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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Satoru Kasuya, Hazu, JP;
Mikio Iwase, Anjo, JP;
Tomohide Suzuki, Kariya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Aisin Aw Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); F16H 3/72 (2006.01); F16H 48/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle drive device that includes a speed change mechanism; a hydraulic transmission provided closer to an engine attachment side than the speed change mechanism is and including a lock-up clutch; an electric motor having a rotor and a stator and connecting the rotor to an input portion of the hydraulic transmission; and an engine power cut-off clutch that transmits or cuts off a driving force of an engine to or from the hydraulic transmission.