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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2013
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
James B. Borgerson, Clarkston, MI (US);
Daryl A. Wilton, Macomb, MI (US);
Edward W. Mellet, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
James M. Hart, Belleville, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A transmission assembly for use in a motor vehicle is provided. The transmission assembly has a case for housing components of the transmission and an electromechanical device operable to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy. The electromechanical device is disposed within the transmission case. The case may have a main housing portion and a bell housing portion, with the electromechanical device housed in the main housing portion, in some variations. A transmission shaft may be rotatably supported within the case and configured to be connected to an engine of the motor vehicle. A connecting device may continuously interconnect the electromechanical device with the transmission shaft.