Hybrid vehicle drive device

Abstract

A hybrid vehicle drive unit including a first planetary gear mechanism; a second planetary gear mechanism; a clutch; and a brake, wherein a first sun gear that is a sun gear of the first planetary gear mechanism is connected to a first rotating electric machine, a first ring gear that is a ring gear of the first planetary gear mechanism is connected to an engine, and a first carrier that is a carrier of the first planetary gear mechanism is connected to a second rotating element of the second planetary gear mechanism and to driving wheels, a first rotating element of the second planetary gear mechanism is connected to the engine and the first ring gear via the clutch, and a third rotating element is connected to a second rotating electric machine, the first rotating element is a sun gear of the second planetary gear mechanism, and the brake regulates a rotation of the first rotating element.

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