Patent ID: 6308794
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B60K,F16D,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A parallel hybrid drive for a motor vehicle, comprising:a drive train connecting an internal combustion engine to a transmission and connecting an electrical machine to said transmission, wherein said electrical machine comprises an external rotor arranged radially outside of a radially inner stator comprising a body section of said electrical machine;said drive train comprising a first clutch arraigned between said internal combustion engine and said transmission for selectively drivably connecting said internal combustion engsid to said transmission, said transmission being arranged between said first clutch and said electrical machine; andsaid drive train further comprising a second clutch integrated in said electrical machine and operatively arranged for selectively connecting said electrical machine to a remainder of said drive train, said second clutch beiss arranged in a cavity in said electrical machine bounded at least partially by said body section, said second clutch being coaxial with respect to said external rotor and wherein said external rotor radially surrounds at least a portion of a radial outside of said second clutch.