Hybrid driving module
AssigneeValeo Kapec Co., Ltd.
InventorJung-Woo Kim
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a hybrid drive module, which may ensure pressing pressure for a lock-up clutch while reducing, through a simple structure, operating pressure of a piston for pressing a lock-up clutch disposed in a space to which fluid pressure of a torque converter is applied, the hybrid drive module having a small number of components and being capable of being easily assembled. The present invention is accomplished by providing a compensation chamber of the piston and filling the compensation chamber with a low-pressure fluid. In addition, the low-pressure fluid may be used as a fluid for lubricating and cooling an engine clutch.
Claims14
A hybrid drive module, which is disposed between an engine and a transmission of a power system and includes a motor configured to provide power to the transmission, the hybrid drive module comprising:
- a rotor hub on which a rotor of the motor is installed, the rotor hub dividing an internal space of the hybrid drive module into a first accommodation space and a second accommodation space in an axial direction;
- a fluid clutch and a first clutch pack connected to the rotor hub respectfully and accommodated in the first accommodation space, the first accommodation space configured to allow a first fluid for operating the fluid clutch and cooling the first clutch pack to flow and fill the first accommodation space;
- a first piston plate installed in the first accommodation space and configured to press or release the first clutch pack;
- a first operation chamber installed in the first accommodation space and filled with a second fluid that generates pressure for moving the first piston plate toward the first clutch pack;
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- a first compensation chamber installed in the first accommodation space and filled with a third fluid in the second accommodation space with pressure lower than pressure of the first fluid in the first accommodation space through the rotor hub,
- wherein the first piston plate has a first surface directed toward the first clutch pack in the axial direction and facing the first compensation chamber, and a second surface opposite to the first surface in the axial direction and facing the first operation chamber,
- wherein the first piston plate is disposed between the rotor hub and the first operation chamber in the axial direction, and
- wherein the first operation chamber is defined by the second surface and a support cylinder disposed to face the second surface in the axial direction and connected to the rotor hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.