Patent ID: 7896116
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,H02K,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A drive device of a hybrid vehicle comprising: a damper having a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine coupled thereto; an electric rotating machine having its rotational shaft arranged to overlap with a rotational shaft of said damper; a power transmission mechanism combining motive power generated by said internal combustion engine with motive power generated by said electric rotating machine for transmission to a drive shaft; a power control unit performing control of said electric rotating machine; and a case accommodating said damper, said electric rotating machine, said power transmission mechanism and said power control unit, wherein said power control unit includes a circuit substrate having a power element of at least one of an inverter and a voltage converter mounted thereon, and a reactor arranged, if being projected from said rotational shaft direction, in a gap portion formed inside a horizontal dimension of a projection portion of that part of said case which accommodates said damper, said electric rotating machine, said power split mechanism, and said circuit substrate a time of being mounted on said hybrid vehicle.