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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1997
Dieter Lutz, Schweinfurt, DE;
Franz Nagler, Gadheim-Ottendorf, DE;
Fichtel & Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Abstract
In a motor vehicle, a modular unit including an internal combustion engine with an engine housing and a crankshaft for power take-off, and an electric generator/motor, the generator housing of which is permanently connected to the engine housing, and the rotor of which is coaxially and non-rotationally connected to the crankshaft. According to at least one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the modular unit is characterized by the fact that there is an elastically deformable torque transmission plate which is permanently connected by means of a flange to the driven end of the crankshaft, and is permanently connected on the circumferential side to the rotor, and that the rotor is rotationally mounted in the generator housing.