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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 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 drive unit includes an internal combustion engine () disposed in an engine compartment (), a first electric motor () and a second electric motor (), and an inverter () disposed above an electromotive unit (). The drive unit has: a first harness () that connects the inverter and the first electric motor; a second harness () that connects the inverter and the second electric motor; a step portion () formed so as to be recessed on one side or the other side, in the left-right direction, of the upper end of the inverter; and an AC terminal block () disposed in the step portion. The first harness and the second harness respectively extend downward from the DC terminal block while extending outward, and are respectively connected to upper parts of the first electric motor and the second electric motor.