Patent ID: 6863139

Claim:
Accessory-driving equipment for an automotive vehicle, which connects an engine having an idle stop system, a motor-generator for an electric power generating operation and for an electric motor operation, and an accessory including an air-conditioner compressor that is driven even at a time when the idle stop system is operated, the accessory being driven by the engine when the engine is running and driven by the motor-generator when the idle stop system is operated, the equipment comprising: a torque distribution system including a first shaft for connecting to the engine, a second shaft for connecting to the motor-generator, and a third shaft for connecting to the accessory; a lock means for locking the third shaft; and a clutch, wherein the torque distribution system distributes a torque to the second shaft and the third shaft, the torque being transmitted from the engine through the first shaft, and transmits a torque from the second shaft to the first shaft, and wherein the clutch disengageably connects any two of the three shafts among the first shaft, the second shaft, and the third shaft in the torque distribution system.