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Hybrid vehicle driving device
Assignee: Aisin AW Co Ltd
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Filing: 2000-10-02
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2020-10-02
Abstract
Abstract A hybrid vehicle driving device, wherein a motor generator (6) is disposed, with a specified clearance (C) provided between the motor generator and a rotor (43), on the outer diameter side of an intermediate portion (30b) at a position where at least a part of the motor generator is overlapped axially with a torque converter (5) and a rotor (43) is supported by one or a combination of two of the torque converter (5), a motor housing (15), and a crankshaft (52) except by the motor housing (15) only, whereby, by the presence of the space (C), the rotor (43) is not affected by the torque converter (5) on the outer diameter side and thus the efficiency of a motor will not be lowered.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeo Aisin Aw Co. Ltd. TSUDUKI
- 👤 Takeshi Aisin Aw Co. Ltd. INUDUKA
- 👤 Satoru Aisin Aw Co. Ltd. WAKUTA
- 👤 Takahiro Aisin Aw Co. Ltd. KIDO
- 👤 Takao Aisin Aw Co. Ltd. TANIGUCHI
- 👤 Kazumasa Aisin Aw Co. Ltd. Tsukamoto
- 👤 Kenji Aisin Aw Co. Ltd. OMOTE
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K6/00; B60K6/20; B60K6/22; B60K6/26; B60K6/38; B60K6/383; B60K6/40; B60K6/42; B60K6/48; B60K6/485; B60K6/50; B60K6/54; B60K6/547; H; H02; H02K; H02K7/00; H02K7/006; H02K7/18; H02K7/1807; H02K7/1815; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/60; Y02T10/62
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine; a motor constituted by a stator and a rotor; an automatic transmission having a fluid transmitting
apparatus; and a case for receiving said motor; and a driving force output from said engine and said motor being
transmitted to an input member of said fluid transmitting
apparatus, characterized in that said motor is arranged in a side of an
outer diameter of said fluid transmitting apparatus at a position
at which at least a part of said motor is overlapped with said
fluid transmitting apparatus in an axial direction, with a
predetermined gap between said rotor and said fluid transmitting
apparatus, and said rotor is supported by one of said fluid transmitting
apparatus and an output shaft of said engine or a combination of
any two among said fluid transmitting apparatus, said case and the
output shaft of said engine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
34 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim I, characterized in that said rotor is supported by the output shaft
of said engine and an input member of said fluid transmitting
apparatus.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that said rotor is fixed to and supported by the
input member of said fluid transmitting apparatus.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that said rotor is fixed to and supported by the
output shaft of said engine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that said rotor is supported by said case and the
input member of said fluid transmitting apparatus.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that said rotor is supported by said case and the
output shaft of said engine.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
64 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 2, characterized in that said rotor has a shaft portion at a center
of rotation thereof, and the shaft portion of said rotor is in
contact with an output shaft of said engine in an axially narrow
area, thereby being supported by said output shaft in such a
manner as to freely move relatively.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
86 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 7, characterized in that a concave portion is formed on an end
surface of the output shaft of said engine, an annular protruding groove portion is formed in an axially
narrow area on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion of
the rotor, and a shaft portion of said rotor is inserted to said concave
portion and said protruding groove portion is in contact with said
output shaft, thereby being supported by said output shaft.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
68 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to any of
claims 2, 7 or 8, characterized in that said fluid transmitting
apparatus has a front cover covering a turbine runner and serving
as said input member connected to a pump impeller, and said rotor is supported in a portion opposing said rotor in
said front cover and in a side of an outer diameter of said cover.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 9, characterized in that said fluid transmitting apparatus has a
center piece at a center of rotation thereof, and said rotor is centered by said center piece.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
99 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to any of
claims 2, 7, 8, 9 or 10, characterized in that a flex plate for
transmitting a driving force is provided between the output shaft
of said engine and said rotor, a part of said flex plate is extended out to a side of an
outer diameter of the stator in said motor, and a sensor for detecting a phase of the rotor in said motor is
arranged in the side of the outer diameter of said motor so as to
detect the extended portion of said flex plate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
112 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 2,
7, 8, 9, 10 or 11, characterized in that an end portion of an
output shaft of said engine is rotatably supported by a bearing
portion and a concave portion is formed on an end surface of said
output shaft, said rotor has a shaft portion in a center of rotation thereof
and said shaft portion is inserted to said concave portion so as
to be supported to said output shaft, and a portion to which the shaft portion of said rotor is
supported is arranged so that at least a part of the portion is
overlapped with said bearing portion.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
46 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 3, characterized in that said engine output shaft and the input
member of said fluid transmitting apparatus are supported so as to
freely move relatively and connected so as to freely move in an
axial direction.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
46 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 4, characterized in that said engine output shaft and the input
member of said fluid transmitting apparatus are supported so as to
freely move relatively and connected so as to freely move in an
axial direction.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
55 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 5, characterized in that said rotor and the input member of said
fluid transmitting apparatus are integrally fixed so as to be
rotatably supported to said case and connected to the output shaft
of said engine so as to freely move in an axial direction.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
55 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 6, characterized in that said rotor and the output shaft of said
engine are integrally fixed so as to be rotatably supported to
said case and connected to the input member of said fluid
transmitting apparatus so as to freely move in an axial direction.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
74 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to any of
claims 1 to 16, characterized in that said fluid transmitting
apparatus has a front cover covering a turbine runner and serving
as said input member connected to a pump impeller, and said front cover has a flat portion extending in an axial
direction and said rotor is arranged in a side of an outer side of
said flat portion with said predetermined gap.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to any of
claims 1 to 17, characterized in that said predetermined gap is
within a range between 0.8 and 3.5 mm.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
58 words
The drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 17, characterized in that said fluid transmission apparatus is
constituted by a multi-disc clutch and has a lockup clutch for
connecting said input member to said turbine, and said lockup clutch is arranged in a side of an inner diameter
of said flat portion in said front cover.
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