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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2002
Applicants:
Masakiyo Kojima, Susono, JP;
Toshifumi Takaoka, Susono, JP;
Yutaka Taga, Aichi-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 (2006.01); F16H 3/72 (2006.01); F16H 37/06 (2006.01); F16H 35/02 (2006.01); F16H 37/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hybrid-vehicle drive method and system includes an internal combustion engine that includes an output shaft, a first electric motor/generator connected to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine via a power distribution mechanism, a wheel drive shaft connected to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine via the power distribution mechanism, a second electric motor/generator connected to the wheel drive shaft, and a transmission located on at least one of the wheel drive shaft and a connecting portion of the second electric motor/generator with the wheel drive shaft.