Power transmission apparatus for an automobile
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsToshimichi Minowa, Ryoso Masaki, Toshiyuki Innami, Yuzo Kadomukai
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Abstract
Disclosed is a power transmission apparatus for an automobile comprising an engine 1, a generator 15 driven by an output of the engine 1, and a motor 29 driven by a generation output of the generator 15 and a discharge output of a battery 47, wherein a clutch mechanism 23 is provided between an output shaft of the engine 1 and an output shaft of the generator 15. In a hybrid vehicle, a loss caused by an inertia torque of the generator can be avoided.
Claims4
A power transmission apparatus for an automobile having a mechanism in which a rotational force of an internal combustion engine and a rotational force of an electric motor are synthesized or selectively switched to drive a drive wheel, the rotational force of said internal combustion engine or said drive wheel being convertible by a generator into electric power for being supplied to said electric motor, comprising:
- a mechanism configured to disconnect said generator from a rotational force transmission system comprised of said internal combustion engine and said drive wheel;
- wherein the rotational force transmission system has a mechanism for switching a first transmission system having a first speed change ratio to or from a second transmission system having a second speed change ratio such that, with rotation transmitted by said first transmission system, the rotational force transmission system is disconnected from said generator and, with rotation transmitted by said second transmission system, the rotational force transmission system is connected to said generator.
A power transmission apparatus for an automobile having a mechanism in which a rotational force of an internal combustion engine and a rotational force of an electric motor are synthesized or selectively switched to drive a drive wheel, the rotational force of said internal combustion engine or said drive wheel being convertible by a generator into electric power for being supplied to said electric motor, comprising:
- a mechanism configured to disconnect said generator from a rotational force transmission system comprised of said internal combustion engine and said drive wheel;
- wherein the rotational force transmission system has a mechanism for switching a first transmission system having a first speed change ratio, a second transmission system having a second speed change ratio and a neutral state for disconnecting the rotational force transmission system;
- such that
- with rotation transmitted by said first transmission system, the rotational force transmission system is disconnected from said generator;
- and
- with rotation transmitted by said second transmission system and rotation in said neutral state, the rotational force transmission system is connected to said generator.
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