Patent ID: 7690280

Claim:
Transmission element for a parallel hybrid traction chain, in particular for motor vehicles, said element comprising an input member movable in rotation, for connection to a thermal engine, a movement output member for connection to an input shaft of a gear box, an electrical machine comprising a stator and a rotor, a first connecting clutch between the input member and an intermediate member movable in rotation about a first axis, the intermediate member being connected in rotation to the rotor, a second connecting clutch between the intermediate member and the output member, wherein the transmission element comprises a casing comprising a first half-shell supporting the input member movable in rotation and a second half shell supporting the gear box shaft movable in rotation, the first and second half shells defining a housing in which the first and second connecting clutches are mounted coaxially and concentrically, in that the rotation axis of the rotor is distinct from the first axis, and in that the transmission element connects in rotation the rotor and the intermediate member.