Patent ID: 6607048
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: B60K,B60L,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A motor assist apparatus for a vehicle having a motor for assisting driving force of a vehicle engine, the apparatus having a motor housing installed in series between a cylinder block of the vehicle engine and a case of a vehicle transmission, the motor housing having a length in the cylinder line direction which is equal to the distance between the centers of the cylinders of the engine, the motor housing having disposed therein, in order from the engine side toward the transmission, a starter drive gear, a rotational position sensor defined by a sensor stator and a sensor rotor, and the motor defined by a motor stator and a motor rotor, wherein a motor cable is linked to the motor stator and arranged in said motor housing toward the engine side, and the rotational position sensor is arranged radially inwardly of the motor cable.