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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2020
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Tanizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinsuke Horibe, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Yamagishi, Okazaki, JP;
Chika Takaba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Ando, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Higashitani, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Umemura, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.