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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2012
Koichi Okuda, Toyota, JP;
Masafumi Yamamoto, Toyota, JP;
Keita Imai, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Keisuke Omuro, Toyota, JP;
Toshiki Kanada, Anjo, JP;
Koichi Okuda, Toyota, JP;
Masafumi Yamamoto, Toyota, JP;
Keita Imai, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Keisuke Omuro, Toyota, JP;
Toshiki Kanada, Anjo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle driving apparatus includes: an engine; a first rotator; a second rotator; a first differential mechanism configured to transmit a rotation of the engine to a driving wheel side; and a switching device configured to shift the first differential mechanism. The first rotator is coaxially disposed with the engine, the second rotator is disposed with the engine, the second rotator is disposed on a different axis from an axis of the engine to constitute a multiple-axis system, the first differential mechanism is coaxially disposed with and between the engine and the first rotator, and the switching device is disposed at an opposite side from the engine with respect to the first rotator.