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Patent No.:

US 9776625 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2015

Vehicle drive device

Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Junichi Yukawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mahmoud Ismail

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60W 20/19 (2016.01); B60K 6/24 (2007.10); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); F02D 23/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/26 (2007.10); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); F02B 37/04 (2006.01); F02B 39/10 (2006.01); F02B 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/19 (2016.01); B60K 6/24 (2013.01); B60K 6/26 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 30/18127 (2013.01); F02D 23/00 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/43 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/51 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01); F02B 33/00 (2013.01); F02B 37/04 (2013.01); F02B 39/10 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6221 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6295 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle drive device includes an engine configured to be mounted to a vehicle, a drive shaft mechanically connected to the engine as to drive the vehicle, a first power connecting-disconnecting unit connected to one of the drive shaft and the engine, a motor generator mechanically connected to the one of the drive shaft and the engine via the first power connecting-disconnecting unit, a second power connecting-disconnecting unit connected to the motor generator, and a supercharger mechanically connected to the motor generator via the second power connecting-disconnecting unit. The vehicle drive device can retrieve regenerative electric power efficiently.

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