Patent ID: 6424065
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B60K,F02N,Y02T

Abstract:
A starter-generator for a motor vehicle, comprising an electrical machine that can be coupled selectively to an internal combustion engine or a transmission housing of the motor vehicle, wherein the electrical machine (9, 12) is disposed in a shallow cylindrical housing (5), said cylindrical housing (5) having axially opposed end faces, wherein each of said axially opposed end faces is provided with means (28) for securing it to the engine or to the transmission housing, wherein the housing includes a radially extending flange (22), said flange (22) supporting a rotor (9) of the electrical machine, wherein a hollow chamber (36) is formed on a side of the rotor (9) toward the flange (22), and wherein a pulse wheel (7) and a sensor for detecting a rotation of the pulse wheel (7) are arranged in said hollow chamber (36).