil onto selected surfaces within the gearbox.

A breather device includes an intake path configured to communicate between an interior space of a target case and an exterior space, an exhaust path configured to communicate between the interior space and the exterior space and at least partially separated from the intake path, an intake valve inserted in the intake path and configured to allow outside air to flow into the interior space only when an internal pressure Pi is lower, at least by a fixed extent, than an external pressure Po, and an exhaust valve inserted in the exhaust path and configured to allow gas within the interior space to flow toward the exterior space only when the internal pressure Pi is higher, at least by a fixed extent, than the external pressure Po, and a water stop filter disposed downstream of the intake valve in an intake air flowing direction in the intake path.

A breather device includes an intake path configured to communicate between an interior space of a target case and an exterior space, an exhaust path configured to communicate between the interior space and the exterior space and at least partially separated from the intake path, an intake valve inserted in the intake path and configured to allow outside air to flow into the interior space only when an internal pressure Pi is lower, at least by a fixed extent, than an external pressure Po, and an exhaust valve inserted in the exhaust path and configured to allow gas within the interior space to flow toward the exterior space only when the internal pressure Pi is higher, at least by a fixed extent, than the external pressure Po, and a water stop filter disposed downstream of the intake valve in an intake air flowing direction in the intake path.