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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenichirou Matsubara, Chiyoda, JP;
Yuzo Kadomukai, Ishioka, JP;
Toshiyuki Innami, Tsuchiura, JP;
Kou Ajima, Hitachioota, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 2/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 2/902 ;
Abstract
A motor/generator apparatus for a vehicle which includes an electric machine acting as a motor or as a generator and also includes a transmission for bi-directionally transmitting a driving force between the an electric machine and a crank shaft of an engine and which is arranged so that the direction of a rotary shaft of the transmission when the an electric machine functions as the motor is the same as that when the an electric machine functions as the generator.