Patent ID: 7351265
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60Y,B62K,B62M,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hybrid drive assembly for a vehicle having at least one drive wheel, the drive assembly comprising an internal combustion engine; and a transmission unit interposed between a drive shaft of the internal combustion engine and a propeller shaft connected angularly to the drive wheel, and in turn comprising a clutch and a transmission, having a drive element connected angularly to the drive shaft of the internal combustion engine and a driven pulley connectable to said propeller shaft; the drive assembly further including an electric machine which can be operated instead of or in combination with said internal combustion engine, characterized in that said clutch is interposed between said driven pulley of said transmission and said propeller shaft, and has a drive member connectable to said driven pulley of said transmission and a driven member connected to the propeller shaft, said electric machine comprising a rotor connected angularly and permanently to said driven member of said clutch and having a coupling interposed between said driven pulley and said drive member of said clutch.