MUMBAI, India, April 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414077340 A) filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, Japan, on Oct. 11, 2024, for 'drive device.'

Inventor(s) include Masayuki Ishibashi.

The application for the patent was published on April 25, under issue no. 17/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A drive device (1; 201; 301; 401) for a vehicle includes a casing (10; 410), a motor (40), a gear unit (50), an electric unit (21), and a heat medium pathway (74). The motor shaft (43) is provided with a flow passage (75) at a shaft center of a motor shaft (43). The casing (10; 410) includes a motor chamber (31), a gear chamber (SP1), and an electri...