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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
Teruhisa Kidokoro, Saitama, JP;
Kenji Honda, Saitama, JP;
Naohisa Morishita, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle is provided with a first transmission passage for transmitting driving force of an engine to driving wheels and a second transmission passage for transmitting driving force of a driving motor to the driving wheels, and driven by selectively using or in combination of the first transmission passage and the second transmission passage. The hybrid vehicle includes: a first input gear for inputting the driving force of the engine; a second input gear for inputting the driving force of the driving motor; and an idle gear meshed with the first input gear and the second input gear, and transmitting at least one of the driving force of the engine and the driving force of the driving motor toward the driving wheels. The driving force to be input from at least one of the first input gear and the second input gear is transmitted to the driving wheels via the idle gear and the final differential gears.