Hybrid drive system

• US 20060081404A1
• Filed: 10/14/2005
• Published: 04/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.), Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.), Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Kojima, Masahiro, Ozaki, Kazuhisa, Ishibashi, Atsushi, Adachi, Masatoshi, Kano, Seigo, Wakuta, Satoru, Ikeda, Toshiharu
• Granted Patent: US 7,614,466 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/65.235
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/02 comprising more than one electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/26 characterised by the motors or the generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/365 with the gears having orbital motion
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/40 characterised by the assembly or relative disposition of components
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/445 Differential gearing distribution type
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/448 Electrical distribution type
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/54 Transmission for changing ratio
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2037/0873 with switching, e.g. to change ranges
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/2007 with two sets of orbital gears
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/2023 using a Ravigneaux set with 4 connections
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 3/728 with means to change ratio in the mechanical gearing
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 57/021 Shaft support structures, e.g. partition walls, bearing eyes, casing walls or covers with bearings
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 57/025 Support of gearboxes, e.g. torque arms, or attachment to other devices
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 57/08 of gearings with members having orbital motion
• 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 front end portion of an output shaft is supported by a bearing mounted to an inner peripheral surface of a partition that separates a power distributing planetary gear and a speed change unit. A rear end portion of the output shaft is supported via a bearing which is interposed along a portion of the same plane along which also lies a mounting surface of a bearing in a rear wall that supports a rear end portion of a rotor of a second motor. As a result, the output shaft is supported by a twin support structure via the bearings by the partition and the rear wall.

Claims

1. A hybrid drive system, comprising:

an input shaft which inputs power from an internal combustion engine;

an output shaft which is arranged aligned on a single axis with the input shaft and is operatively linked to a driven wheel;

a first electric motor which is arranged on the single axis and has a stator and a rotor;

a power distributing planetary gear which is arranged on the single axis and has a first rotating element connected to the input shaft, a second rotating element connected to the rotor of the first electric motor, and a third rotating element connected to the output shaft;

a second electric motor which is arranged on the single axis and has a stator and a rotor; and

a speed change unit which is arranged on the single axis and changes a rotation of the rotor of the second electric motor and transmits the resulting rotation to the output shaft,

wherein the first electric motor, the power distributing planetary gear, the second electric motor, and the speed change unit are all housed in a case member and arranged aligned on the single axis such that the power distributing planetary gear and the speed change unit are adjacent to one another;

the stators of the first and second electric motors are fixed to the case member, and the rotors of the first and second electric motors are rotatably supported by a support portion integrated with the case member;

a partition integrated with the case member is provided between the power distributing planetary gear and the speed change unit; and

one shaft, from among the input shaft and the output shaft, has a twin support structure in which one end portion of the shaft is rotatably supported, either directly or indirectly via a bearing member, by the partition part and the other end portion of the shaft is rotatably supported, either directly or indirectly via a bearing member, by the support portion part which supports the rotor.

2. The hybrid drive system according to claim 1, wherein the other shaft, from among the input shaft and the output shaft, is rotatably supported either directly or indirectly by two support portions which support the rotor of the first or second electric motor.

3. The hybrid drive system according to claim 2, wherein the speed change unit and the power distributing planetary gear, which are arranged adjacent to one another, are positioned between the first electric motor and the second electric motor on the single axis.

4. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body suspended by a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an internal combustion engine mounted to the vehicle body; and

the hybrid drive system according to claim 3 mounted to the vehicle body,

wherein the internal combustion engine and the hybrid drive system are arranged in order from the front of the vehicle body with an output shaft of the internal combustion engine aligned on the single axis and the single axis pointing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and

the input shaft of the hybrid drive system is connected to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the output shaft of the hybrid drive system is operatively linked to the rear wheel.

5. The hybrid drive system according to claim 2, wherein a mount portion which can be mounted to a vehicle body is provided on a rear end portion of the case member.

6. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body suspended by a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an internal combustion engine mounted to the vehicle body; and

the hybrid drive system according to claim 5 mounted to the vehicle body,

wherein the internal combustion engine and the hybrid drive system are arranged in order from the front of the vehicle body with an output shaft of the internal combustion engine aligned on the single axis and the single axis pointing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and

the input shaft of the hybrid drive system is connected to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the output shaft of the hybrid drive system is operatively linked to the rear wheel.

7. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body suspended by a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an internal combustion engine mounted to the vehicle body; and

the hybrid drive system according to claim 2 mounted to the vehicle body,

wherein the internal combustion engine and the hybrid drive system are arranged in order from the front of the vehicle body with an output shaft of the internal combustion engine aligned on the single axis and the single axis pointing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and

the input shaft of the hybrid drive system is connected to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the output shaft of the hybrid drive system is operatively linked to the rear wheel.

