Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Takahiro Yanaze

Shinya Asaura

Shingo Satake

Ryota Momose

A hybrid vehicle includes: an engine; a transmission; a power transmission path provided between the engine and the transmission; dampers provided in the power transmission path; and a motor, provided between the dampers, the motor including a rotor, a mass body, an elastic member, and a hysteresis mechanism, the elastic member, and a hysteresis mechanism being arranged in parallel between the rotor and the mass body. Further, the hysteresis mechanism applies a frictional force in a direction opposite to a vibration direction of the mass body to the mass body when the mass body vibrates.

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Takahiro Yanaze