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Hybrid vehicle and method of assembling same

  • US 7,780,562 B2
  • Filed: 01/09/2006
  • Issued: 08/24/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle, comprising:

  • one or more drive shafts disposed between a heat engine and a differential, wherein a first drive shaft is configured to couple a gear reduction unit and an electrical device via at least two universal joints such that substantially all of the torque generated by the heat engine is channeled through the gear reduction unit to the electrical device; and

    a second drive shaft configured to couple the electrical device and the differential via at least two additional universal joints.

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