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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Ohsawa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/02 ; B60K 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/02 ; B60K 1/02 ;
Abstract
A motor assist apparatus for a vehicle having a motor for assisting driving force of an internal combustion engine. The motor assist apparatus is built in a motor housing installed between a cylinder block of the engine and the case of the transmission. The motor housing has a length in the cylinder line direction which is equal to the distance between the centers of cylinders of the engine. As a result, the motor assist apparatus can utilize a part of an engine with one more cylinder when adapting the motor assist apparatus to the vehicle engine.