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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hideaki Komada, Gotemba, JP;
Takahito Endo, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;
Kensei Hata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Akiko Nishimine, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A drive unit is provided for hybrid vehicles capable of reducing electric power consumption during propulsion in an EV mode. The drive unit includes a first planetary gear unit to which an engine is connected, and a second planetary gear unit connected to a third rotary element of the first planetary gear unit. The drive unit includes a first engagement device that connects a first rotary element of the first planetary gear unit and a sixth rotary element of the second planetary gear unit, and a second engagement device that connects a fourth rotary element and the sixth rotary element of the second planetary gear unit.