Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Corporation

Yongdal Choi

Seong Wook Hwang

Wonmin Cho

Juhyeon Park

Tae Whan Kim

Hyung-Min Kim

Jong Hyo Park

Jaewook Lee

Youngbae Ryu

A power transmission apparatus of a hybrid vehicle having an engine and first and second motor-generators includes: a planetary gear set disposed on a first motor shaft of the first motor-generator, and including a planet carrier connected to an engine shaft, a sun gear connected to the first motor shaft, and a ring gear connected to a drive gear through a one-way clutch, a second motor shaft gear connected to a second motor shaft of the second motor-generator, an output shaft disposed between the engine shaft and the second motor shaft, and a brake unit to selectively connect the sun gear and the ring gear to a transmission housing. In particular, the output shaft is externally gear-meshed with the drive gear and the second motor shaft gear respectively through a driven gear, and externally gear-meshed with a final reduction gear of the differential gear through an output gear.

Power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle

A power transmission apparatus for a hybrid vehicle of which a second motor shaft gear of a second motor-generator is disposed on one side of a second motor shaft disposed in parallel with the first motor shaft, includes a planetary gear set disposed on the first motor shaft and including one rotation element and the other rotation element are fixedly connected to the engine output shaft and the first motor shaft, respectively, and one remaining rotation element is engaged to the other rotation element, and the planetary gear set in which a drive gear is connected to the remaining rotation element through a one-way clutch, and an output shaft disposed in parallel between the engine output shaft and the second motor shaft, externally gear-engaged with each of the drive gear and the second motor shaft gear through a driven gear fixedly connected to one side.

Power transmission system of hybrid electric vehicle

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Yongdal Choi