HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM

• US 20180022202A1
• Filed: 01/28/2015
• Published: 01/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Urabe, Eiichirou, Takei, Hiroshi, Fukuda, Takashi, Katou, Hidetoshi, Saika, Hitoshi, Aiba, Tsukasa, Hagimoto, Takahiro, Masuda, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 10,675,962 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/02 comprising more than one electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 13/04 concerning exhaust collecting exhaust gases with central suction systems not forming part of vehicles, e.g. in workshops or tunnels B08B15/002, otherwise along carriageways E01C1/005; extensions for melting snow on roads E01H5/00, E01H6/00; exhaust or silencing apparatus for internal combustion engines per se F01N; pipes, joints or supports therefor F16L
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/40 characterised by the assembly or relative disposition of components
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/405 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/442 Series-parallel switching type
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/485 Motor-assist type
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2304/03 Reducing weight
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2304/05 Reducing production costs, e.g. by redesign
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2306/09 Reducing noise
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/33 Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics H02K11/38 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/225 Terminal boxes or connection arrangements specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/24 specially adapted for suppression or reduction of noise or vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/006 Structural association of a motor or generator with the drive train of a motor vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/116 with gears
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/951 Assembly or relative location of components
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/952 Housing details

Abstract

A hybrid vehicle driving system includes: a generator; a motor; a case which accommodates the generator and the motor; and a power control unit for controlling the generator and the motor, the generator and the motor being disposed side by side on a same axis within the case. The power control unit is mounted on the case by connecting a unit-side generator connector and a unit-side motor connector which are provided on a bottom surface of the power control unit with a case-side generator connector and a case-side motor connector which are disposed on the case, directly and respectively. The case is fixed to a vehicle framework member via a mount member, and a fixing point where the case and the mount member are fixed together is disposed near the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector.

Claims

1. A hybrid vehicle driving system comprising;

a generator which can generate electric power using power of an engine;

a motor which is driven by electric power to drive wheels;

a case which accommodates the generator and the motor; and

a power control unit for controlling the generator and the motor,

the generator and the motor being disposed side by side on a same axis within the case,

wherein the power control unit is mounted on the case by connecting a unit-side generator connector and a unit-side motor connector which are provided on a bottom surface of the power control unit with a case-side generator connector and a case-side motor connector which are disposed on the case, directly and respectively,

wherein the case is fixed to a vehicle framework member via a mount member, and

wherein a fixing point where the case and the mount member are fixed together is disposed near the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector.

2. The hybrid vehicle driving system according to claim 1,

wherein a distance from the fixing point to the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector is shorter than a distance from the fixing point to a body-side fixing point where the mount member and the vehicle framework member are fixed together.

3. The hybrid vehicle driving system according to claim 1,

wherein when looking at the fixing point from a direction which is at right angles to a direction in which the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector are aligned, the fixing point is situated between an inner end portion of the case-side generator connector and an inner end portion of the case-side motor connector.

4. The hybrid vehicle driving system according to claim 1,

wherein the fixing point includes a first fixing point which is situated between an inner end portion of the case-side generator connector and an inner end portion of the case-side motor connector, and further a second fixing point and a third fixing point which differ from the first fixing point, and

wherein when looking at the second fixing point and the third fixing point from a direction which is at right angles to a direction in which the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector are aligned, the second fixing point and the third fixing point are situated between an outer end portion of the case-side generator connector and an outer end portion of the case-side motor connector.

5. The hybrid vehicle driving system according to claim 1,

wherein the power control unit and the case are fastened together with bolts, and

wherein at least four bolt fastening points where the power control unit and the case are fastened together are provided so as to surround the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector in such a way as to form a rectangular shape therearound.

6. The hybrid vehicle driving system according to claim 1,

wherein the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector are fixed to the case by a connector holding member,

wherein the power control unit is fixed to the connector holding member, and

wherein a fixing point where the power control unit and the connector holding member are fixed together is disposed near the fixing point where the case and the mount member are fixed together.

7. The hybrid vehicle driving system according to claim 6,

wherein the connector holding member and the case are fastened together with a bolt, and

wherein when looking at a bolt fastening point where the connector holding member and the case are fastened together with the bolt from a direction in which the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector are aligned, the bolt fastening point is situated between the fixing portion where the power control unit and the connector holding member are fixed together and the fixing point where the case and the mount member are fixed together.

8. The hybrid vehicle driving system according to claim 1,

wherein in an axial direction and a direction which is at right angles to the axial direction, lengths of the power control unit are shorter than lengths of the case.

9. The hybrid vehicle driving system according to claim 1,

wherein the generator and the motor which are disposed side by side in the case are disposed within an engine compartment together with the engine, and

wherein in a state where the case is fixed to the vehicle framework member via the mount member, the power control unit is disposed such that an upper surface of the power control unit is inclined upwards from a front towards a rear thereof so as to follow a shape of a hood which covers the engine compartment.

10. The hybrid vehicle driving system according to claim 9,

wherein the power control unit has a water jacket, and

wherein the water jacket communicates with an air bleeding tank which is provided rearwards.

11. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the power control unit is rested on a power control unit resting portion which is provided on an upper surface of the case with a space defined therebetween, and

wherein a recessed portion is formed on the case so as to be adjacent to the power control unit resting portion.

15. The hybrid vehicle driving system according to claim 1,

wherein the engine has an exhaust pipe which is connected to the engine,

wherein the engine is disposed adjacent to the case in a width direction of a vehicle,

wherein the exhaust pipe extends from a front towards a rear of the vehicle while passing underneath the engine, and

wherein the power control unit is disposed so as to be offset in the width direction from a projection zone where the exhaust pipe is projected in an up-down direction.

12. A hybrid vehicle driving system comprising:

a generator which can generate electric power using power of an engine;

a motor which is driven by electric power to drive wheels;

a case which accommodates the generator and the motor; and

a power control unit for controlling the generator and the motor,

the generator and the motor being disposed side by side on a same axis within the case,

wherein the power control unit is mounted on the case by connecting a unit-side generator connector and a unit-side motor connector which are provided on a bottom surface of the power control unit with a case-side generator connector and a case-side motor connector which are disposed on the case, directly and respectively,

wherein the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector are disposed between a center of the generator and a center of the motor in the axial direction, and

wherein the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector are disposed side by side along a direction which is at right angles to the axial direction.

13. The hybrid vehicle driving system according to claim 12,

wherein a generator resolver and a motor resolver are provided inwards of a coil transition portion of the generator and a coil transition portion of the motor in a radial direction and between the generator and the motor in the axial direction, and

wherein a generator resolver stator which makes up the generator resolver and a motor resolver stator which makes up the motor resolver are supported on a partition wall which divides an inside of the case into a generator accommodating portion and a motor accommodating portion.

14. The hybrid vehicle driving system according to claim 12,

wherein a generator resolver and a motor resolver are provided inwards of a coil transition portion of the generator and a coil transition portion of the motor in a radial direction and between the generator and the motor in the axial direction,

wherein a resolver connector is provided on the case, and

wherein the resolver connector is provided on a surface of the case which differs from a surface thereof where the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector are provided.