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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steven A. Frait, Milan, MI (US);
John E. Brevick, Livonia, MI (US);
Keith A. Devereaux, Roseville, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/40 (2007.10); F16H 45/00 (2006.01); F16D 47/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 47/06 (2013.01); B60K 6/40 (2013.01); F16H 2045/002 (2013.01); Y10S 903/951 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly includes a torque converter concentric with an axis, a rotor hub drivably connected for rotation about the axis to an electric machine and selectively to an engine through a disconnect clutch, a coupler located between the rotor hub and torque converter, providing a rotational connection and an axial connection between the coupler and the rotor hub, and a flex plate providing second rotational and axial connections between the coupler and the torque converter.