Hybrid vehicle
AssigneeKanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi SUGIMOTO, Yoshitaka KOCHIDOMARI, Hongkun WANG, Fumiaki ITO
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Abstract
A hybrid vehicle may include an engine, a drive wheel, a CVT for driving the drive wheel by continuously changing an engine power, an electric motor for driving the drive wheel, and a transaxle mechanically linked to the drive wheel. The transaxle may include an input shaft having first and second ends axially opposite each other and a clutch interposed between the motor and the input shaft. The first end of the input shaft is structured to receive power from the CVT and the second end of the input shaft is structured to receive power from the electric motor, The clutch, the second end of the input shaft and a motor shaft serving as a rotary axis of the motor are coaxially disposed.
Claims4
A hybrid vehicle, comprising:
- an engine;
- a drive wheel;
- a CVT for driving the drive wheel by continuously changing an engine power;
- an electric motor for driving the drive wheel;
- and
- a transaxle mechanically linked to the drive wheel;
- wherein the transaxle comprises,
- an input shaft having first and second ends axially opposite each other, the first end of the input shaft being structured to receive power from the CVT and the second end of the input shaft being structured to receive power from the electric motor;
- and
- a clutch interposed between the motor and the input shaft;
- wherein the clutch, the second end of the input shaft and a motor shaft serving as a rotary axis of the motor are coaxially disposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.