# US 2014/0194238 A1 · Hybrid vehicle driving apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0194238 A1 - Document ID: US20140194238A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/234,726 - Filed: 2011-07-27 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-07-27 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Tomohito Ono; Yuji Iwase; Yosuke Suzuki; Kensei Hata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194238A1 ## CPC - B60K 6/50: Architecture of the driveline characterised by arrangement or kind of transmission units - B60K 6/365: with the gears having orbital motion - B60K 6/383: One-way clutches or freewheel devices - B60K 6/387: Actuated clutches, i.e. clutches engaged or disengaged by electric, hydraulic or mechanical actuating means - B60K 6/445: Differential gearing distribution type - F16H 3/728: {with means to change ratio in the mechanical gearing} - B60K 2006/381: {characterized by driveline brakes} - F16H 2200/2007: with two sets of orbital gears - F16H 2200/2035: with two engaging means - Y02T 10/62: Hybrid vehicles - Y10S 903/911: with two or more gear sets - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - F16H: GEARING - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract A hybrid vehicle driving apparatus includes: a first planetary gear mechanism; a second planetary gear mechanism; a clutch that connects and disconnects a carrier of the first planetary gear mechanism to and from a carrier of the second planetary gear mechanism; and a brake that regulates the rotation of the carrier of the second planetary gear mechanism by engaging, in which a sun gear, the carrier, and a ring gear of the first planetary gear mechanism are respectively connected to a first rotating electric machine, an engine, and a driving wheel, and a sun gear and a ring gear of the second planetary gear mechanism are respectively connected to a second rotating electric machine and the driving wheel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hybrid vehicle driving apparatus comprising: a first planetary gear mechanism; a second planetary gear mechanism; a clutch configured to connect and disconnects a carrier of the first planetary gear mechanism to and from a carrier of the second planetary gear mechanism; and a brake configured to regulate the rotation of the carrier of the second planetary gear mechanism by engaging, a sun gear, the carrier, and a ring gear of the first planetary gear mechanism being respectively connected to a first rotating electric machine, an engine, and a driving wheel, and a sun gear and a ring gear of the second planetary gear mechanism being respectively connected to a second rotating electric machine and the driving wheel wherein an alignment order of rotating elements of the first planetary gear mechanism and the second planetary gear mechanism in the collinear chart when the clutch is engaged and the brake is disengaged is in the order of the sun gear of the first planetary gear mechanism, the sun gear of the second planetary gear mechanism, the carrier of the first planetary gear mechanism and the carrier of the second planetary gear mechanism, and the ring gear of the first planetary gear mechanism and the ring gear of the second planetary gear mechanism. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a Mode 2 is executed, the Mode 2 is a driving mode in which the brake and the clutch are independently engaged, the engine stops and at least one of the first rotating electric machine and the second rotating electric machine is used as a power source for the hybrid vehicle. ### Claim 3 (canceled) ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in hybrid driving in which the hybrid vehicle is driven by at least the engine as a power source, at least two modes of a Mode 3, a Mode 4, and a Mode 5 are selectively implemented, the Mode 3 is a driving mode in which the clutch is disengaged, the brake is engaged and at least one of the engine, the first rotating electric machine and the second rotating electric machine is used as a power source, the Mode 4 is a driving mode in, which the clutch is engaged, the brake is disengaged, the ring gear of the first planetary gear mechanism and the ring gear of the second planetary gear mechanism rotate together and the carrier of the first planetary gear mechanism and the carrier of the second planetary gear mechanism rotate together, the Mode 5 is driving mode in which the clutch and the brake are disengaged and the second rotating electric machine is disengaged from a transmission path of a power. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a Mode 1 is executed, the Mode 1 is a driving mode in which the clutch is disengaged, the brake is engaged, the engine stops and the second rotating electric machine is used as a power source for the hybrid vehicle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, on the same axis as a rotating shaft of the engine, the first rotating electric machine, the first planetary gear mechanism, the clutch, the second planetary gear mechanism, the brake, and the second rotating electric machine are disposed in this order from a side close to the engine. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, on the same axis as a rotating shaft of the engine, the first rotating electric machine, the first planetary gear mechanism, the second rotating electric machine, the second planetary gear mechanism, the clutch, and the brake are disposed in this order from a side close to the engine. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, on the same axis as a rotating shaft of the engine, the first planetary gear mechanism, the clutch, the second planetary gear mechanism, the brake, the second rotating electric machine, and the first rotating electric machine are disposed in this order from a side close to the engine. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle driving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a one-way clutch configured to permit the rotation of the carrier of the second planetary gear mechanism in a forward direction in the case where a rotational direction of the ring gear of the second planetary gear mechanism when the hybrid vehicle travels forward is determined to be the forward direction, and the one-way clutch being configured to regulate the rotation in an opposite direction to the forward direction.