Patent ID: 6184603
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,F01L,F02N,F16H,H02K,Y02P,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A motor/generator unit for an automotive vehicle, comprising:a torque converter to perform a transmission of a driving force between an output axle of a vehicular engine and an input axle of a transmissions, the transmission being enabled to switch between a neutral state and a forward-and-rearward state and being enabled to vary a gear ratio;a housing enclosing a periphery of the torque converter;a hydraulic clutch;an electromagnetic clutch, both of the hydraulic clutch and electromagnetic clutch being juxtaposed to be enabled to form a lock-up state of the torque converter; anda motor/generator including a stator fixed to the housing and a rotor attached to a rotary element of the torque converter so as to be opposed to the stator, the motor/generator being disposed to be enabled to give and receive a torque to and from the rotary element of the torque converter.