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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Takahiro Yanaze, Toyota, JP;
Shinya Asaura, Toyota, JP;
Ryota Momose, Toyota, JP;
Shingo Satake, Nagakute, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
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.