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Hybrid drive system

US5875691A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 1996
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19014
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hybrid drive system for outputting the power of an internal combustion engine and the power of a motor generator through a transmission. The transmission includes an input shaft and an output shaft. The motor generator is arranged to have an input/output motor shaft in parallel with the input shaft and the output shaft. The internal combustion engine is arranged to have its output crankshaft on the same axis as that of the input shaft.

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