Patent ID: 7370716

Claim:
A method of assembling a drive train, which drive train includes a transmission with a transmission housing and a transmission input shaft, a prime mover with an output shaft, and a motor/generator with a motor/generator housing and a rotor mounted at least partially within the motor/generator housing, which rotor is rotatable about a rotor rotation axis, the method comprising: connecting the rotor to the transmission input shaft; connecting the rotor to the output shaft of the prime mover; mounting the motor/generator housing to the transmission housing by mounting an adapter component to the motor/generator housing and mounting the adapter component to the transmission housing; wherein the motor/generator includes a transmission-shaft coupler that is drivingly coupled to the rotor; the transmission-shaft coupler including a clamp with a plurality of adjustable jaws; and connecting the rotor to the transmission input shaft including clamping the transmission-shaft coupler to the transmission input shaft by: position the transmission input shaft between the jaws of the clamp: and adjusting the jaws of the clamp toward the transmission input shaft until the transmission input shaft is clamped between the jaws of the clamp.