×

Hybrid vehicle drive system, wherein mechanism for synthesizing engine and motor outputs is disposed adjacent to transmission

  • US 5,895,333 A
  • Filed: 10/11/1996
  • Issued: 04/20/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle, including an electric motor operated by an electric energy, an engine operated by combustion of a fuel, a transmission, and a synthesizer mechanism which includes hydraulically operated clutch means and which mechanically synthesizes an output of said engine and an output of said electric motor for transmitting a resultant of said outputs of said engine and said electric motor to said transmission, wherein an improvement comprises:

  • said synthesizer mechanism and said transmission being disposed adjacent to each other; and

    a housing which has a partition wall which divides said housing into a first portion and a second portion which are fluid-tightly separated from each other, said engine and said electric motor accommodated in said first portion and said synthesizer mechanism and said transmission accommodated in said second portion.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×