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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Kiyohito Murata, Susono, JP;
Inventor:
Kiyohito Murata, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/28 (2006.01); B60K 6/22 (2007.10); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); H02K 7/00 (2006.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01); B60K 6/26 (2007.10); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 7/14 (2006.01); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60K 11/02 (2006.01); B60W 20/10 (2016.01); F16H 48/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/17 (2016.01); F16H 3/72 (2006.01); F16H 37/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/1084 (2013.01); B60K 6/22 (2013.01); B60K 6/26 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60K 11/02 (2013.01); B60L 3/0023 (2013.01); B60L 7/14 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 15/2009 (2013.01); B60L 15/2054 (2013.01); B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60W 20/17 (2016.01); F16H 1/28 (2013.01); F16H 3/727 (2013.01); F16H 48/08 (2013.01); H02K 7/003 (2013.01); H02K 7/116 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2220/14 (2013.01); B60L 2220/50 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/36 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/441 (2013.01); B60L 2240/443 (2013.01); B60L 2240/445 (2013.01); B60L 2240/486 (2013.01); B60L 2270/142 (2013.01); B60L 2270/145 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/58 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/48 (2013.01); F16H 3/724 (2013.01); F16H 2037/0866 (2013.01); F16H 2048/085 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2007 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2097 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6217 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/641 (2013.01); Y02T 10/645 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7241 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7275 (2013.01); Y10S 903/902 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle drive apparatus includes: an engine; a rotary machine; an output member coupled to a drive wheel of a vehicle; a differential mechanism configured to couple the engine, the rotary machine, and the output member together to be differentially rotatable via a plurality of differentially rotatable rotational elements; and an elastic member configured to couple a rotation shaft of the rotary machine to the rotational element of the differential mechanism to be relatively rotatable.