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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2012
Yosuke Hayashi, Toyota, JP;
Kan Sasaki, Nagoya, JP;
Takeharu Koide, Toyota, JP;
Akemi Okawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yosuke Hayashi, Toyota, JP;
Kan Sasaki, Nagoya, JP;
Takeharu Koide, Toyota, JP;
Akemi Okawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Aisin AI Co., Ltd., Aichi-ken, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A drive unit for a hybrid vehicle includes an engine mounted on a front portion of a vehicle, a motor mounted on the front portion of the vehicle, a transmission mounted on a rear portion of the vehicle, an auxiliary transmission connected to an output shaft of the engine and to an output shaft of the motor, and a connecting shaft connecting an output shaft of the auxiliary transmission to the transmission, wherein the motor is arranged to be closer to a rear portion of the auxiliary transmission than to a front portion of the auxiliary transmission in a front/rear direction of the vehicle and to be below the connecting shaft.