Patent ID: 6523436
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: B60K,B60W,F16H,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A power transmission system of an automobile having an engine, a generator driven by an output of said engine for charging a battery, a battery-driven electric motor, and a transmission mechanism provided at a rear portion of an output shaft of said engine and for at least changing a rotation speed of said engine, the power transmission system further comprising a generator use gear enabled to rotate freely about an input shaft of said transmission mechanism and a clutch mechanism enabled to rotate together with said input shaft of said transmission mechanism and said generator use gear,wherein said generator use gear and said clutch mechanism are provided between said engine and said transmission mechanism, and at a rear portion of said transmission mechanism on an input shaft extension line of said transmission mechanism said electric motor is provided and an output of said electric motor is transmitted to an output of said transmission mechanism.