8. The hybrid drive system according to claim 1, wherein the speed change unit and the power distributing planetary gear, which are arranged adjacent to one another, are positioned between the first electric motor and the second electric motor on the single axis.

9. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body suspended by a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an internal combustion engine mounted to the vehicle body; and

the hybrid drive system according to claim 8 mounted to the vehicle body,

wherein the internal combustion engine and the hybrid drive system are arranged in order from the front of the vehicle body with an output shaft of the internal combustion engine aligned on the single axis and the single axis pointing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and

the input shaft of the hybrid drive system is connected to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the output shaft of the hybrid drive system is operatively linked to the rear wheel.

10. The hybrid drive system according to claim 1, wherein a mount portion which can be mounted to a vehicle body is provided on a rear end portion of the case member.

11. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body suspended by a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an internal combustion engine mounted to the vehicle body; and

the hybrid drive system according to claim 10 mounted to the vehicle body,

wherein the internal combustion engine and the hybrid drive system are arranged in order from the front of the vehicle body with an output shaft of the internal combustion engine aligned on the single axis and the single axis pointing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and

the input shaft of the hybrid drive system is connected to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the output shaft of the hybrid drive system is operatively linked to the rear wheel.

12. The hybrid drive system according to claim 1, wherein the first electric motor, the power distributing planetary gear, the speed change unit, and the second electric motor are arranged on the single axis in that order from the front end side.

13. The hybrid drive system according to claim 12, wherein the input shaft is rotatably supported by the two support portions, one of which supports one of the two end portions of the rotor of the first electric motor and the other of which supports the other of the two end portions of the rotor of the first electric motor;

and the front end portion of the output shaft is rotatably supported via a bearing member by the partition part and the rear end portion of the output shaft is rotatably supported via a bearing member by the support portion part which supports a rear end portion of the rotor of the second electric motor.

14. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body suspended by a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an internal combustion engine mounted to the vehicle body; and

the hybrid drive system according to claim 13 mounted to the vehicle body,

wherein the internal combustion engine and the hybrid drive system are arranged in order from the front of the vehicle body with an output shaft of the internal combustion engine aligned on the single axis and the single axis pointing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and

the input shaft of the hybrid drive system is connected to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the output shaft of the hybrid drive system is operatively linked to the rear wheel.

15. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body suspended by a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an internal combustion engine mounted to the vehicle body; and

the hybrid drive system according to claim 12 mounted to the vehicle body,

wherein the internal combustion engine and the hybrid drive system are arranged in order from the front of the vehicle body with an output shaft of the internal combustion engine aligned on the single axis and the single axis pointing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and

the input shaft of the hybrid drive system is connected to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the output shaft of the hybrid drive system is operatively linked to the rear wheel.

16. The hybrid drive system according to claim 1, wherein the second electric motor, the speed change unit, the power distributing planetary gear, and the first electric motor are arranged on the single axis in that order from the front end side.

17. The hybrid drive system according to claim 16, wherein a front end portion of the input shaft is rotatably supported via a bearing member by the support portion part which supports the front end of the rotor of the second electric motor, and the rear end portion of the input shaft is rotatably supported via a bearing member by the partition part;

and the output shaft is rotatably supported by the two support portions, one of which supports one end of the rotor of the first electric motor and the other of which supports the other end of the rotor of the first electric motor.

18. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body suspended by a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an internal combustion engine mounted to the vehicle body; and

the hybrid drive system according to claim 17 mounted to the vehicle body,

wherein the internal combustion engine and the hybrid drive system are arranged in order from the front of the vehicle body with an output shaft of the internal combustion engine aligned on the single axis and the single axis pointing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and

the input shaft of the hybrid drive system is connected to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the output shaft of the hybrid drive system is operatively linked to the rear wheel.

19. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body suspended by a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an internal combustion engine mounted to the vehicle body; and

the hybrid drive system according to claim 16 mounted to the vehicle body,

wherein the internal combustion engine and the hybrid drive system are arranged in order from the front of the vehicle body with an output shaft of the internal combustion engine aligned on the single axis and the single axis pointing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and

the input shaft of the hybrid drive system is connected to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the output shaft of the hybrid drive system is operatively linked to the rear wheel.

20. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body suspended by a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an internal combustion engine mounted to the vehicle body; and

the hybrid drive system according to claim 1 mounted to the vehicle body,

wherein the internal combustion engine and the hybrid drive system are arranged in order from the front of the vehicle body with an output shaft of the internal combustion engine aligned on the single axis and the single axis pointing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and

the input shaft of the hybrid drive system is connected to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the output shaft of the hybrid drive system is operatively linked to the rear wheel.