Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kenji Umemura

Toshihiko Ando

Shoji Tanizawa

Shinsuke Horibe

Masaharu Yamagishi

Kohei Higashitani

Chika Takaba

A drive unit includes an internal combustion engine () disposed in an engine compartment (), a first electric motor () and a second electric motor (), and an inverter () disposed above an electromotive unit (). The drive unit has: a first harness () that connects the inverter and the first electric motor; a second harness () that connects the inverter and the second electric motor; a step portion () formed so as to be recessed on one side or the other side, in the left-right direction, of the upper end of the inverter; and an AC terminal block () disposed in the step portion. The first harness and the second harness respectively extend downward from the DC terminal block while extending outward, and are respectively connected to upper parts of the first electric motor and the second electric motor.

Vehicle drive unit

A vehicle drive unit includes an internal combustion engine (), an electromotive unit () having a first electric motor () and a second electric motor (), an inverter () disposed above the electromotive unit, a first harness () that electrically connects the inverter and a first terminal block () of the first electric motor, and a second harness () that electrically connects the inverter and a second terminal block () of the second electric motor. The first electric motor and the second electric motor are disposed in a vehicle front-rear direction. Of the first electric motor and the second electric motor, one electric motor is disposed on the front side in the front-rear direction, and the other electric motor is disposed on the rear side in the front-rear direction. The other electric motor is offset upward in the up-down direction with respect to the one electric motor. The electromotive unit has a predetermined space (A) formed: in a region above the one electric motor and in rear of the front end of the one electric motor; and in a region in front of the other motor and below the upper end of the other electric motor. The first terminal block and the second terminal block are located in the predetermined space.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Umemura