Patent ID: 8292011

Claim:
Vehicle with hybrid drive comprising: a thermal engine provided with a drive shaft and presenting a block which houses the drive shaft and two heads which house the cylinders and are arranged in a “V” configuration; a cooling system provided with a hydraulic circuit inside which a cooling fluid flows; a first reversible electric machine; at least one auxiliary device; a first mechanical transmission which connects the first electric machine, the auxiliary device and the drive shaft of the thermal engine to each other; and a freewheel interposed between the first mechanical transmission and the drive shaft of the thermal engine; wherein the first electric machine is located above the block of the thermal engine between the two heads; wherein the hydraulic circuit of the cooling system comprises a main branch which cools the thermal engine and a secondary branch which is connected as an offtake to the main branch and cools the first electric machine; and wherein the secondary branch is connected as an offtake to the main branch using an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe, which extend toward downwards from a lower wall of the first electric machine up to corresponding openings obtained through the block of the thermal engine.