Patent ID: 7239033
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: B60K,B60L,F16H,H02K,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle, comprising: a first motor generator that functions as one of a motor and a generator; a power splitting mechanism portion that divides power generated by an engine into power for the first motor generator and power for a driven wheel; a second motor generator which is arranged on a side of the first motor generator opposite the engine, which functions as one of a motor and a generator, which generates power for driving the driven wheel that is different from the power from the engine, and which has an outside diameter smaller than an outside diameter of the first motor generator; a speed reducing mechanism portion which is arranged on a side of the second motor generator opposite the engine, which has an outside diameter smaller than an outside diameter of the second motor generator, and which reduces a rotation speed of the second motor generator, wherein the drive apparatus is designed such that its outside diameter becomes increasingly small away from the engine; a first connecting portion for electrically connecting a first cable to the first motor generator; a second connecting portion for electrically connecting a second cable to the second motor generator; a drive case in which are mounted the first motor generator and the second motor generator, and which has an outside shape that becomes increasingly narrow away from the engine; a first outlet, which is formed in the drive case and which is formed curved away from the engine, and through which the first cable connected to the first motor generator is led out of the drive case; and a second outlet, which is formed parallel to the first outlet in the drive case on a side of the first outlet opposite the engine, and through which the second cable connected to the second motor generator is led out of the drive case.