Patent ID: 7191856
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: B60K,B60L,F16H,H02K,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A power transmission system for a hybrid vehicle, comprising: a motor/generator having a stator and a rotor; and a torque converter, the motor/generator and the torque converter being disposed in series between a crankshaft of an engine and a main shaft of a transmission; wherein an inner peripheral section of a drive plate extending radially inward from an outer peripheral section of the torque converter is connected directly to the rotor of the motor/generator, wherein a radially extending side cover covers an outer face of the torque converter, wherein a support hole supporting a shaft end of the main shaft of the transmission is provided in a center of the rotor of the motor/generator, wherein the torque converter is provided so as to be radially overlapped with the stator and the rotor of the motor/generator when viewed in an axial direction of the crankshaft, and wherein the side cover extends so as to lie between the drive plate and the torque converter over a substantially whole radial extent of the torque converter.