To provide an oil feeder allowing oil to flow back to an electric oil pump from an oil storage part without applying a large load to the electric oil pump compared with a conventional one.
The oil feeder 10 includes a mechanical oil pump 11 discharging ATF stored in an oil pan 13 toward a discharge oil passage 31; the electric oil pump 12 discharging the ATF stored in the oil pan 13 toward a discharge oil passage 32; and a main oil passage 33 for supplying an MG1, an MG2 and a gear mechanism 4 with the ATF discharged to the discharge oil passage 31 or the discharge oil passage 32. The oil feeder 10 further includes a communicating oil passage 34 serving for communication between the discharge oil passage 31 and the discharge oil passage 32, and a selector valve 35 provided in the communicating oil passage 34 and capable of switching a communicating state in which the discharge oil passages 31, 32 are in communication, and a non-communicating state in which the discharge oil passages 31, 32 are not in communication.
KURAMOTO MAMORU
Eigarou Ariga