Patent ID: 7244208

Claim:
A drive train ( 1 , 30 ) for a hybrid vehicle, the drive train having an internal combustion engine ( 2 ) connected to an input side of a disengagement clutch ( 4 ), an output side of the disengagement clutch ( 4 ) being permanently connected to a first end of a continuous transmission input shaft ( 7 ), a second end of the continuous transmission input shaft being permanently connected to an input element ( 8 , 38 ) of an automatic transmission ( 17 , 36 ), an electric machine ( 5 ) being connected to the continuous transmission input shaft ( 7 ) for driving the continuous transmission input shaft ( 7 ), a hydraulic pump ( 6 ) being arranged down stream of the disengagement clutch ( 4 ) and before a shiftable starting element (F) of the automatic transmission ( 17 , 36 ) and driven by the continuous transmission input shaft, so that when the disengagement clutch ( 4 ) and the starting element (F) are both disengaged and the electric machine ( 5 ) is operating, only the continuous transmission input shaft ( 7 ), the input element ( 8 , 38 ) of the automatic transmission ( 17 , 36 ) and the hydraulic pump ( 6 ) are driven by the electric machine ( 5 ).