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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2003
Yutaka Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihito Asao, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihito Asao, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt drive system can appropriately transmit power of an electric rotating machine without setting initial belt tension to be large. In the belt drive system, a stationary tension pulleyis located on the side opposite to a crank pulley with respect to an electric rotating machine pulleyso that contact angle of a belt that is wrapped around the electric rotating machine pulleyin contact therewith may be in a range of 130° to 230°; an idle pulleyof a first stopper-equipped auto-tensioneris located between the electric rotating machine pulleyand an internal combustion engine crank pulley; and position of the idle pulleyis fixed at the time of starting an internal combustion engine; while the idle pulleycoming to be movable at the time of driving the electric rotating machine as a generator.